Colleen (she/her) has for the past fifteen months been actively involved with the Green Party of Allegheny County, previously serving as the Working Groups Coordinator. Her experience includes hands-on work like tabling and petitioning, as well as serving as treasurer for Theron Gilliland, Jr.'s 2025 campaign for Allegheny County Council. Colleen is also deeply committed to the BDS movement and the Pittsburgh Palestine Coalition, advocating for Boycott, Divest, and Sanction of Israel.

Colleen also holds the position of Co-Chair for the Green Party of Pennsylvania and acts as a liaison for the GPPA Communications Team. She is eager to contribute in any capacity to help us break free from the two-party duopoly and bring about meaningful change.

Bryarr (he/him) began his political involvement phone-banking for Bernie Sanders, both before and after he was old enough to vote. He later helped lead the Abandon Harris campaign locally, challenging the Democratic Party’s inaction and keeping attention on what was happening in Gaza. After joining the Green Party,  he began organizing food drives for food insecure residents of subsidized housing complexes. This was an effort the party did not yet have the resources to take on itself.

Bryarr has spent countless hours engaging our communities, gathering signatures for Tony Dastra, and representing the party at tabling events throughout the region. As Secretary of the Green Party of Pennsylvania, he has worked to strengthen our processes, maintain accountability to both members and leadership, and build pathways for organizers that will endure beyond the current Steering Committee’s terms.

As Vice Chair, Bryarr wants to help the Green Party of Allegheny County break new ground by building genuine relationships within the Muslim community, the African American community, and other communities that have repeatedly asked us to show up year round, not only during election season. He wants to ensure that every Allegheny County voter who shares Green values has a clear opportunity to be heard, join our party, and become an effective organizer. Bryarr is committed to doing the work necessary to make that happen.

Madigan (she/they) - is a self-driven upcoming local leader. If elected as Secretary, she plans to keep the GPOAC a well-oiled machine. She understands the importance of the agenda, facilitation, and minutes. She would ensure that internal communication is easily accessible, readable, and available in a timely manner. She has experience creating stylish yet clear presentations for meetings, which if implemented could encourage youth engagement. Finally, she has extensive meeting facilitation and clerical experience and takes pride in her physical and electronic organizational skills. 

Having held leadership positions amongst her peers her whole life, she’s invested the past two years into further building those skills. She became familiar with political meeting vocabulary by joining her Student Government Association at Point Park University. She rose from Senator to Vice President, where she felt her skills could be most useful. As VP she was successful in her goal to further engage the Senate through developing and establishing onboarding, collaborative goal setting, and delegation. This resulted in a 15 page comprehensive report to improve student dining, presented to the Board of Trustees.

Kelly (she/her) has been a member of GPOAC and GPPA since 2019. She has served in several leadership positions at both the state and county level, including:

• Green Party of Allegheny County: Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer

• Green Party of Pennsylvania - Secretary, delegate to the GPPA State Committee

• Green Party of the United State: delegate to the GPUS National Committee

Kelly has also worked on several Green candidates' campaigns, serving as campaign treasurer for several local candidates since 2018 and campaign manager for Jay Ting Walker in 2020.

Along with her volunteer work for the Greens, in her free time Kelly plays ultimate frisbee and participates in the Pittsburgh Anti-Capitalist bowling league.

Kat (they/them) was previously an alternate delegate for Green Party of Allegheny County--currently a full delegate--and is passionate about using their skills towards organizing and supporting grassroots community change. After graduating from undergrad with a B.A. in Communication Studies, Kat started working at various non-profits as a Social Media/Comms Coordinator role. They have also worked as a Civic Engagement Fellow for the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Pittsburgh Chapter and is now the Allegheny County Civic Engagement Mobilizer for two environmental non-profits.

Outside of work, Kat was also part of the Comms team for the Pitt Apartheid Divest encampments in 2024, running social media presence and writing press releases for the group. They were also the Comms Co-Lead for Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh from 2024-2025 before becoming the Partnership Co-Lead. They hope they can bring this experience to the local Green Party to encourage more people to join and break out of the current duopoly!

Riley (he/him) has been on the executive committee for the past four years on various positions such as Chair, Vice Chair, and Neighborhood Groups Coordinator. He is also a founder of YES (Young Eco-Socialists, the Green Party's youth caucus) Point Park University and an alternate delegate to the Green Party of the United State National Committee.

Riley is one of the leaders working on our strategic plan, and he intends to continue working on it until it is finished and implemented. If and when his committee proposal is adopted, his next intended project is to work with all Leftist and environmental groups in Pittsburgh to create a unified Eco-Socialist manifesto that we can all rally around in the face of ramping fascism.

By day, Jay Ting Walker (he/him) is a Community Organizer at a Pennsylvania environmental non-profit. By night, Jay is a proud member of the Green Party of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh DSA, Pittsburghers for Public Transit, and Bike Pittsburgh. Jay serves as one of the Green Party of Pennsylvania’s delegates to the GPUS National Committee. He studied Biology and Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he was active in environmental activism. In his free time, Jay is passionate about ultimate frisbee, board games, Starcraft, and watching soccer.