Elise Stefanik is a small businesswoman who works in North Country sales, marketing and management for Premium Plywood Products, Inc., her family’s company that was founded in Upstate New York over twenty years ago.

Growing up in a small business family, Elise learned, lived, and understands the values of hard work, perseverance, difficulties, and risk that go along with building, operating, and growing an Upstate small business that provides jobs in today’s challenging economy. With over one thousand customers, Premium Plywood Products is one of the largest wholesale distributors of hardwood plywoods and specialty wood products in Upstate New York. Premium Plywood Products’ materials are in Upstate New York homes, schools, businesses, colleges and universities, hospitals, grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, community centers, military bases and more.

Prior to her work at her family’s company, Elise has served in a variety of roles in public policy in Upstate New York and nationally.

Elise most recently served as Director of Vice Presidential Debate Prep to Paul Ryan where she oversaw all debate preparations for the Republican Vice Presidential nominee. She served as Director of Communications for the Foreign Policy Initiative, which launched Defending Defense, a coalition of think tanks warning of the dangers of the sequester. Prior to her think tank work, she served as the Policy Director for Governor Pawlenty’s Presidential campaign.

From 2006 – 2009, Elise served in the West Wing of the White House as part of President George W. Bush’s Domestic Policy Council Staff and in the Chief of Staff’s office where she assisted in overseeing the policy development process on all economic and domestic policy issues.

As the first member of her immediate family to graduate from college, Elise graduated with Honors from Harvard University where she was only one of three women honored with the Women’s Leadership Award. She served on the Student Advisory Committee of Harvard’s Institute of Politics, the largest political undergraduate organization.

Elise was born and raised in Upstate New York and has worked on numerous campaigns at the State, Congressional, Senate and Presidential level – including in New York State dating back to her days volunteering for the Republican State Committee while in high school. She lives in Willsboro, NY.

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Endorsements

Clinton County
Kathleen Flynn, Town Clerk, Peru
Peter Glushko, Town Supervisor, Peru
Bethany Fortin, Town Clerk, Ellenburg
James Langley Jr, Town Council Member, Peru
Joseph Leclair, Town Council Member, Dannemora
Daniel H. Letourneau, Village Mayor, Rouses Point
Donald McBrayer, Town Council Member, Peru
Zachary Babbie, Village Trustee, Village of Dannemora
Larry Barcomb, Town Supervisor, Champlain
Michael Bennett, Village Mayor, Dannemora
Mary Bell, Town Clerk, Town of Saranac
Jonathon Beach, County Legislator, Area 2
Gary Bombard, Town Council Member, Ellenburg
James Calnon, Mayor, City of Plattsburgh
William Chase, Town Supervisor, Dannemora
Keith Cringle Sr, Superintendent of Highways, Saranac
Mark Dame, County Legislator, Area 8
Rufus Deyo, Deputy Town Supervisor, Beekmantown
Jason Dezan, Town Supervisor, Ellenburg
Jon Douglass, Town Supervisor, Black Brook
Dale Dowdle, Ward 3 City Councilman, City of Plattsburgh
Donna Hamel, Town Clerk, Schuyler Falls
Sherman Hamel, Deputy Town Supervisor, Schuyler Falls
Mark Henry, Town Supervisor, Chazy
Bonnie Hopkins, Town Clerk, Ausable
Eric Jarvis, Deputy Mayor, Village of Dannemora
Jeff Menard, Town Supervisor, Mooers
Bryan Moore, Town Council Member, Champlain
Howard Newton, Town Council Member, Schuyler Falls
Francis Peryea, Town Council Member, Altona
Michelle Petrashune, Town Council Member, Saranac
Richard Potiker, Town Supervisor, Schuyler Falls
Darcy Pray, Town Council Member, Ausable
Dennis Relation, Town Supervisor, Beekmantown
Robert Rushford, Town Council Member, Clinton
Terry Sears, Town Council Member, Beekmantown
Stephen Southwick, Town Council Member, Champlain
Robert Timmons, County Legislator, Area 7
Richard Trombley Jr, Deputy Supervisor, Ellenburg
Patty Waldron, County Legislator, Area 6
Bradley Wright, Superintendent of Highways, Ellenburg
Scot Zmijewski, Town Council Member, Ausable
John Zurlo, County Clerk

