KEY STAFF
Fred Nezami
Campaign Manager
Lives in: Flushing, Queens, NY (District 25)
Fred Nezami is an experienced and politically active community member. He ran two campaigns, Usman Ali Chohan's run for the 25th District Seat and his own District Leader Campaign in 2017. He is a long-time friend of the Candidate, Christopher Padilla, and graduated from the same high school as most of the staff, Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside.
Usman Ali Chohan
Bi-Partisan Policy Advisor
Lives In: Fresh Meadows, Queens, NY (District 25)
Usman Ali Chohan, known to many staff as Usman Ali, is another long-time associate and friend of the Candidate. He ran on the Republican Ballot for the same seat in 2016 and considered a run for the 24th District Seat of the New York City Council in 2017. He is still a registered Republican and serves as the direct advisor to the Christopher Padilla for Bi-Partisan Legislative Proposals.
As part of his platform, Mr. Fuentes-Padilla intends on working diligently to get things past the majority Republican senate with no problems. He believes in order to do that the Democratic Majority in the assembly will need inducements and legislations that Republicans want to be considered for the proposal to be brought up in the Assembly Chambers.
Elliot Axelman
Director of Social Media
Lives in: Whitestone, Queens, NY (Out of District)
Elliot Axelman is a former co-worker of Christopher's since 2016. They both worked at Senior Care EMS and the Usman Ali Chohan 2016 Assembly Race for the 25th District. From there they both entered the Libertarian Party and grew the Chapter and became Chair and Vice Chair, respectively.
Elliot is an experienced writer and is the chief editor and founder of conervativeny.com , a government accountability website that has a libertarian and conservative new yorker's perspective on most items and articles. He also is a major contributor to the writing staff on beinglibertarian.com , a similar private news organization.
VACANT
Chief of Staff
Lives in: N/A
After the vacancy caused by Mr. Jones' resignation, we are looking for a new Chief of Staff. Submit your resume and cover letter via email to chrispadilla4us@gmail.com.
Cody T. Persaud
Deputy Chief of Staff (Volunteer Operations)
Lives In: Bayside, Queens, NY
Cody Thomas Persaud is a good friend of Christopher's from Civil Air Patrol and is the only member of his previous squadron to volunteer for his campaign staff.
He is an avid community member and has leadership ideas from varying role models in political, military and civilian roles throughout histroy and serves as the primary point of contact for volunteers in the field canvassing division and the political advisory team.
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He is the youngest member of the Administrative staff, age 18 and is the only campaign staffer that is not in college at the time of the campaign announcement.
Tatsuya Hondo
Deputy Chief of Staff (Public Affairs / Constituent Services)
Lives in: Flushing, Queens, NY (District 25)
Tatsuya is the last of the former campaign's staffers to sign on as an Administrative Staffer. He is an experienced individual that has served on many graphic design projects and freelances as a graphic designer. He is a great public speaker and hopes to serve as a speechwriter for an Executive in Government.
Tatsuya is the eldest administrative staffer in the campaign and is a student at Adelphi University studying Anthropology.
