JOE AMSCHLINGER, President Joe Amschlinger was born and raised in the city of Cleveland where he graduated from the city’s St. Ignatius High School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in social science from Tiffin University and graduated from Cleveland State University with his master’s degree in communication. In 2005 he was the endorsed Cuyahoga County Republican Party candidate for member of the Rocky River School Board. Joe recently served as secretary of the Rocky River Republican Club and is currently chairman of the club’s Public Relations Committee. He has assisted a number of Republican campaigns in both Cuyahoga and Seneca counties. Joe currently resides in Rocky River. Contact Joe at GCYRS@yahoo.com

NICK ZAMISKA, Executive Vice President Nick Zamiska was born and raised in the Cleveland area. He graduated from Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School and is currently a student at the University of Akron where he is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management. He is also a full time firefighter/paramedic with the city of Brecksville and a local small business owner. During his senior year of high school, he discovered his interest in politics and quickly became locally involved with the 2000 Bush/Cheney presidential campaign. This past year Nick actively volunteered with the Giuliani primary campaign and then McCain/Palin campaign. It was through these campaigns that Nick began to become active in the GCYRs. He currently resides in Brecksville.

CHRISTINA STICKAN, Treasurer & Vice President of Finance Christina Stickan is a student at John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio. Christina is President of the John Carroll College YRs and was the Female Volunteer of the Year for the Cuyahoga County Republican Party in 2005. Also, Christina serves as Treasurer for the GCYRs and on the Board of the Ohio YRs as a regional vice chairman.

INGRID VARGAS, Vice President of Events & Community Outreach Ingrid Vargas works as a Member Outreach Coordinator for WellCare of Ohio, a Medicaid and Medicare managed health care plan. Ingrid has an extensive and diverse background in grassroots community based work. At an early age, Ingrid’s parents instilled the value and importance of contributing to the community. Ingrid began working as a Family Service Worker for the Head Start program where she developed wonderful professional relationships with the families she served. While working in the Head Start program she furthered developed a strong sense of community awareness and social responsibility. Ingrid continued learning about communities at Case Western Reserve University. At CWRU School of Medicine, she worked as an ethnographer in a behavioral research study that examined Puerto Rican women in Cuyahoga County and Mexican women in San Diego County living with bi-polar disorder, severe depression and schizophrenia. Ingrid’s belief in public health promotion was an asset to the university and the larger community. While working at the CWRU she studied Political Science at Capital University. Ingrid was chosen to a highly competitive internship by The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute - the nation’s premier Hispanic educational and youth leadership development organization. In Washington DC she worked in Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s Hispanic Press office. She is also a member of the Young Latino Network, a mentor at the YMCA Black and Hispanic Achievers Program, and Big Brother Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland. She was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and moved to the United States at the age of 8.

STACEY DISTERHOF, Secretary & Vice President of Membership Stacey Disterhof knew she was a Republican since her parents took her to a George H. W. Bush rally when she was eight. When he lost, she cried for a week. At twelve, while sporting a Bob Dole for President button, she knew her interest in politics wasn’t fleeting and for the next thirteen years of her life, politics became a mainstay. Stacey is a graduate of Ashland University where she obtained degrees in Economics and Political Science. While at Ashland Stacey served as a three term president of the College Republicans and the “Students for Bush” Chairman. After Stacey graduated, she embarked on a series of adventures in politics (sometimes “misadventures”) that took her to such exotic places as Enfield, Connecticut and Scranton, Pennsylvania. After Stacey realized how much she missed Cleveland, she moved home and got in touch with her old friend, Lisa Stickan, who encouraged her to get involved in the Cleveland YRs.  Stacey is excited to be a part of a growing and dynamic group and can’t wait to see what happens next. Aside from politics, Stacey is a fan of Cleveland Indians baseball, laughing herself stupid over American Idol and giving people unsolicited makeup and skincare advice in Sephora.

LISA STICKAN, President Emeritus

CHRIS CORRIGAN, Immediate Past President