The Libertarian Party of New York is governed by the State Committee. An Executive Committee, a subset of the State Committee, handles the day-to-day operations of the party. Additionally, several counties have their own leadership.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee was elected on September 26, 2020 and took office at the adjournment of the Organization Meeting on September 27, 2020.
Chair Cody Anderson canderson@lpny.org
1st Vice-Chair Tony D ‘Orazio tdorazio@lpny.org
2nd Vice Chair Duane Whitmer dwhitmer@lpny.org
Secretary Andrew Martin Kolstee akolstee@lpny.org
Treasurer Lora Newell lnewell@lpny.org
Member-At-Large Rob Arrigo rarrigo@lpny.org
Member-At-Large Pietro Geraci pgeraci@lpny.org
Member-At-Large Paul Grindle pgrindle@lpny.org
Member-At-Large Rich Purtell rpurtell@lpny.org
Member-At-Large Vacant
State Committee
Judicial District 1
Representing New York County (Manhattan).
- Mark Axinn markaxinn@hotmail.com
- Michael Madrid mmadrid99@gmail.com
- Ilya Schwartzburg ischwartzburg@lpny.org
- Vacant
Judicial District 2
Representing Kings County (Brooklyn).
- Tucker Coburn tcoburn@lpny.org
- Gilbert Mildonnet
- Matthew Morgan matthewisaiahmorgan@gmail.com
- Gary Popkin gpopkin@lpny.org
Judicial District 3
Representing Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties.
- Cody Anderson canderson@lpny.org
- Jay Carr jcarr@ulsterlp.org
- Todd Haggerty gilhags@hotmail.com
- Lora Newell lnewell@lpny.org
Judicial District 4
Representing Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington Counties.
- Rob Arrigo rarrigo@lpny.org
- Fred Cole fcole1017@gmail.com
- Nathan Dunn n8dunn@gmail.com
- John Janes
- Brandon Lyon lyonbra@gmail.com
- Karyn Thompson kthompson@lpny.org
Judicial District 5
Representing Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga, and Oswego Counties.
- Millie Dordal mdforliberty@gmail.com
- Shawn Hannon shannon@lpny.org
- Craig Miles cmiles@lpny.org
- Sean Stevens sstevens@lpny.org
- Vacant
- Vacant
Judicial District 6
Representing Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties.
- Mark Braiman mbraiman@lpny.org
- Timothy O’Connor
- Christopher Olenski colenski@lpny.org
- Rich Purtell rpurtell@lpny.org
- Tom Quiter tquiter@lpny.org
- Vacant
Judicial District 7
Representing Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Yates
- Steve Becker drsbecker@aol.com
- Kari Bittner kbittner@lpny.org
- Eric Cooper ecooper@lpny.org
- Tony D’Orazio tdorazio@lpny.org
- Jim Dayton jdayton@lpny.org
- Mark Glogowski mglogowski08@gmail.com
- Andrew Hollister contact@andrewhollister.com
- Sean Phelan sphelan@lpny.org
- Jim Russell
- Kevin Wilson kevinwilson12@gmail.com
Judicial District 8
Representing Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming Counties.
- Erin Becker
- Andrew Martin Kolstee akolstee@lpny.org
- Peyton Kunselman pkunselman@lpny.org
- Francis Law
- Kathleen Ligammari
- Patrick Mahoney
- Tara Scrivano
- Duane Whitmer dwhitmer@lpny.org
- Vacant
Judicial District 9
Representing Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester Counties.
- Daniel Donnelly ddonnelly@lpny.org
- Pietro Geraci pgeraci@lpny.org
- Robert Greibesland
- Anthony Pellegrino apellegrino@lpny.org
- William Schmidt wschmidt@lpny.org
Judicial District 10
Representing Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
- Deepak Bansal
- Gary Donoyan gdonoyan@verizon.net
- Kenneth Epstein
- Carmen Horan
- Bobby Kalotee
- Satinder Kaur
- Mahavir Singh
Judicial District 11
Representing Queens County.
- Michael Arcati ma2465@stern.nyu.edu
- Gabrielle Cordova
- Irwin Mark Weinblatt
Judicial District 12
Representing Bronx County.
- Aaron Commey acommey@lpny.org
- Enmanuel Torres etorres2217@gmail.com
Judicial District 13
Representing Richmond County (Staten Island).
- Richard Bell rbell@lpny.org
- Susan Overeem-Cummings susanovereem@aim.com
County Organization Chairs
The following are chairs of recognized county affiliates, known as County Organizations.
Albany County Chair Todd Haggerty gilhags@hotmail.com
Bronx County Chair Enmanuel Torres etorres2217@gmail.com
Broome County Chair Joseph Pauline jpaulinejr@stny.rr.com
Cattaraugus County Chair Peyton Kunselman pkunselman@lpny.org
Chautauqua County Chair Andrew Kolstee akolstee@lpny.org
Chemung County Nick Grasso ngrasso@yahoo.com
Chenango County Chair Tom Quiter tquiter@lpny.org
Columbia County Chair Cody Anderson canderson@lpny.org
Erie County Chair Duane Whitmer djwtax@yahoo.com
Fulton County Chair Brandon Lyon lyonbra@gmail.com
Genesee County Chair Mark Potwora markwora@gmail.com
Kings County (Brooklyn) Chair Matthew Morgan matthewisaiahmorgan@gmail.com
Madison County Chair David Penner
Monroe County Chair Steve Becker drsbecker@aol.com
Nassau County Chair Blay Tarnoff lpny@eblay.com
New York County (Manhattan) Chair Ilya Schwartzburg ischwartzburg@lpny.org
Niagara County Chair Vacant
Onondaga County Chair Shawn Hannon hannon.shawn@gmail.com
Ontario County Chair Kari Bittner kbittner@rochester.rr.com
Orange County Chair Pietro Geraci ocnylp@gmail.com
Orleans County Chair Chase Tkach chasetkach@gmail.com
Otsego County Chair Dylan Harris otsegocountylibertarian@gmail.com
Queens County Chair Michael Arcati ma2465@stern.nyu.edu
Richmond County (Staten Island) Chair Joe Portelle Jport452@gmail.com
Rensselaer County Chair Phil Vecchio phil.vecchio@hotmail.com
Saratoga County Chair Rob Arrigo rarrigo@lpny.org
Schoharie County Chair Lora Newell lnewell@lpny.org
Suffolk County Chair Mike McDermott msmwizard@aol.com
Tioga County Chair Melvin Foster candorite@gmail.com
Wayne County Chair Jim Dayton jdayton@lpny.org
Westchester County Chair Dan Singer dpsinger@robisonoil.com
Ulster County Chair Jay Carr jcarr@ulsterlp.org
County Organization Chairs
County Contacts are those officials designated to act as the point person for forming an interim county organization.
Allegany County Michelle Ball
Cortland County Matthew McIntyre matthew.k.mcintyre@gmail.com
Clinton County Zachary Remian remianzachary@gmail.com
Delaware County Nathan Tweedie
Dutchess County Steve Rifenburg smrifenburg@gmail.com
Franklin County Patrick Ward
Greene County Carol L.Carr manycarrs@yahoo.com
Montgomery County Barbara Neznek
Oneida County Craig Miles craig.miles@larrysharpe.com
Putnam County William O’Donnell
Rockland County Robert Greibesland
Washington County Brian Wells
Wyoming County Jim Wanke Jwanke@rochester.rr.com
If you wish to be appointed as a county contact, please contact Rob Arrigo (rarrigo@lpny.org), Chair of the Local Affiliate Development Committee.
