Leadership

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The following are members of the San Mateo County Republican Central Committee. They are elected to four-year terms via public election or are appointed by other members when a vacancy arises.

  • Daniel Torunian, Chair

  • San Mateo County Republican Executive Committee

    Executive Committee
    Daniel Torunian, Chair
    Michelle Koskella, Secretary
    Stephen Vivien, Second Vice Chair
    Tom Weissmiller, Third Vice Chair
    Kim Rupert, Treasurer

    Non-Voting Members
    Art Kieisel, Parliamentarian

  • Sub-Committee Members

    Dan Torunian, Finance

    Victor Zolezzi, Events

    Catherine Hart, Social Media

    Gus Mattammal, Ex-Officio Advisory

    Stephanie Schutz, Election Integrity

    Garth Gabrielson, Candidate Recruitment

District Members

The districts each member represents matches the boundaries of the supervisorial districts.

  • DISTRICT 1

    Sharron Calundan
    Michelle Koskella
    Reggie Calaguas
    Kim Rupert
    Victor Zolezzi

  • DISTRICT 2

    Garth Gabrielson
    Catherine Hart
    Ken Loo
    Gabriela Mejia
    Thomas Weissmiller

  • DISTRICT 3

    Greg Conlon
    Anna Cheng Kramer
    Lucy Lin
    Frank Vella
    Stephen Vivien
    Vacancy

  • DISTRICT 4

    Connie Chaltas
    Dan Torunian
    Stephan Steiner

  • DISTRICT 5

    Ruel Cordero
    Bruce Ebinger
    Roshan Izada

  • Ex-Officio

    Anna Kramer, CA 15th Congressional District

    Yvette Corkrean, CA 11th Senate District

    Alex Glew, CA 13th Senate District

Bylaws

The San Mateo County Republican Party is governed by our Bylaws approved and enacted by elected Republican Central Committee Members.

The Republican Party of San Mateo County is dedicated to the purposes of registering voters, nominating, endorsing and electing members of the Republican Party to federal, state and local public office

San Mateo County Republican Party

Tenets & Principles


We believe in the American Dream: in the right of self-determination, which gives rise to American Exceptionalism - in that everyone should be afforded the opportunity to succeed regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, or sex…

We believe that people, not government can solve the problems that plague our society – the human spirit can be powerful and good…

We believe that everyone deserves the right to live their life in a respectful fashion; and that we all deserve the right to live in safety, that laws should be observed with the appropriate consequences for breaking the law...

We believe in legal based immigration, as that has been a cornerstone of our country’s development and that there is no country without borders…

We support and respect law enforcement, first-responders and front-line workers and appropriately hold to them to a high standard of conduct…

We believe that America should not be dependent on foreign countries for critical resources such as energy, food and other essentials that fuel our economy and sustain our people…

We believe in the power of education and that all children should be given the tools they need to succeed and sustain themselves and that education is partnership between parents and teachers…

We believe in our traditional institutions and that Family, Teachers, and Religion all play a vital role in our society…

We believe that public spending of money we do not have does not make sense – we expect all public program investments to be accountable and based on necessity…

We believe that Climate Change is real, but must be addressed pragmatically without creating unintended economic impact and from the lens of global responsibility…