The Green National Committee (GNC) is the central governing body of the

Green Party of the United States The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism; nonviolence; social justice; participatory democracy; anti-war; ...

. The committee is composed of over 150 delegates from every affiliated state party and recognized caucus. The GNC oversees all national party functions and elects a steering committee to oversee day-to-day operations. Responsibilities of the committee include organizing annual meetings and the presidential nominating convention, developing a party platform, and coordinating campaigns from the local, state, and federal levels.

National Committee

The Green National Committee (GNC) serves as the decision-making body of the Green Party of the United States. It consists of 150 (+10) delegates, with additional delegates for party caucuses. The delegates serving on the GNC are not synonymous to the presidential nominating delegates elected to the

Green National Convention The Green National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). Though the Green National Committee (GNC) meets annually in a "national meeting", the convention is convened by the GNC on ...

(also known as GNC) of which consists greater than 2.5 times the number of delegates. 2019 Delegate Apportionment Additional Delegates * Black Caucus 2 * Latinx Caucus 2 * Lavender Caucus 2 * Women's Caucus 2 * Youth Caucus 2

Steering committee

The steering committee is composed of seven co-chairs, acting as a collective executive, together with the secretary and treasurer. They are elected by the delegates who serve on the Green National Committee. The following are current and former officers of Green Party US. National Co-chairs * Ahmed Eltouny,

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

* Christopher Stella,

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

* Rei Stone-Grover,

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

* Garret Wasserman,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

* Margaret Elisabeth, Washington * Tamar Yager,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

* Anita Rios,

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

Secretary * Kristen Combs,

Treasurer * Hillary Kane,

Standing committees

The GNC has several standing committees: *Accreditation *Animal Rights *Annual National Meeting *Ballot Access *Bylaws, Rules, Policies & Procedures *Communications *Coordinated Campaign (Limited to 10 members) *Dispute Resolution *Diversity *EcoAction *Finance *Fundraising *Green Pages (newspaper editorial board) *International *Media *Merchandising *Outreach *Peace Action *Platform *Presidential Campaign Support

Other committees

The following committees are effectively responsible for allocating and certifying delegates to the GNC: *Apportionment Review (Limited to 8 members) *Apportionment Tabulation (Limited to 7 members) *Credentials (Limited to 15 members)

Fundraising

The

Green Senatorial Campaign Committee The Green Senatorial Campaign Committee (GSCC), also known as the National Green Senatorial Campaign Committee (NGSCC), is a Green Party committee working to elect Greens to the United States Senate. The organization was formed during the 2006 el ...

(GSCC) is the

Federal Election Commission The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent agency of the United States government that enforces U.S. campaign finance laws and oversees U.S. federal elections. Created in 1974 through amendments to the Federal Election Campaign ...

entity that the Coordinated Campaign Committee utilizes to support Green Party candidates from the senatorial down to the local level.

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