Christopher Fuentes-Padilla
| Christopher Robbin Fuentes-Padilla | |
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| State Representative from Queens County Libertarian Party of New York | |
| April 17th, 2017—present | |
| Predecessor: | Elliot Axelman |
| Successor: | Incumbent |
| Vice Chairman Libertarian Party of Queens County | |
| March 28th, 2017—present | |
| Predecessor: | Position Established |
| Successor: | Incumbent |
| Personal Details | |
| Birth: | June 20th, 1997 Forest Hills, New York |
| Education: | Technical Career Institutes |
| Occupation: | Vice President / COO at Department of Services: NYC |
| Residence: | Oakland Gardens, New York |
| Party: | Libertarian Party |
Christopher Robbin Fuentes-Padilla, better known as Christopher Padilla, is the Vice Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Queens County. He has been serving, officially, since April 2017. Prior to his current position, he served as the Acting Vice Chairman, until the Chapter Re-Chartered back into the Libertarian Party of New York.
Prior to serving in politics, Mr. Fuentes-Padilla was the Vice Chief of Administration for the City's Order of the Arrow Lodge. He previously served as the Chapter Chief of the Lodge's Eastern Queens Chapter. His term as Chapter Chief ended June 30th, 2017.
He is currently running for the Democratic Party Nomination for New York State Assembly District 25, currently represented by the party's own incumbent Nily Rozic.
General Information
Christopher R. Fuentes-Padilla (b. 1997) is a Life-Long New Yorker and Eagle Scout. He is best known for his Practical Leadership Theory and his bi-partisan analysis of NYC Politics. His involvement in NY Politics began at age 16, at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, where he ran the school's first and only Public Safety Career Exploring Club as President/Chief Explorer. He used this position to advocate for the student's right to participate in emergency drills and planning, the execution of the drills and the evaluation of their own response times.
Student Life
In 2015, upon turning 18 years old, Christopher dropped out of Cardozo to pursue a "Direct to Tech" EMT Program at Northwell Health's Emergency Medical Institute. He also pursued a GED, to no success, at the New York City Department of Education's Pathways to Graduation @ LaGuardia Community College. He is currently taking a Career Pathways Program, to complete his GED and earn an associate's degree in Paralegal Studies, at TCI College in Manhattan, NY.
Political Views
He is considered to be a major critic of the Career Politicians in NYC and NYS. He is also in support of nonpartisan local legislative councils that are controlled by no one party.
2017 Queensborough President Race
In November 2016, he publicly announced he would be considering an underdog run for Queens Borough President, against the Incumbent Melinda Katz (D), with the Republican Party's Backing. Shorty after 10 December of that year, He would take the stage at the Libertarian Party of Queens County's Meeting to renounce his pursuit for Queens Borough President. In his speech, he cited that the "political aftermath of Donald Trump's Victory over the Clinton Machine" had "damaged the chance for any GOP Member to win in NYS for the next couple of years"
Libertarian Party of Queens County
In January of 2017, there were rumors that he was tapped by Libertarian Party of Queens County Chairman Elliot Axelman to become Acting Vice Chairman. The Libertarian Party of Queens was rechartered in April 2017, And Elliot Axelman was the first to nominate Mr. Fuentes-Padilla for Election to Full Vice Chairman. In April 2017, Christopher Fuentes-Padilla accepted the offer and became the Vice Chairman of Queens County.
Personal Life
Home Life
Mr. Fuentes-Padilla is the product of a Single Mother's Household. His mother, Carol, works as an employee at the United Nations, a job she has held for over 13 years. He holds a deep sense of respect for Single Mothers, partly due to his upbringing.
Mental Illness and Awareness
Christopher is diagnosed with Bi-Polar Disorder and is very public about the contributions that Psychologists make towards their patient's successful lives. He credits Scouting and his Civil Air Patrol Career for maintaining discipline in his upbringing and acknowledges that his family and best friends are the only reason he remains afloat every day.
