Chairwoman Elise Stefanik proudly represents New York’s 21st District in her sixth term and is the most senior elected Republican in New York. She is currently the Chairwoman of House Republican Leadership. At the time of her first election, Elise made history as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. She continued this historic rise and went on to serve as the highest-ranking woman in Congress as House Republican Conference Chair, where she was the youngest woman in history to serve in top elected House leadership. Elise has consistently won historic re-election victories, often by the largest margin of any Republican in the Northeast and consistently earning the most votes in the history for any congressional candidate in the North Country.

Elise serves as a senior Member of the House Armed Services Committee, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and was a founding Member of the China Task Force. She also serves on the Elected Leadership Committee and the powerful Steering Committee. Elise serves on the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation and as a member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China.

Prior to serving in Congress, Elise worked at her family’s small business in plywood and forest products wholesale distribution. Growing up in Upstate New York in a small business family, Elise learned, lived, and understands the values of hard work, perseverance, determination, and grit.

Elise lives in Schuylerville with her husband Matt and their young son Sam. They are proud to call Upstate New York – the cradle of the American Revolution – home.