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 2020-2022 Executive Committee is the governing body of the Libertarian Party of New York between meetings of the State Committee.
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 Gabrielle Cordova gcordova@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
State Committee
Judicial District 1
Representing New York County (Manhattan).
- Mark Axinn markaxinn@hotmail.com
- Morry Davis
- Lisa Gansky lisa.gansky@gmail.com
- Alycya Miller alycyamiller@gmail.com
Judicial District 2
Representing Kings County (Brooklyn).
- Matthew Morgan matthewisaiahmorgan@gmail.com
- Gary Popkin gpopkin@lpny.org
- Stacey Prussman staceyprussmannyc@gmail.com
- VACANT
Judicial District 3
Representing Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties.
- Cody Anderson canderson@lpny.org
- Jay Carr carrsgarage@protonmail.com
- 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
- John Janes jajanes@gmail.com
- Brandon Lyon lyonbra@gmail.com
- Zachary Remian zremian@lpny.org
- Karyn Thompson kthompson@lpny.org
- Brian Wells bwells@lpny.org
Judicial District 5
Representing Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga, and Oswego Counties.
- Rachel Becker reb4128@rit.edu
- Patricia Berthod msberthod@gmail.com
- Millie Dordal mdordal@lpny.org
- Shawn Hannon shannon@lpny.org
- Craig Miles cmiles@lpny.org
- Joseph Sabin jsabin@lpny.org
Judicial District 6
Representing Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties.
- Mark Braiman mbraiman@lpny.org
- Craig Colwell Ccolwell78@gmail.com
- Timothy O’Connor tmoconstructionllc@gmail.com
- Christopher Olenski colenski@lpny.org
- Rich Purtell rpurtell@lpny.org
- Tom Quiter tquiter@lpny.org
Judicial District 7
Representing Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Yates
- Steve Becker drsbecker@aol.com
- Jeff Bradley jbradley@lpny.org
- Tony D’Orazio tdorazio@lpny.org
- Jim Dayton jdayton@lpny.org
- Angela Einwachter aeinwachter@lpny.org
- Mark Glogowski mglogowski08@gmail.com
- Robert Glomboski rjglomboski@gmail.com
- Sean Phelan sphelan@lpny.org
- Jim Russell james.patrick.russell@gmail.com
- Marc A. Smith msmith@lpny.org
Judicial District 8
Representing Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming Counties.
- Erin Becker beckerem01@mail.buffalostate.edu
- Maura Botsford mbotsford@lpny.org
- Gerrit Cain caingerrit@hotmail.com
- Andrew Martin Kolstee akolstee@lpny.org
- Francis Law francisrlaw@gmail.com
- Len Morlock lmorlock@lpny.org
- Michael Rebmann mrebmann@lpny.org
- Jame VanDewalker jvandewalker@lpny.org
- Duane Whitmer dwhitmer@lpny.org
Judicial District 9
Representing Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester Counties.
- Robert Cocomello rcocomello@lpny.org
- Daniel Donnelly ddonnelly@lpny.org
- Pietro Geraci pgeraci@lpny.org
- Robert Greibesland RobertGreibesland@Gmail.com
- William Schmidt wschmidt@lpny.org
Judicial District 10
Representing Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
- Jeffrey Denecke jdenecke@lpny.org
- Gary Donoyan gdonoyan@verizon.net
- Jonathan Gunther jonguntherlibertarian@gmail.com
- George Ostrowski gtostrowskijr@msn.com
- Artie Sintef asintef@lpny.org
- Scott Thompson
- Angelo Veltri angelo.veltri@yahoo.com
Judicial District 11
Representing Queens County.
- Michael Arcati ma2465@stern.nyu.edu
- Gabrielle Cordova gcordova@lpny.org
- Irwin Mark Weinblatt mark.weinblattfsa@gmail.com
Judicial District 12
Representing Bronx County.
- Fredy Calvache bronx81mb@yahoo.com
- VACANT
Judicial District 13
Representing Richmond County (Staten Island).
- Richard Bell rbell@lpny.org
- Susan Overeem-Cummings susanovereem@aim.com
Committees
There are several committees created to conduct specific business of the state party and report back to the State Committee.
