FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Federation of College Republicans (NYFCR) elected their new executive board for the 2016-17 academic year on Saturday, April 16, 2016. Eli Nachmany from was elected State Chairman after serving for a year as Chairman. He succeeds John Catsimatidis, Jr., also of New York University, as Catsimatidis completed his second term. Nachmany is a junior at NYU, studying Sports Management.

Allan Gendelman of SUNY Binghamton was elected State Deputy Chairman. SUNY Geneseo’s Maria Gershuni and John Jay College’s Paulo Coelho were elected State Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. Nachmany, Gendelman, Gershuni, and Coelho ran together on the NYFCR United ticket, and each won office with over 70-percent of the vote.

Nachmany appointed Jay Cruger of John Jay College as NYFCR Executive Director and Kirill Clark of The New School as Parliamentarian.

The following individuals won their respective regional chair elections:

Anthony Serianni of SUNY Geneseo (Western New York Chairman) Kyle Stewart of Ithaca College (Central Region Chairman) Timothy Knapp of SUNY Potsdam (Northern Region Chairman) Conner Dunleavy of SUNY Albany (Capital Region Chairman) Tom Tsaveras of Hofstra University (Long Island Chairman) Charlton Boyd of Wagner College (New York City Chairman)

The New York Federation of College Republicans is an organization with over 30 member chapters across the state of New York, spanning from Western New York to Long Island. Chairman Nachmany ran on a platform of academic conservatism, and one of his main goals is to institute a statewide fellowship program for research and writing. NYFCR is a state federation under the College Republican National Committee (CRNC). College Republicans is the nation’s oldest, largest, and most active youth political organization.