Future Career Hopes
Christopher has been heard, on multiple occasions, stating that he hopes to serve as a City Agency Commissioner or a Federal Department Secretary. He is working on becoming a Paralegal for the government in the future.
Volunteer Service Record
Throughout his entire life, Christopher has been dedicated to his community. According to his facebook page, he was a citywide Order of the Arrow lodge officer for New York City's lodge. He also claims to be an Eagle Scout and currently serves as the Chapter Chief of the lodge's eastern queens chapter. He is a Venturing Crew 199 Member and simultaneously serves as an Assistant Scoutmaster in Troop 199. He also was said to have applied to volunteer as an Auxiliary Police Officer and was not successful in that attempt.
Christopher has been volunteering for community-based projects and organizations in Queens since the Second Grade, when he joined the Cub Scout Pack 142.
Civil Air Patrol Membership
Mr. Fuentes-Padilla, while still maintaining activity in Scouting, joined Civil Air Patrol in November of 2013 as a Cadet. He currently still serves as a Cadet, most recently attaining the grade of Cadet Chief Master Sergeant and serving as his Squadron's Cadet Safety NCO.
Squadron Transfer
He transferred out of his original unit, Academy Cadet Squadron, to his new unit, Stalwart Cadet Squadron, in early 2017.
Squadron Staff Positions
Prior to his transfer, he was the Information Technology and Public Affairs NCO, as well as a Cadet Flight Sergeant leading a group of 12 cadets for over a year. He was the squadron NCO in Charge for the Air Force Association's CyberPatriot (Youth Information Security) Competition in late 2014 and early 2015. A position he was able to reattain under the Stalwart Cadet Squadron’s Command in March 2017.
He was Academy Cadet Squadron’s Point of Contact for the 2015 Memorial Day Parade in Little Neck, NY. He was interviewed by Spanish News Channel 47, “Telemundo Noticiero” for that event, which sparked his interest in becoming the Public Affairs NCO for the squadron in 2015. A position he had to resign from in order to transfer to Stalwart Cadet Squadron in Astoria, NY.
Organizational Recognitions and Awards
He was awarded, in March 2017, the Civil Air Patrol Achievement Award for outstanding service to the New York City Group Command, alongside more than 26 others, as part of the City Group Commander’s Initiative to gain more activity in the CAP Squadrons across the City.
His new squadron, Stalwart Cadet Squadron, was recently awarded "Squadron of the Year" by the State’s Command Echelon of the Civil Air Patrol, New York Wing.
Emergency Services Qualifications
Christopher is also an Civil Air Patrol / United States Air Force Auxiliary Emergency Services Certified Mission Radio Operator, Staff Assistant and Urban Direction Finding Team Member.
Scouting Career
He is a major promoter, in Queens, of the Scouting Program and it's benefits to the city's youth. As of 26 August 2015, Christopher holds the Eagle Scout Rank, the organization's highest and most prestigious title for youth membership. He currently also is a part of the Venturing Crew 199, serving as it's Crew President (highest youth office in the unit) until February 2017.
Current Scout Unit Leadership Positions
As a Boy Scout, he has held a variety of Leadership Positions, in all kinds of different scouting units.