Essex County
Clayton Barber, Town Council Member, Chesterfield
Steven Benway, Town Council Member, Willsboro
Donald Bott, Town Council Member, Newcomb
Matthew Brassard, Deputy Village Mayor, Village of Port Henry
Gerald Bruce, Town Clerk, Wilmington
Bridget Brown, Town Clerk, Willsboro
Ellen Clark, Village Clerk, Lake Placid
Dorcey Crammond, Town Council Member, Ticonderoga
Richard Cutting, Elizabethtown
Barbara Darrah, Town Clerk, St. Armand
Stephen Denton Jr, Town Council Member, Lewis
Archie Depo, Town Supervisor, Jay
Michael Diskin, Treasurer, Essex County
Laurie Dudley, Town Clerk, North Elba
Jack Favro, Town Council Member, North Elba
William Ferebee, Town Supervisor, Keene
Roger Friedman, Town Council Member, Schroon
Jennifer Fuller, Town Council Member, St. Armand
Edward Gardner, Town Supervisor, Essex
Patricia Gardner, Town Clerk, Essex
Shaun Gillilland, Town Supervisor, Willsboro
Joseph, Giordano, Town Supervisor, Ticonderoga
Charles Harrington, Town Supervisor, Crown Point
Peter Holderied, Village Trustee, Lake Placid
Lawrence Hulbert, Town Council Member, Lewis
Lynn Jarvis, Town Clerk, Chesterfield
Richard Klages, Town Council Member, Chesterfield
David LaBar, Town Council Member, Minerva
Claire LaPine, Town Council Member, Essex
Charles Lustig Jr, Deputy Town Supervisor, Willsboro
Michael Marnell, Town Supervisor, Schroon
Tom McDonald, Town Council Member, Jay
Steve McNally, Town Supervisor, Minerva
Noel Merrihew III, Town Supervisor, Elizabethtown
Wester Miga, Town Supervisor, Newcomb
Dean Montroy, Town Council Member, St. Armand
James Monty, Town Supervisor, Lewis
Scott Monroe, Village Trustee, Lake Placid
Ronald Moore, Town Supervisor, North Hudson
Ben Morris, Town Council Member, Elizabethtown
Beatrice Pelkey, Town Clerk, Jay
Joseph Provoncha, Clerk, Essex County
Jay Rand, Town Council Member, North Elba
Craig Randall, Village Mayor, Lake Placid
Lane Sayward, Town Council Member, Willsboro
Thomas Scozzafava, Town Supervisor, Moriah
Amy Shalton, Town Council Member, Jay
Lorilee Sheehan, Town Council Member, Willsboro
John Sheldrake, Town Council Member, Jay
Tonya Thompson, Town Clerk, Ticonderoga
Mary Towne, Town Clerk, Newcomb
Michael Ike Tyler, Town Supervisor, Westport
Charles Whitson, Town Supervisor, St. Armand

Jefferson County
Scott Allen, Town Supervisor, Pamelia
Joel Bartlett, Town Supervisor, Watertown
Kenneth Bates, Town Council Member, Brownville
Vincent Battista III, Village Mayor, Sackets Harbor
Cathy Behling, Deputy Supervisor, Adams
Samuel Biondolillo, Town Council Member, LeRay
Nancy Bice, Town Council Member, Worth
Robert Boucher, Village Trustee, Evans Mills
Barbara Boulton, Deputy Mayor, Sackets Harbor
Dawn Breyette, Town Clerk, Rutland
Stanley W. Buzzell, Town Council Member, Champion
Bruce Call, Superintendent of Highways, Pamelia
Gwen E. Call, Town Clerk, Pamelia
Bob Cantwell III, Town Council Member, Clayton
Lee Carpenter, Village Mayor, Black River
Philip Chatterton, Village Mayor, Adams
Michael Cocco, Village Mayor, Evans Mills
Henry Colby, Town Council Member, Ellisburg
Amy Cole, Town Clerk, Antwerp
Patrick Connor, Village Trustee, Brownville
John Culkin, Town Supervisor, Henderson
Carl Dealing, Superintendent of Highways, Lorraine
Kim A. Delles, Town Clerk, Theresa
Robert DeSantis, Village Mayor, Antwerp
Pamela Desormo, Town Clerk, Watertown
Paul Desormo, Town Council Member, Watertown
Jenn Dindl, Town Council Member, LeRay
Michael Docteur, County Legislator, District 1
Anthony Doldo, County Legislator, District 15
Tammy J. Donnelly, Town Clerk, Orleans
Mark Eiss, Town Council Member, Pamelia
James Eves, Village Mayor, Dexter
Bruce Ferguson, Town Supervisor, Champion
Robert Ferris, County Legislator, District 11
Carolyn Fitzpatrick, County Legislator, District 12
Charles Folsom, Town Council Member, Theresa
Michael Freeman, Superintendent of Highways, Philadelphia
William Fulkerson, Town Supervisor, Ellisburg
Ed Glaser, Town Council Member, Henderson
Frederick Goodnough, Town Council Member, Ellisburg
Scott Gray, County Legislator, District 13
Carol Hall, Town Council Member, Henderson
Cheryl Horton, Town Supervisor, Philadelphia
Jessy Hudon, Town Clerk, Alexandria
Dale Hunneyman, Town Supervisor, Alexandria
Patrick Jareo, County Legislator, District 9
Stephen Jennings, City Council Member, Watertown
William R. Jesmore, Town Council Member, LeRay
David Johnson, Town Council Member, Lorraine
David Kellogg, Town Supervisor, Adams
John E. Knapp, Town Clerk, Adams
Renee Kolb, Village Treasurer, Village of Glen Park
Kathleen E. LaClair, Town Clerk, Clayton
Deborah Lamora, Town Council Member, Philadelphia
Richard Lane, Town Supervisor, Brownville
Carrie Lasage, Village Trustee, Village of Brownville
Carson Lennox, Town Council Member, Hounsfield
Christal Lowffler, Village Mayor, Village of Herrings
Stephen Macaulay, Village Mayor, Village of Glen Park
Timothy Maloney, Village Mayor, Cape Vincent
Steven Marcinkowski, Town Supervisor, Theresa
James Matthews, Village Mayor, Ellisburg
Jeremiah Maxon, County Legislator, District 10
Daniel McBride, County Legislator, District 6
Gizzelle Meeks, County Clerk
Danielle Miller, Village Mayor, Alexandria Bay
Michael Montigelli, County Legislator, District 5
Matthew Montroy, Village Mayor, Village of Philadelphia
Vincent Moore, Town Supervisor, Lorraine
Daniel Nevills, Town Council Member, Wilna
Michael Nichols, Village Trustee, Chaumont
Bruce Nutting, Deputy Mayor, Village of Dexter
Trevor O’Dell, Town Council Member, Rutland
Kristy L. O’Shaughnessy, Clerk-Treasurer, Carthage
Torre Parker-Lane, Town Council Member, Henderson
Debra L. Payne, Town Clerk, Ellisburg
John Peck, County Legislator, District 7
Thomas Petrie, Town Council Member, Alexandria
Merle Pickert, Village Trustee, Antwerp
Victoria Pritty-Pitcher, Town Council Member, Hounsfield
Tony Randazzo, Village Trustee, Village of Clayton
Kevin Rarick, Town Supervisor, Orleans
Cheryl Reed, Town Clerk, Philadelphia
Philip Reed, County Legislator, District 3
Stephan Rich, Deputy Supervisor, Watertown
Valerie Rust, Village Mayor, Chaumont
Timothy Scee, Town Supervisor, Hounsfield
Douglas Shelmidine, Town Council Member, Ellisburg
Mary C. Smith, Town Clerk, LeRay
John Stine, Town Council Member, Alexandria
Gary Stinson, Town Supervisor, Rodman
Brent Sweet, Town Council Member, Alexandria
Ronald Taylor, Town Supervisor, LeRay
Ronald Tepfenhart, Town Council Member, Brownville
Sandra Veivia, Village Trustee, Evans Mills
Daniel Villa, Town Council Member, Lyme
Mark Walczyk, City Council Member, Watertown
Robert Watson, Town Council Member, Philadelphia
Dan Wiley, Town Council Member, Cape Vincent
Greg Wills, Town Council Member, Alexandria
Peter Wilson, Deputy Supervisor, Orleans
Janet Zando, Village Mayor, Deferiet

