Organization of the Libertarian Party of New York

The organization of the Libertarian Party of New York consists of a State Committee and various committees and subcommittees. The organizaiton of the LPNY has changed over time.

State Committee

See: Libertarian Party of New York State Committee

The organization of the Libertarian Party of New York is made up of the government body, the State Committee. The Executive Committee is a subset of that body that runs day-to-day operations.

Committees

There are also a number of committees within the party. The following is a list of the current committees.

Standing Committees

Standing committees are permanent committees.

Division Committees

Name	Director
Communications	Christopher Skelly
Field Development	Andrew Kolstee
Fundraising Committee	Mark Axinn
IT	Justin Carman
Legislative Affairs	Rich Purtell
Outreach Committee	Pietro Geraci
Volunteer Committee	Catrina Rocco
Political Committee	Paul Grindle

Stand-Alone Committees

Name	Chair
Platform Committee	Daniel Castello
Rules Committee	Andrew Kolstee

Special Committees

Special committees are created for a certain purpose and dissolved after their required work is completed.

Name	Chair
Petitioning Committee	Andrew Kolstee

Positions

Since 1971, the LPNY has numerous positions, both elected and appointed.

Position	Type	Current Titleholder
Chair (list)	Elected	Andrew Kolstee
Vice-Chairs (list)	Elected	Duane Whitmer and Rich Purtell
Secretary (list)	Elected	Mark Braiman
Treasurer (list)	Elected	Cody Anderson
Communications Director (list)	Appointed	Vacant
Finance Director (list)	Appointed	Chance Haywood
IT Director	Appointed	Justin Carman
Political Director (list)	Appointed	Paul Grindle

Appointed Positions

Throughout the history of the LPNY, several people have held or been appointed to certain positions.

• Website Administrators

• Cody Anderson
• Tony D'Orazio (2019—present)
• Andrew Martin Kolstee

• Facebook Administrators/Editors

• Cody Anderson (2020—present)
• Kari Bittner
• Maura Botsford (2020—present)
• Andrew Martin Kolstee (2017—2019; 2020—present)

Defunct Committees

Committee	Established	Dissolved	Notes
Organizational Structure Committee	late 2016	spring 2017
Judiciary Committee	March 31, 2019	September 29, 2020
Historical Committee	June 4, 2017	September 8, 2019
Strategic Planning Committee	February 12, 2017	September 8, 2019
Vacancy Committee	June 9, 2019	September 29, 2020
Vetting Committee	c 2017	September 29, 2019
Volunteer Committee	February 2018	September 8, 2019
Fundraising Committee	July 14, 2019	?????
Model County Rules Subcommittee	November 8, 2020	?????	Chair: Andrew Martin Kolstee
Summit Planning Committee	2021	November 2021	Co-Chairs: Gabrielle Cordova Lora Newell
Special Committee on State Committee Elections	2023	January 22, 2024	Chair: Andrew Kolstee
Non-Primary State Committee Elections	2021	????	Chair: Andrew Kolstee
Statewide Candidates Exploratory Committee	2022	2022	Chair: Rich Purtell

Appointed Positions

Appointed positions are not necessarily committee leadership roles, but titles given to individuals to serve a specific purpose.

College Outreach Coordinator

• Tom Stevens (January 2004—August 2005)
• Andrew Gardner (June 2005—January 2006)

Communications Director

• Andrew Martin Kolstee (May 7, 2017—July 7, 2019)
• Steve Minogue (Acting) (July 7, 2019—September 8, 2019)

Correspondence Secretary

• Audrey Capozzi (May 1, 1999; June 2011—November 2014)

Director of Public Relations

• Cathy A. Groudine (c 1980)

Facebook Administrator

• Jim Rosenbeck (until 2020)
• Alex Merced (until 2019)

Media Coordinator

• Steve Schneider (c 1980)

Media Director

• Andrea Millen (July 28, 1972—September 29, 1972)
• Richard Cooper (January—February 2000)
• Janet Hopf (October 2, 2011)

Newsletter Editor

• Serena Stockwell (before November 14, 1972)
• Glen England (November 14, 1972—?)
• Gary Greenberg (Oct. 1980)
• Mike North (1987)
• Fran Poretto
• Fred Cookinham
• Rick Wolff
• Robert Goodman
• Jim Harris (1995)
• Jeffrey Russell (June 1998—August 1998)
• Jeff Doty (September 1999—January 2002)
• Albert Dedicke (March 2002—January 2003)
• Paul Hendricks (March 2003)
• Gary Triestman (2003—December 2006)
• Fred Cole (2018—2019)
• Andrew Kolstee (since 2023)

Operations Director

• Bonnie Scott (January 2004)

Press Secretary

• Bonnie Scott (April 1999—May 7, 1999)
• Richard Cooper (August 24, 1999)
• Brian Waddell (2018—2019)

Publicity Chair

• Linda E. Klasman (July 5, 1972—September 12, 1972)

