John Pizzolato is the Supervisor of the Town of Highland. He is also the former chairman and Town of Highland delegate for the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway Committee and the inaugural Program Manager. He is the co-founder and president of the Barryville Farmers’ Market, and serves on the board of directors of the Greater Barryville Chamber of Commerce and the Sullivan County Visitors’ Association and is secretary of the Town of Highland Democrats. John is a volunteer at the St. Anthony’s Food Pantry in Yulan. He has partnered with leaders and legislators of all political affiliations, worked tirelessly with the Town of Highland, the Sullivan County Planning Department, New York State, Sullivan 180 and other agencies to procure over $700,000 in grant funds and donations to improve Town infrastructure and technology, including a massive overhaul of our historic Justice Court, installation of a commercial kitchen at our Community and Senior Center, improved river access and protections, signage, and has established food programs to feed those in need. Along with Town Council member candidate Dr. Christopher Dickey, he has been in the ideation, creation, and fundraising for the soon to be open Highland Health Initiative.
John was the 2022 Community Service Award Recipient from the Upper Delaware Council, and River Reporter’s “Best Public Servant” for 2021 and 2022, and was a recent honoree for his leadership at the 2025 Catskill Pride Awards. John has also enjoyed a successful career in hospitality, public relations, event production, and marketing. He is the director of the International Playground public relations agency and branding agency, and with partner Roswell Hamrick, co-founded the Stickett Inn, in Barryville, in 2012, and the subsequent Stickett Inn Cider Company, in 2017, Stickett Inn East Village in 2021, and Barryville Oasis in 2022. He was the lead teaching artist for Bethel Woods P. L.A.Y. Music Theatre Program in 2019 and 2021, founded the bipartisan “Lifting Neighbors Party,” along with Margaret Granese and Laura Burrell, for voters and candidates alike to look past partisan politics for the betterment of the community in which we live.
John grew up in suburban Illinois, and moved to Long Island, in 1997, to attend Hofstra University, where he received a BFA in performance and production. The son of a hardworking union electrician and United Way community organizer and advocate, John has never underestimated the value of hard work and volunteerism, and is dedicated to helping his community in any way he can. He has proudly called Barryville home for twenty years.
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