| Unit | Position | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Troop 199 | Assistant Scoutmaster | Current |
| Troop 142 | Senior Patrol Leader | 2015 |
| Troop 142 | Asst. Senior Patrol Leader | Late 2014 |
| Troop 142 | Patrol Leader | 2014 |
| Troop 1 | Asst. Patrol Leader | 2013 - 2014 |
| Troop 142 | Quartermaster | 2010 - 2011 |
Order of the Arrow Career
| Christopher Robbin Fuentes-Padilla | |
| Chapter Assistance Committee Chairman Order of the Arrow, BSA | |
| July 1st, 2017— | |
| Predecessor: | Kevin Karlson |
| Successor: | Incumbent |
| Chapter Chief Order of the Arrow, BSA | |
| July 1st, 2016—June 30th, 2017 | |
| Predecessor: | Charles Lo |
| Successor: | Justin Lau |
| Lodge Vice Chief of Administration Order of the Arrow, BSA | |
| July 1st, 2015—June 30th, 2016 | |
| Predecessor: | Kevin Karlson |
| Successor: | Jude Walter |
| Personal Details | |
| Residence: | Oakland Gardens, New York |
Initial Membership
In May of 2014, Christopher attended the Annual Inductions Weekend of Kintecoying Lodge, the city's local echelon of the Order of the Arrow, the American Scouting Program's National Honor Society. He completed his Ordeal Membership that weekend.
Committee Chairmanship
Membership Committee Chairman (July 2014 - June 2015)
Christopher was then appointed by the Lodge Chief, the highest-ranking youth member of the lodge, to serve as Membership Committee Chairman, for the 2014 - 2015 scouting year. He was the first in the history of the lodge to serve as a committee chairman without prior skills or experience on the borough chapter level. Each Lodge Committee is led by a member of the lodge who is under 21 years of age and supervised by the adult adviser to ensure the legality and fairness of their actions.
As the year went on, Christopher was charged with Recruitment Processing and Retention of youth and adult membership in the lodge and was charged with the lodge's extended elangomat training program, a program designed to ensure retention through constant contact between the trainers (Named Elangomats) assigned to the new recruits (Ordeal Members).
Christopher decided to run during the citywide lodge officer elections in May 2015, for Vice Chief of Administration (the third highest office in the city for a youth member).
Health and Safety Team Leader (May Inductions Weekend 2014)
He attended the May Inductions Weekend, originally to serve as the Health and Safety Team Leader for the event. He was awarded the membership level of Brotherhood that weekend. He also ran for office on the Sunday of the weekend, as was the norm for the Annual May Induction.
Health and Safety Team Leader (May Inductions Weekend 2015 and 2016)
Christopher was appointed as the Health and Safety Team Leader, for the second time, in August 2015. He held a zero reported injury rate and zero "close call" rate for the entire weekend. He was highly regarded as the potential permanent safety team leader for the lodge's events for the entire year. That decision was unofficially made and he continuously served as Health and Safety Team Leader for all but one event that year, National Leadership Seminar, which was hosted at a council camp and was an Order of the Arrow event but, by mandate, staffed by the Region Chief (the highest youth member of the BSA's Region).
Event Chairman (April Inductions Weekend 2016)
Christopher was also appointed to the position of Event Chairman of the April Inductions Weekend. During such time, he managed a staff of about 26 youth staffers and 20 adult volunteers to run an Ordeal and Brotherhood Ceremony for those who were candidates for those levels of membership. He also was charged with staffing the Support Section of the Health and Safety Team and the General Support and Logistics Staff for the entire event.
He served alongside Jude Walter, the Brooklyn Chapter Vice Chief of Administration, as Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively. In May 2016, Jude Walter would go on to challenge him in the nomination phase and general election of 2016 - 2017's Lodge Officer Elections.
Jude Walter would win the General Election for Lodge Vice Chief of Administration, leaving Christopher to run unopposed in the Lodge Secretary portion of the General Election Phase.
Elected Lodge Office
Lodge Vice Chief of Administration (July 2015 - June 2016)
Christopher was elected to a Citywide Scouting Office in 2015, serving the Lodge in the City as their Vice Chief of Administration. Following his speech, that year, he garnered all but half of one Chapter-Borough of the City’s Lodge.
Staten Island’s Pro-Conservative Members of the Chapter in the Scouting Program were the split vote. Of the six chapters, he won BOTH Queens Chapters (East and West), Manhattan, Bronx, and Brooklyn as well as half of the Staten Island vote.
