The Leadership Team

This is YAL's nationwide network of 7 Regional Directors, 50 State Chairs, and a varying number of Regional Coordinators.  New members of the Leadership Team will be announced throughout the latter half of 2010, so check back regularly to connect with the staffers for your area -- or apply to join the Leadership Team yourself!  A number of positions remain open, and even in states which already have a State Chair, YAL still seeks for a number of committed Regional Organizers.

The Southeast Region
image Jared Fuller
Southeast Regional Director

A leading youth activist and entrepreneur, Jared has been with YAL from the beginning. He started one of the original YAL chapters at Wake Forest and turned out more than 1,300 attendees for Ron Paul’s inaugural YAL campus event.
Connect with Jared on Facebook.
image Kyle Aycock
Southeast Region:  Louisiana State Chair
Kyle Aycock is a student at LSU's School of Veterinary Medicine. Kyle is the President of his YAL chapter at LSU. He's an outdoorsman who appreciates the bayou's diverse flora and fauna and is the perfect fit to lead Louisiana's liberty effort.
Connect with Kyle on Facebook.
image Seth Bowman
Southeast Region:  Arkansas State Chair
Seth Bowman is currently  pursuing his MBA at the University of Arkansas where he recently obtained his J.D. Seth has staffed several campaigns and has an impressive record of leadership to propel the freedom movement in Arkansas to new heights.
Connect with Seth on Facebook.
image Craig Dixon
Southeast Region:  North Carolina State Chair
Craig Dixon is a graduate of Appalachian State University and was a founding member of the school's first YAL chapter. A Fall 2009 Field Representative for the Leadership Institute, he has started YAL chapters across the Mid-West.
Connect with Craig on Facebook.
image Rachel Kania
Southeast Region:  Florida State Co-Chair
Rachel Kania is a long-time leader with Young Americans for Liberty. She was YAL National's longest serving intern and will finish her degree this fall at the University of South Florida.
Connect with Rachel on Facebook.
image Tom Laughlin
Southeast Region:  Florida State Co-Chair
Tom Laughlin is a 5th year senior at FSU with degrees in science and economics where he is further pursing a degree in finance. Tom was the Founder and President to the FSU YAL chapter.
Connect with Tom on Facebook.
image Cuyler Reeves
Southeast Region:  Mississippi State Chair
Born and raised in Meridian, MS, Cuylor Reeves now attends Mississippi State University where he held the position of Treasurer for his YAL chapter.  Cuylor attended both the Southern Republican Leadership Conference and YAL's NC Campaign Bootcamp.
Connect with Cuyler on Facebook.
image Stephen Sebastian
Southeast Region:  South Carolina State Chair
Stephen Sebastian leads one of the largest liberty-oriented student groups in the nation, located in Greenville, SC. His extensive knowledge of organizing students and direct campaign experience will be greatly benefit YAL and South Carolina.
Connect with Stephen on Facebook.
Josh-Jackson Josh Jackson
Southeast Region:  Alabama State Chair
Josh Jackson, originally from Nashville TN, is a recent graduate of Auburn University where he completed a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering. In the Spring of 2010 he spearheaded the YAL chapter at Auburn University. 
Connect with Josh on Facebook.

 

The Northeast Region
image Chris Pille
Northeast Regional Director

Since campaigning in Iowa for Ron Paul in 2007, Chris has worked on campaigns and campuses across the northeast.  After graduating from Goucher College with a degree in International Relations, he moved to New Hampshire to join the Free State Project.
Connect with Chris on Facebook.
image Roy Antoun
Northeast Region:  New York State Chair
Roy is an undergraduate with a History and Political Science double major. In September 2009 he was elected to County Committee in Brooklyn, NY. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the YAL Foreign Policy Handbook.
Connect with Roy on Facebook.
image Matt Ciepielowski
Northeast Region:  Connecticut State Chair
Matt is a senior, studying political science and journalism at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Matt is also an editor of The Quinnipiac Chronicle and spent last semester in DC as a YAL intern.
Connect with Matt on Facebook.
image Andy Daken
Northeast Region:  New Jersey State Chair
Andy is a senior History/Political Science (Pre-Law) major at Rutgers University. Since "waking up" in 2008, he has taken part in the Adirondack/Green Mountain Ron Paul Meetup, written for the Peace, Freedom, and Prosperity website, and supported many liberty-minded candidates.
Connect with Andy on Facebook.
image Megan Duffield
Northeast Region:  Massachusetts State Chair
Megan graduated from the University of Rhode Island, where she began one of the first YAL chapters. She now works for a libertarian-focused  film studio in Boston and maintains an active presence at liberty events and gatherings  in Beantown.
Connect with Megan on Facebook.
image John Logan Jones
Northeast Region:  Rhode Island State Chair
John found the path to liberty while a Pashto Linguist in the U.S. Air Force after hearing Ron Paul explain the concept of "blowback." John has been involved with YAL since 2009 and organized New Hampshire's first chapter along with two fellow veterans.
Connect with John on Facebook.
image Stacy Litz
Northeast Region:  Pennsylvania State Chair
Stacy Litz is a student at Drexel University. She is the president of the Student Liberty Front, campus coordinator for Students for Liberty, and founder of a chapter of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy. She writes for a number of liberty-oriented publications.
Connect with Stacy on Facebook.
image Alex Peterson
Northeast Region:  New Hampshire State Chair
Alex Peterson, a veteran of the Iraq War, awoke to the cause of liberty after witnessing the government's overseas aggression. After learning of Ron Paul, he helped found a YAL chapter at the University of New Hampshire and remains involved in liberty activism.
Connect with Alex on Facebook.

 

The Midwest Region
image Dave Grabaskas
Midwest Regional Director

Dave is from Youngstown, OH, pursuing his PhD in Nuclear Engineering at the Ohio State University. He is the co-founder and former president of the OSU chapter of YAL. He was also the Youth Outreach Coordinator for the Ohio Freedom Alliance.
Connect with Dave on Facebook.
image Piyali Bhattacharya
Midwest Region:  Ohio State Chair
Piyali was born and raised in Ohio and graduated from Case Western Reserve University, where she helped found a YAL chapter. She's been involved with the liberty movement since 2008 and was a Koch Summer Fellow in 2009.
Connect with Piyali on Facebook.
image Ani DeGroot
Midwest Region:  Iowa State Chair
Ani DeGroot is a Political Science major and Economics, Math, and Arabic minor at the University of Iowa. Since Ron Paul's 2008 campaign, she has actively promoted liberty on her  campus.
Connect with Ani on Facebook.
 
image Nathan Murphy
Midwest Region:  Indiana State Chair
Nathan Murphy is a senior at Purdue University with a major in management, a concentration in economics, and certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He founded his school's YAL chapter and served as president for three semesters before taking the role of treasurer.
Connect with Nathan on Facebook.
image John Payne
Midwest Region:  Missouri State Chair
John Payne is a research assistant at the Show-Me Institute in Saint Louis, MO. Before his current position, John taught high school social studies in southeast Missouri. He is a 2005 graduate of Washington University in Saint Louis, where he majored in history.
Connect with John on Facebook.
image Jackie Silseth
Midwest Region:  Minnesota State Chair
Jackie Silseth is a senior at St. Cloud State University majoring in English. She was first introduced to the ideas of liberty at age 14 and has been involved in various liberty-minded campus groups since 2007 when she first attended a Libertarians Club meeting at Iowa State.
Connect with Jackie on Facebook.