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—June 29, 2018†)
• Justin Dilgard (December 2, 2016)†
• Hesham El-Meligy (December 2, 2016—June 29, 2018†)
• Edward Garrett (December 2, 2016)†
• Alex Merced (December 2, 2016—June 29, 2018†)
• Rich Purtell (December 2, 2016—June 29, 2018†)
• Mike Rotondo (December 2, 2016—June 29, 2018†)
• Gary Triestman (December 2, 2016)†
• Kevin Wilson (December 2, 2016—June 29, 2018†)
• Christopher Edes (December 4, 2016—June 29, 2018†)
• Nate Dinet (April 24, 2018—June 29, 2018)†
• Mike Dowden (April 24, 2018—June 29, 2018)†
• Shawn Hannon (April 24, 2018—June 29, 2018)†
• Larry Sharpe (April 24, 2018—June 29, 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.