Saratoga County
Preston Allen, Town Supervisor, Day
Sue Baldwin, Town Clerk, Wilton
Walter Barss, Superintendent of Highways, Greenfield
John Collyer, Town Supervisor, Providence
Gardner Congdon, Town Supervisor, Moreau
William Cummings, Town Council Member, Providence
Sue Cunningham, Town Clerk, Stillwater
Margaret DeFoe, Town Clerk, Galway
John DeLifle, Town Council Member, Northumberland
Colleen DeMarsh, Town Council Member, Hadley
Shawn Eggleston, Superintendent of Highways, Corinth
Charles Hanehan, Town Council Member, Saratoga
Craig Hayner, County Clerk
George Hodgson, Town Council Member, Northumberland
James Jennings, Town Council Member, Saratoga
Arthur Johnson, Town Supervisor, Wilton
Barbara Kerr, Town Council Member, Milton
Edward Kinowski, Town Supervisor, Stillwater
Theodore Kusnierz Jr, Town Council Member, Moreau
John Lant, Town Council Member, Wilton
Cheryl Lee, Town Council Member, Providence
Paul Lent, Town Supervisor, Galway
Daniel Lewza, Town Supervisor, Milton
Richard Lucia, Town Supervisor, Corinth
Leeann McCabe, Town Clerk, Moreau
Linda McCabe, Town Clerk, Saratoga
John McEachron, Town Council Member, Wilton
William Mevec, Town Clerk, Milton
Denise Murphy, Town Clerk, Northumberland
Louise Okoniewski, Town Clerk, Greenfield
Donald Ormsby Jr, Superintedent of Highways, Saratoga
Willard Peck, Town Supervisor, Northumberland
Daniel Pemrick, Town Supervisor, Greenfield
Robert Prendergast, Town Council Member, Moreau
Pauline Smead, Town Clerk, Hadley
Mike Smith, Town Council Member, Galway
Gary Squires, Town Council Member, Saratoga
Steve Streicher, Deputy Supervisor, Wilton
Judy Traegar, Councilwoman, Day
Carol Vallaincourt, Town Clerk, Day
Elizabeth Vandenburgh, Town Council Member, Providence
Alan VanTassel, Town Council Member, Moreau
Susan Wemple, Town Clerk, Providence
Rod Wilday, Councilman, Galway
Sandra Winney, Town Council Member, Providence
Thomas Wood III, Town Supervisor, Saratoga
Arthur Wright, Town Supervisor, Hadley
Michael Zurlo, County Sheriff

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