Executive Board
Serving you and the electorate since 1971, so you can vote for someone that best represents you.
Kyle O'Donnell, Chairman
$17.76 Monthly Donor. Our primary goal as a political party is to run Libertarian candidates. We stand the best chance of winning with local, non-partisan, and municipal races and have been sucessfull in electing James Cook to town council and then Mayor of Rock Hall on the Eastern Shore.
O'Donnell loves the outdoors, waterfowl, and feels at home in rural America. Kyle's top three political topics are reducing government spending and taxes, providing quality basic infrustructure, and ending the wars. Kyle has served at the county, district, and state level, and on multiple political campaigns and Libertarian parties in North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, and Maryland.
During the work week, O'Donnell manages a finance team and 26-million-dollar budget for 100+ coworkers across five counties on the Eastern Shore. Kyle and Tom (also a Libertarain) enjoy raising chickens and cooking country food together. In his spare time, they enjoy classic cinema, craft beer, and travel.
Travis Lerol, Treasurer
Travis Lerol grew up in rural Minnesota, and attended Mesabi Range Community College, graduating with honors, before attending UofMN-Duluth. After 9-11, he chose to enlist in the air force, qualifying as a software developer and stationed here at Fort Meade, MD. He's lived in central MD ever since, and currently resides in his home in Pasadena with his partner, Lexi, their two hedgehogs, Salt and Pepper, and their two rabbits, Garnet and Tater, where he gardens (mostly for the rabbits) and works on improving the house (mostly hindered by the rabbits). While he has also run a small business and served in the reserves, Travis presently works as a defense contractor.
Travis has previously been active in pro-2A rallies, speaking against proposed gun control acts here in MD, and has been interviewed by a number of local papers for his 3d printing in support of home gunsmithing rights. Lerol has concerns about mandates, lockdowns, and general loss of freedoms.
Last election cycle, Lerol ran for state house representative with 8,509 people voting for Travis (33% of the way towards willing a seat).
Stuart Simms, treasurer in training
Stuart Simms was born ~12 years BC (Before Capitals) and raised without ice hockey in Montgomery County. He enjoyed his friends, sports, and poker far more than his studies. A trendsetter, he took a fateful gap year between high school and the UMCP where he met his future wife, Laura, at freshman orientation. He is a Husband, Father of 2 and Grandfather of 5.
His journey to the Libertarian Party began with a decision to start refereeing ice hockey in 1989. This trained him to be objective. In 1992, he decided to take his vote seriously, listened to the candidates, decided Mr. Clinton was a prevaricator, investigated what else he was being lied to about and realized it was pretty much everything. He then found the LP and cast a vote for the LP ticket of Andre Marrou and Nancy Lord. By the Spring of 1993 he had joined the LP and is a life member of the MDLP.
With Dr. Scott Becker he co-founded Marylanders for Democracy and in the 1990s he successfully lobbied and testified in Annapolis to reduce the onerous ballot access requirements for minor parties and independent candidates that existed in Maryland at the time.
Stuart is now in his third stint on the EB and has hosted LP parties as well as organizing conventions in the past for the Maryland party. Additionally, he has served as an uncommitted delegate to the national convention many times preferring to listen with an open mind to all candidates before deciding for whom to vote.
Anastasia Pyzik thinks that he’s the best referee she’s ever seen, but that won’t keep her out of the sin bin.
Anastasia Pyzik, Secretary
Daughter. Sister. Aunt. Recreation Therapist & Recreation Enthusiast. Coach. Cousin. Niece. Friend. Athlete. Fan of ice puck and sports ball. Hype Girl. Secretary of the LPMD. Lover of fun and laughter. Student of history. Stuck in the wrong time period. Forever quoting the Golden Girls. Aspiring Trad Wife.
Libertarian Origin Story: Always leaned/thought “right/conservative” but during COVID and my “canceling” after wanting to name a women’s ice hockey team the “Mason-Dixon Misfits,” went to my first Libertarian Party county meeting in June of 2021, and never looked back. 1A/2A Absolutist. Repeal the 19th Amendment. And wishes she could keep the money she earned to donate to causes she deems worthy.
Alex Schelgal, communications director
$17.76 monthly donor. Military Veteran. Master welder. Teacher. Passionate supporter of the right to keep and bear arms in self-defense.
Jeff Keller, County Organzier
Jeff Keller is an experienced IT professional with a long‑standing commitment to technology and customer service. He joined the Libertarian Party in 1993 and has remained an active and dedicated libertarian ever since. His service within the LP includes roles as secretary and newsletter editor for the Montgomery County chapter, two terms as a national convention delegate, and his current position as Chair of the LP of Frederick County. Jeff also hosts a monthly social gathering that brings together local libertarians and community members for conversation, connection, and shared purpose.
Born in the Detroit metro area, Jeff has spent nearly his entire life in Maryland, aside from a combined handful of years in Michigan, Mississippi, and West Virginia. He grew up in Montgomery County and attended its public schools, where he first met his lifelong friend and future wife, Sue—a partnership of now more than forty years. Today, Jeff and Sue make their home in New Market, where they share life with their two beloved cats, Cami and Ellie. A lifelong Star Trek fan, an enthusiast for classic American cars, and a devoted animal lover, Jeff also has deep interests in libertarian philosophy, economics, and history—subjects that continue to shape his thinking and activism.
Garrett Sterling, Vice-chair
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