Telecommunications Officer

• Blay Tarnoff (August 2004—April 2007)
• Gary Triestman (June 2011—May 15, 2016)

Webmaster

• Bonnie Scott (April 1999—April 25, 2009)
• Christopher Edes (August 2, 2009—April 2017)
• Andrew Martin Kolstee (April 2017—present)
• Tony D'Orazio (2019—present)

Committees

List

Committee	Established	Status
Clipping Service Committee	bef. December 1, 1972	Defunct
Election Law & Procedures Committee	bef. December 1, 1972	Defunct
Finance Committee	December 1, 1972	Defunct
Librarian Committee	bef. December 1, 1972	Defunct
Media Relations Committee	bef. December 1, 1972	Defunct
Membership Committee	bef. December 1, 1972	Defunct
Operations & Activities Committee	bef. December 1, 1972	Defunct
Party Communications Committee	bef. December 1, 1972	Defunct
Platform Committee	bef. December 1, 1972	Active
Publicity & Editorial Reply Committee	bef. December 1, 1972	Defunct
Rules Committee	November 11, 2018	Active
Speaker's Bureau Committee	bef. December 1, 1972	Defunct
Statewide Candidate Search Committee	April 2005	Defunct after January 2006

Defunct Committees

Statewide Candidate Search Committee

This committee was still in existence in January 2006, but it is unknown when it was dissolved.

• Werner Hetzner, Chair (April 2005—January 2006)

2004—2017

The following was obtained from a review of the LPNY minutes between 2004 and 2017.

Inexistence: Items in italics are a range, but are not certain of the start and end dates

Committee	In Existance	Members
Membership Structure and Mailing Committee	August 27, 2005—April 2007	M Carling, Chair (August 27, 2005—April 2007)
Eminent Domain Rally Organizing Committee Chair	November 19, 2005—April 2006	John Clifton, Chair (November 19, 2005—April 2006)
Convention Planning Committee	January 28, 2006—April 2006	Werner Hetzner, Chair (January 28, 2006—April 2006)
Outsourcing Agreement Committee	January 28, 2006—April 2007	M Carling, Chair (January 28, 2006—April 2007)
Budget and Strategic Planning Committee	April 25, 2015—2017	Kevin Wilson, Chair (April 25, 2015) Jim Harris, Chair (before September 11, 2016—February 12, 2017)

2017-2019

In 2017, the LPNY adopted a Divisional Structure, in which all previous committees were merged into a division, either as a committee or subcommittee.

Political Division

• Political Committee
• Ballot Access & Petitioning Subcommittee
• Candidate Recruitment Subcommittee
• Candidate Support Subcommittee

• Tucker Coburn, Chair (?—September 8, 2019)

Communications Division

• Communications Committee (December 4, 2016)

• Andrew Martin Kolstee, Chair (December 4, 2016—July 7, 2019)
• Steve Minogue, Acting Chair (July 7,2019—September 7, 2019)

• Blog Subcommittee (December 2, 2018)

• Craig Miles, Chair (February 10, 2019—September 8, 2019)

• Literature Subcommittee (December 2, 2018)

• Steve Minogue, Chair (December 2, 2018—September 8, 2019)

• Messaging Subcommittee (May 6, 2018)

• Kevin Cruver, Chair (May 6, 2018—September 8, 2019)

• Newsletter Subcommittee (December 2, 2018)

• Fred Cole, Chair (December 2, 2018—September 8, 2019)

• Public Relations Subcommittee

• Brian Waddell, Chair (December 2, 2018—June 2, 2019)

• Social Media Subcommittee

• Maura Botsford, Chair (March 3, 2019—September 8, 2019)

Outreach Division

• Outreach Committee

• Shawn Hannon, Chair

• Chapter Development Subcommittee (created April 25, 2015)
• Youth Outreach Subcommittee (June 4, 2017)

• Shawn Hannon, Chair (June 4, 2017—July 2, 2017)
• Nate Dinet, Chair (July 2, 2017—May 6, 2018)
• Tony D'Orazio, Chair (May 6, 2018—June 2, 2019)
• Vacant, Chair (June 2, 2019—present)

Finance Division

• Budget Subcommittee (February 12, 2017)

• Jim Harris, Chair (February 12, 2017—May 7, 2017)
• Gregg Fort, Chair (May 7, 2017—September 24, 2017)
• Vacant (September 24, 2017—October 1, 2017)
• Jim Harris, Chair (October 1, 2017—February 11, 2018)
• Vacant (February 11, 2018—present)
• Vacant (September 24, 2017—October 1, 2017)
• Jim Harris, Chair (October 1, 2017—February 11, 2018)
• Vacant (February 11, 2018—present)

• Transition Committee (January 2019—February 10, 2019)

FLP Committees, 2019

• Committee on Logo and Naming
• Committee on Bylaws
• Committee on Corporate Structure