Our Team

Since its start, EBMA has been moving ahead on its DEIA journey. Women and LGBTQIA+ members comprise the entirety of our leadership. Our programs support people of color, families of children under 2, formerly incarcerated people, homeless people, transitional housing, and LGBTQIA+. Our members represent our extremely diverse community: Latinx, Caribbean, African, Black, Asian, Russian, and Polish.

Our Executive Director

Kelvin Taitt

Co-Founder, East Brooklyn Mutual Aid, Inc.

Kelvin Taitt is a social entrepreneur and community organizer from Brooklyn, and the co-founder of East Brooklyn Mutual Aid(EMBA), which he helped to launch in April 2020. Kelvin was also the Director of Strategic Growth and Operations at The Corbin Hill Food Project, a New York City nonprofit dedicated to disturbing local, farm fresh food, to low-income communities and communities of color. Previously, Kelvin built out an infrastructure that delivers farm fresh produce to households on a weekly basis. Kelvin has an extensive background in operations and Logistic management from his time in big box consumer retail and as an entertainment producer, tour and logistics manager.

Board Of Directors

  • Katrina Massey

    Co - Chair

    Real Estate Salesperson

  • Nicolette Doorn

    Co-Chair

    Offsite Senior Medical Administrator, Mount Sinai Health Systems

  • Ari Hooks

    Board Member

    Technology & Systems Coordinator, ACLU

  • Rachel Hess

    Board Member

    Account Executive

  • Liana Nierenberg

    Board Member

    Compliance Coordinator at GiveDirectly

  • Susan Best

    Board Member

    Regulatory Attorney

Advisory Board

  • Annette Bernard

    Board Member

    Co-Director of Community Affairs, Christian Cultural Center

  • Esther Trakinski

    Board Member

    Consultant and Adjust professor NYU, Form Law

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