2016 - 2017 Lodge Officer Elections
Lodge Secretary-Elect (May 2016 - July 2016)
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Christopher decided to run for re-election to Vice Chief of Administration for Kintecoying Lodge. He came 1 vote close to losing the nomination phase of the election. And subsequently lost the General Election to Brooklyn Chapter Vice Chief of Administration Jude Walter. Mr. Walter was the third nominee from the Brooklyn Chapter to run for citywide lodge office and was a good friend of the new Lodge Chief and former Brooklyn Chapter Chief, Kirwin Seger.
Christopher was elected to Lodge Secretary in 2016, but, chose to decline the position on the Citywide Level to serve as the eastern Queens Chapter's Chief.
The election resulted in the Brooklyn Chapter taking the positions of Lodge Chief, Vice Chief of Administration and Treasurer. Mr. Fuentes-Padilla, if he would have stayed in office, would be in the minority of the Officer Team and the Lodge's Executive Committee (LEC), being the only citywide scouting officer from queens and the first to have been dropped from a higher citywide position via the nomination phase.
The other minority chapter youth member on the committee is the former Staten Island Chapter Chief, Michael Sorensen, who was featured on the Spectrum News (New York 1)'s Scholar Athlete for March 2017.
Michael Sorensen was elected the Vice Chief of Inductions (The Second Highest Officer in the City) for 2016 - 2017's scouting year. Michael Sorensen is also an Eagle Scout and holds the Vigil Honor, the highest level of membership in the Order, since 2016's May Inductions Weekend.
Chapter Elected Office
Chapter Chief (July 2016 - June 2017)
In June 2016, he was nominated and ran unopposed for the Eastern Queens (Matinecock) Chapter Chief election. He subsequently resigned from Lodge Secretary and began his term on July 1st of 2016. His term is set to end June 30th of 2017.
Potential Leadership Offices or Appointments
2017 - 2018 Chapter Officer Elections
He is said, even though it is expected he’d run unopposed, to not be considering a run for re-election to Chapter Chief in June 2017. Instead, he is the hopeful appointee for the citywide position of Lodge Awards and Honors Chairman in 2018's Lodge Officer Cabinet and Administration.
2017 - 2018 Lodge Officer Elections
In March 2017, during the Lodge Executive Committee Meeting, he was overheard by an unknown source stating he'd be considering a run for Lodge Chief, but, the LEC would have to approve an exemption for him to run, due to a by-law that mandates the Chief "must be 21 during the entire term of office to run" in the election. He turns 21 years of age June 20th of 2018, the lodge and chapter officership terms end June 30th of every year.
2017 - 2018 Lodge Officer Cabinet and Administration
Otherwise, he is considered to be the hopeful appointee for many Lodge Committees and Event Chairmanships, including:
- Lodge Membership Committee
- Lodge Awards and Honors Committee
- Lodge Communications Committee
- Lodge National Events Committee
- Lodge Chapter Assistance Committee
- April Ordeal Event Chairman
- May Ordeal Event Chairman
2017 Section NE-2B Conclave Appointments
Health and Safety Team Leader
Christopher was handpicked, for the first time, to serve on the Section Conclave Staff. He has never served, prior to 2017's Section NE-2B Conclave, on the staff of any higher Order of the Arrow echelon's event or standing committee staff. He has also never attended a Section Conclave in the entirety of his time in the Order of the Arrow.
Volunteer Public Safety
Christopher Fuentes-Padilla served as a Volunteer Ambulance Attendant with Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Jamaica Estates Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Litlle Neck - Douglaston Community Ambulance Corps of the course of 4 years. He stopped serving in Volunteer EMS in January of 2017, while still serving under the leadership of Little Neck - Douglaston Community Ambulance Corps.
He is the current Vice President of Operations and concurrently serving as Chief of Operational Services at Department of Services: NYC a non-profit he helped create as Co-Founder with Michael J. Caruso and Usman Ali Chohan.
