The new co-chairs are Cassandra Lems (from New York), Justin Paglino (Connecticut), and Charles Ostdiek (Nebraska). Brief biographies of all three follow below.

They replace retiring co-chairs Margaret Elisabeth (Washington), Tony Ndege (North Carolina), and Tamar Yager (Virginia), whom the Green Party thanks for their service and leadership.

The continuing co-chairs are Craig Cayetano (New Jersey), Darryl! LC Moch (District of Columbia, National Black Caucus), Alfred Molison (Texas), and Joseph Naham (New York). Green Party secretary Holly Hart (Iowa) and treasurer Bob Stuller (Connecticut) also continue in office.

All co-chairs serve as members of the Green Party's national Steering Committee and as public spokespersons for the party. They are available for interview through the contacts above.

The co-chairs' terms are two years, with staggered yearly elections taking place at the Green Party's Annual National Meetings and Presidential Nominating Conventions, and members are limited to two consecutive terms.

Greens also thanks the party's Annual National Meeting Committee and the committee's co-chairs Dee Taylor (Utah) and Tamar Yager (Virginia) for their hard work in organizing the 2024 Green Convention.

Bios

Cassandra Lems is a retired intellectual property paralegal living on Long Island, New York. She is active in the Green Party at the county, state and national levels, most recently serving as co-chair of the committee responsible for credentialing the delegates to the 2024 Green National Convention.

Charles Ostdiek began working with the Green Party in 2000 as a member of Nebraskans for Nader and went on to help found the Nebraska Green Party. He began working directly with the Green Party of the US in 2008 and previously served as national co-chair from 2012 to 2016. As a long-time environmental and anti-nuclear activist, Charles works locally on many public power issues and was an integral part of work to have the Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Station decommissioned.

Justin Paglino, M.D, Ph.D., comes from a medical science background in the fields of clinical pathology and virology, but since 2019 has been working as a piano teacher and as a Green Party activist. He ran for US Congress in 2020 and 2022. In 2023 he was elected co-chair of the Connecticut Green Party and National Committee member of the Green Party of the US and is also serving as co-chair of the party's Eco-Action Committee. This year he is the Green Party nominee for US Senate in Connecticut.

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