STANDING COMMITTEES
- Candidate Support Committee Paul Grindle, Chair
- Fundraising Committee Gabrielle Cordova and Lora Newell, Co-Chairs
- IT Committee Andrew Kolstee and Justin Carman, Co-Chairs
- Legislative Affairs Committee Rich Purtell, Chair
- Local Affiliate Development Rob Arrigo, Chair
- Platform Committee Karyn Thompson, Chair
- Public Engagement Committee Anthony D’Orazio, Chair
- Rules Committee Paul Grindle, Chair
- Special Committee on the Judicial Committee Millie Dordal, Chair
- Special Committee on the 2022 Libertarian National Convention Delegate Selection Lora Newell, Chair
- Special Committee on the 2022 Petitioning Committee Andrew Kolstee
- Special Committee on Statewide Candidates Exploratory Committee Rich Purtell
- Special Committee on the Statewide Candidates Nominating Convention Planning Committee Vacant
- Special Committee on the 2022 Convention Planning Committee Andrew Kolstee and Duane Whitmer
County Chairs
The following are chairs of recognized county affiliates, known as County Organizations.
Albany County Chair Jay Carr carrsgarage@protonmail.com
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 Scott Hoskins scottdhoskins@gmail.com
Dutchess County Chair Daniel Donnelly ddonnelly@lpny.org
Erie County Chair Duane Whitmer djwtax@yahoo.com
Fulton County Chair Brandon Lyon lyonbra@gmail.com
Kings County (Brooklyn) Chair Matthew Morgan matthewisaiahmorgan@gmail.com
Madison County Chair David Penner greatbighat@gmail.com
Monroe County Chair Steve Becker drsbecker@aol.com
Montgomery County Chair Barbara Neznek belle51062@msn.com
Nassau County Chair Blay Tarnoff lpny@eblay.com
New York County (Manhattan) Chair Rebecca Lau laurebeccas@gmail.com
Onondaga County Chair Shawn Hannon hannon.shawn@gmail.com
Orange County Chair Pietro Geraci ocnylp@gmail.com
Orleans County Chair Ajay Butcher ajaybutcher76@gmail.com
Otsego County Chair Tim O’Connor tmoconstructionllc@gmail.com
Putnam County Chair William O’Donnell billod10704@gmail.com
Queens County Chair Michael Arcati ma2465@stern.nyu.edu
Richmond County (Staten Island) Chair Chance Haywood chance.haywood@gmail.com
Saratoga County Chair Rob Arrigo rarrigo@lpny.org
Schoharie County Chair Lora Newell lnewell@lpny.org
Suffolk County Chair Artie Sintef asintef@lpny.org
Tioga County Chair Theresa Gosart tgosart@lpny.org
Wayne County Chair Jim Dayton jdayton@lpny.org
Westchester County Chair Robert Cocomello robert.cocomello569@gmail.com
Ulster County Chair John Caulfield jcaulfield@hvc.rr.com
Yates County Chair Jeff Bradley chefjeff315@hotmail.com
County Contacts
County Contacts are those officials designated to act as the point person for forming an interim county organization.
Allegany County Jame VanDewalker myersmom03@gmail.com
Bronx County Vacant
Broome County Vacant
Cattaraugus County Vacant
Cayuga County Vacant
Clinton County Zachary Remian zremian@lpny.org
Cortland County Vacant
Delaware County Vacant
Essex County Vacant
Franklin County Vacant
Genesee County Vacant
Greene County Christopher Beachler cbeachler@lpny.org
Hamilton County Vacant
Herkimer County Joseph Sabin jsabin@lpny.org
Jefferson County Jeffery Sherk jsherk@lpny.org
Lewis County Christopher Lyndaker
Livingston County Vacant
Niagara County Bill Koller billkoller1990@gmail.com
Oneida County Matt Guilianelli mguilianelli@lpny.org
Ontario County Vacant
Oswego County Patricia Berthod msberthod@gmail.com
Rensselaer County Jennifer O’Connor Jenniferoconnor389@yahoo.com
Rockland County Robert Greibesland robertgreibesland@gmail.com
Saint Lawrence County Vacant
Schenectady County Steven Chandler
Schuyler County Vacant
Seneca County Vacant
Steuben County Vacant
Sullivan County Joseph Colon jcolon@lpny.org
Tompkins County Lyza Feint lyza.nicole@live.com
Warren County Steven Greene sgreene@lpny.org
Washington County Brian Wells bwells@lpny.org
Wyoming County Adam Allen 2xAdam@gmail.com
If you wish to be appointed as a county contact, please contact the Local Affiliate Development Committee at affiliates@lpny.org.