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 2022-2024 Executive Committee is the governing body of the Libertarian Party of New York between meetings of the State Committee.

Chair Andrew Martin Kolstee akolstee@lpny.org
1st Vice-Chair Duane Whitmer dwhitmer@lpny.org
2nd Vice-Chair Rich Purtell rpurtell@lpny.org
Secretary Mark Braiman mbraiman@lpny.org
Treasurer Cody Anderson canderson@lpny.org
Member-At-Large Maura Botsford mbotsford@lpny.org
Member-At-Large Justin Carman jcarman@lpny.org
Member-At-Large Keith Redhead kredhead@lpny.org
Member-At-Large William Schmidt wschmidt@lpny.org
Member-At-Large Karyn Thompson kthompson@lpny.org

State Committee

Judicial District 1

Representing New York County (Manhattan).

Judicial District 2

Representing Kings County (Brooklyn).

Judicial District 3

Representing Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties.

Judicial District 4

Representing Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington Counties.

Judicial District 5

Representing Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga, and Oswego Counties.

  • Daniel Castello
  • Jacob Cornell
  • Shawn DeGrand
  • Matthew Guilianelli
  • Erinn Leatherman
  • Adam Magoon
  • Keith Redhead
  • Craig Shute
Judicial District 6

Representing Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties.

Judicial District 7

Representing Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Yates

Judicial District 8

Representing Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming Counties.

Judicial District 9

Representing Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester Counties.

Judicial District 10

Representing Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

Judicial District 11

Representing Queens County.

Judicial District 12

Representing Bronx County.

  • Freddy Calvache
  • VACANT
Judicial District 13

Representing Richmond County (Staten Island).

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

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 ngrasso89@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 Acting Chair Michael Long
Kings County (Brooklyn) Chair Matthew Morgan matthewisaiahmorgan@gmail.com
Madison County Chair Mark Braiman mbraiman@lpny.org
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 William Schmidt
Ulster County Chair Cipriana Costello
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 Vacant
Hamilton County Vacant
Herkimer County Vacant
Jefferson County Jared Ey
Lewis County Christopher Lyndaker
Livingston County Vacant
Niagara County Vacant
Oneida County Matt Guilianelli mguilianelli@lpny.org
Ontario County Vacant
Oswego County Vacant
Rensselaer County Jennifer O’Connor Jenniferoconnor389@yahoo.com
Rockland County Vacant
Saint Lawrence County Vacant
Schenectady County Vacant
Schuyler County Vacant
Seneca County Vacant
Steuben County Vacant
Sullivan County Joseph Colon jcolon@lpny.org
Tompkins County Vacant
Warren County Steven Greene sgreene@lpny.org
Washington County Brian Wells bwells@lpny.org
Wyoming County Vacant

If you wish to be appointed as a county contact, please contact the Local Affiliate Development Committee at affiliates@lpny.org.

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