Libertarian Party of New York Communications Committee

The Libertarian Party of New York's Communications Committee is a former committee. It was tasked with communicating the party's messaging to the public. The committee has existed in various forms over the history of the party.

History

The committee was establised on June 7, 2015 as the Communications and Media Committee and was chaired by Phil Ricci. Ricci served as Chair until January 10, 2016, when Christopher Edes took over. The committee was restructured on December 4, 2016, and the IT Committee was split off from the committee to be chaired by Christopher Edes while Andrew Kolstee chaired the renamed committee that became known as the Communications Committee. He served as chair until his resignation on July 7, 2019.

Former Members

Chairs

• Phil Ricci (June 7, 2015—January 10, 2016)
• Christopher Edes (January 10, 2016—December 4, 2016)
• Andrew Kolstee (December 4, 2016—July 7, 2019)

Members

• Kim Ruff (August 6, 2015)†
• Andrew Kolstee (August 6, 2015—December 4, 2016)
• Phil Ricci (January 10, 2016—October 6, 2018†)
• Justin Dilgard (December 2, 2016)†
• Hesham El-Meligy (December 2, 2016—October 6, 2018†)
• Edward Garrett (December 2, 2016)†
• Alex Merced (December 2, 2016—October 6, 2018†)
• Rich Purtell (December 2, 2016—October 6, 2018†)
• Mike Rotondo (December 2, 2016—October 6, 2018†)
• Gary Triestman (December 2, 2016)†
• Kevin Wilson (December 2, 2016—October 6, 2018†)
• Christopher Edes (December 4, 2016—October 6, 2018†)
• Nate Dinet (April 24, 2018—October 6, 2018)†
• Mike Dowden (April 24, 2018—October 6, 2018)†
• Shawn Hannon (April 24, 2018—October 6, 2018)†
• Larry Sharpe (April 24, 2018—October 6, 2018)†
• Maura Botsford (2018—2019)
• Fred Cole (2018—2019)
• Steve Minogue (2018—2019)
• Craig Miles (2018—2019)

†Term of office is incomplete; this is just the known date they were on the committee.