MEET OUR TEAM
Leading the team
Matt Jozwiak
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Matt Jozwiak has been in the food industry for almost all his life. He started as a dishwasher in Kansas and made his way up in the kitchens. He then completed his professional culinary training with Pierre Orsi in Lyon, France, and worked on the culinary teams of a number of notable restaurants around the world, including Auberge de L’ile Barbe in Lyon, Noma in Copenhagen, The NoMad in New York and Eleven Madison Park, where he served as chef de partie at age 27.
After seeing firsthand how much good food from restaurants goes underutilized for about a decade, Matt founded Rethink Food in 2017 with the objective of transforming excess food from restaurants, corporate kitchens, and grocery stores into nutritious meals for communities impacted by food insecurity.
Matt was recognized in Business Insider’s 100 Coolest People in food (2019), Hunter College NYC Food Policy’s 40 Under 40 (2019) and more recently Crain's New York 2021 class of 40 under Forty (2021) and 50 Next Class of 2021 as a Trailblazing Activists pushing for equality, diversity and positive action in gastronomy.
Daniel Humm
Co-Founder
Since becoming one of Rethink Food’s first food donors in 2017, Daniel Humm’s Eleven Madison Park has been committed to the nonprofit’s mission and is actively rethinking the restaurant model to reduce food insecurity.
After closing to the public in March 2020 and transforming into a commissary kitchen for Rethink Food in response to the pandemic, it served as a founding restaurant partner in the Rethink Certified program.
Since re-opening Eleven Madison Park in 2021, Daniel and his team have continued to support Rethink Food in a number of ways. A share of produce from the kitchen, including fresh vegetables from Magic Farms upstate, goes back into the Rethink Food Commissary Kitchen to support meal distribution across the city. In addition, every meal served in the dining room at Eleven Madison Park and every product purchased goes toward Rethink Food’s partnership with local restaurants in Queensbridge to provide food-insecure New Yorkers with access to nutritious meals.
Matt Jozwiak
Founder and ceo
Sharlene Frank
Chief People and Culture Officer
Christopher Hollinger
Chief Financial Officer
Jordan Correa
Chief Program Officer
Executive Office
Tara François
Vice President of Engagement
Kenneth Monroe
Senior Manager of Events and Engagement
Adaeze Okoli
Chief of Staff
Lucía Román Canivell
Senior Manager of Social Media and Content
Janie Roy
Manager of Special Projects
Brigit Cann
Executive Assistant
Cole Riley
Director of Corporate Partnerships
Erica Lezama
Strategy & Analytics Extern
Kris Liakos
Senior Manager, Partnerships and Procurement
Jonathan McWilliams
Program Manager, Partnerships and Procurement
Christa Tandana
Senior Rethink Associate
Finance, Data & Technology
Anastasiia Klimova
Staff Accountant
William Ma
Director of Finance and Technology
Clinton Simon
Senior Director of Finance and Data
Programs
Ken Baker
Culinary Director
Africa Dawson Cessant
Director of Programs RTS
Emani Christian
Culinary Team Member
Oscar Gomez
Director of Logistics
Michael Fischer
Trucking Team Member
Arturo Griffith
Sustainable Community Kitchen Chef
Lauren Kaufman
Senior Director of Programs
Greg Lauro
Manager, Culinary Relations
Maggie Lawlor
Sustainable Events Chef
Elizabeth Marino
Program Manager - Rethink Services
Isabella Mezzettone
Creative Lead
Emma Myers
Director of Programs - Rethink Certified
Donah Opande
Rethink Associate
Anna Bhatt
Senior Rethink Associate
Will Fleming
Rethink Associate
Tracy Quinn
In Memoriam
Commissary Manager
Lu Rodríguez
Culinary Team Member
Ray Zhong
Rethink Associate
Bex Zagorsky
Senior Director of Programs
Jay Batista
Trucking Team Member
Owen Greene
Commissary Relations Lead
Ed Rodriguez
Trucking Team Member
Christina Zhong
Production Lead
Elijah Inniss
Compliance Manager
Leydi Mosquera
Facilities Team Member
Julieth Ocoro
Facilities Team Member
Jorge Batista McNish
Culinary Team Member
Patrice McGloin
Operations Executive Assistant
MJ Hernandez
Program Manager - Rethink Services
Andrés Cardona
Culinary Team Member
José Carrasco
Facilities Team Member
Jeanneth Cruz
Culinary Team Member
Jesús Hidalgo
Logistics Team Member
Luis Liztano
Culinary Team Member
María Pascal
Culinary Team Member
Nathanial Scale
Facilities Team Member
Ayboris Ramos
Culinary Team Member
People & Culture
Meaghen Grace
Senior Manager of People and Culture
Board of Directors
Julian Baker, Chair
Matt Jozwiak, Founder and ceo
Leo Kirby, Treasurer
Luna Droubi, Secretary Counsel
Tim Barakett
Eric Costello
Shaun Donovan
Cheryl Cohen Effron
Jon Gray
Daniel Humm
JJ Johnson
Nick Leschly
Maurice Obeid
Marshall Smith
Dinakar Signh
Vaughn Tan
Tracy Tang