John Pizzolato is the Supervisor of the Town of Highland. He is a the former chairman and Town of Highland delegate for the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway Committee and the inaugural Program Manager for that organization. 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 for mindful development in the Town of Highland along with the Sullivan County Planning Department, New York State DOT, Office of Children and Families, Sullivan 180, and other agencies to procure over $900,000 in grant funds and donations to improve Town infrastructure and technology. Along with Town Council member candidate Dr. Christopher Dickey, he has been in the ideation, creation, and fundraising for the soon to be open Sullivan Health Access.
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 performance. He is the founding director of the International Playground public relations 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 other projects coming soon. 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 Rockford, 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 a 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 one years.
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SULLIVAN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE
GROUND FLOOR – GOVERNMENT CENTER
100 NORTH STREET – MONTICELLO, NY 12701
Saturday, October 24, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, October 25, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Monday, October 26 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, October 27, 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday, October 28, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday, October 29, 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday, October 30, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, October 31, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, November 1, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
It’s a three step process that’s as easy as can be:
1. Request your absentee ballot online here and have it mailed to your voting address. (It will arrive in about a week!)
2. Fill out your ballot once it arrives. Follow these steps:
-Once you receive the ballot, mark the ballot according to your choices for each office following the instructions on the ballot-
-Once you have completed marking your ballot fold it up and place it in the Security Envelope. (This envelope will have a place for your signature.)
-Sign and date the outside of the Security Envelope. THIS STEP IS IMPORTANT
-Seal the Security Envelope.
-All absentee ballots include a pre-paid Return Envelope. Place the Security Envelope in the Return Envelope. (This envelope will have the return address of your county Board of Elections on the outside and should have a logo that reads, “Official Election Mail”.)T he Return Envelope does not require any additional postage:)
3. Send the sealed ballot to: Government Center – 100 North Street P.O. Box 5012
Monticello NY 12701-5192
Track your ballot here: https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov
Important dates to send your Absentee ballot in once you’ve received it in the mail:
-Put it in the mail ensuring it receives a postmark no later than November 4th. Must be received by the County Board of Elections no later than November 12th.
-Bring it to your County Board of Elections Office no later than November 4th by 9pm. (100 North Street, Monticello)
-Bring it to an early voting poll site in your county between October 24th and November 1st.
-Bring it to a poll site in your county on November 3rd by 9pm.