Political Life
Mr. Fuentes-Padilla is considered a semi-feminist and a Democratic-libertarian (Also commonly referred to as a Bleeding Heart Libertarian). He believes that men are equally as important to the Feminist movement as women.
He frequently claims that "Men can help the movement in many ways. A Man can show up to a march and simply chant with them to show his support and it'll catch the eyes of hundreds. But, If 100 or even 200 men show up and do the same, it will catch the eyes of millions. The idea that men can't help the movement because they are men is ridiculous. Feminist leadership should take advantage of every man that wants to help them."
Fuentes-Padilla is also a supporter of equal pay for equal level of service (EX: If a man works 14 hours straight and all of his tasks are completed and a woman works 10 hours straight and she still has four tasks incomplete, she doesn't get equal pay for the amount of service completed doesn't match the pay demanded. And Vice-Versa.)
He is a major fan of the plans and feminist ideology of English Actress Emma Watson and her U.N. sponsored campaign to get people involved in the fight for equality in the workplace and other issues. According to his Facebook page, "Emma Watson is the most entertaining actress of our time. But, is by far the most influential in the fight for women's equality in the world theater. She should be leading our feminist marches and events and maybe even the entire movement."
Campaign Experience
He has worked on three campaigns to date, Usman Ali Chohan in 2016, who ran for New York State Assembly in District 25, against the Democratic Party Incumbent Nily Rozic. He was the Deputy Chief of Staff for that campaign, while simultaneously serving as the Canvassing Supervisor for the Entire District and the Precinct Captain of the Bayside Hills Area.
He also worked in the Mark Cipolla Campaign for New York State Senate, against the incumbent Tony Avella. He was an On-Call Canvasser for the Campaign, due to his busy schedule working for the Usman Ali Chohan Assembly race.
As of 2017, he was the Campaign Manager for Usman Ali Chohan's New York City Council Race, which was publicly canceled due to the Candidate's Financial Issues on April 17th, 2017. The intended opponent was Rory I. Lancman (D), the New York City Councilman from the 24th District.
Party Affiliations
Upon turning 18 years of age in 2015, he was registered as a Republican in Queens County, NY. He attributed this as an attempt at a power grab in the party to change the platform to better represent the people. In January 2017, He launched a run for Republican District Leader in the 25th Assembly District of Queens, NY. He dropped the candidacy citing that he "No longer had trust in the County GOP Leadership".
As of April 2017, Christopher R. Fuentes-Padilla is a registered Democrat in the 25th Assembly District of Queens, NY. He stated that the change was what "he should have done in the first place in 2015." and that he would be considering a run in the Democratic Primary against the party's incumbent Assemblymember Nily Rozic[1]
In May 2017, he confirmed he would be running in the primary for Assembly District 25 against the incumbent Nily Rozic.
Political Positions/Experience
The below is all the political positions that Christopher R. Fuentes-Padilla has held or been considered for:
| Campaign / Organization | Position | Party | Election Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usman Ali 4 Us (NYS Assembly) | Deputy Chief of Staff | Republican | 2016 | LOSS |
| Mark Cipolla for NYS Senate | Canvasser | Republican | 2016 | LOSS |
| Usman Ali 4 NYC Council | Campaign Manager | Fusion Ballot (D/R/LP) | 2017 | N/A (Candidate Renounced his run due to Financial Reasons) |
| Chris Padilla 4 Us | Candidate for District Leader | Republican | 2017 | Renounced Candidacy citing distrust in the County Leadership |
| Chris Padilla 4 Us | Candidate for Queens Borough President | Republican | 2017 | Renounced his Candidacy, Cited Political Inequality in NYC Politics for a GOP Candidate to win. |
| Libertarian Party of Queens County | Vice Chairman | Libertarian | 2017 - 2018 | Incumbent |
| Christopher Padilla 4 NYS Assembly | Candidate for NYS Assembly | Fusion Ballot (D/R/WF/LP) | 2018 | N/A |