Our team
The Brooklyn Boatworks Crew
STAFF
Maggie McNicholas
Executive Director
Sarah Harlow
Program Director
Eleanor Haskin
Program Manager
Akdeniz Marat
Development Coordinator
Susannah Pittman
Operations & Finance Coordinator
Jazlyn Ezzo
Program Coordinator
Sha Alam
Instructor
Rae Bell
Instructor
Hudson Christie
Instructor
Calleen Haywood
Instructor
Board of Directors
Sean Young, Chairperson
Deloitte Digital
Raphael Davis, Vice Chair
Rebalance Capital
Aishwarya Avvari, Treasurer
Persak & Wurmfeld
Charles Simon, Secretary
Stifel
Sara Eskola
Rhone Group
Peter Guy
Independent Product Strategy Consultant
Kevin Kennedy
Good Ground Advisors
Jacqueline Lautin
Retired Real Estate Investor
Caleb Linville
Caleb Linville Architects
Martin Magida
Berkery Noyes
Peter Murphy
Vision Ridge Partners, LLC.
Carl Persak III
Persak & Wurmfeld
Malkie Schwartz
Hunter College
Taylan Selman
Veritas Capital
Peter Smith
Fortress Investment Group
Jeremy Wurmfeld
Persak & Wurmfeld
Hans Jakob Ziegeler
Boston Consulting Group
Honorary Board Member
Matthew Rhys
Emmy-award winning actor and dedicated supporter of Brooklyn Boatworks. Matthew Rhys serves as an Honorary Board member, helping to raise awareness for our mission and championing opportunities for New York City youth.
strategic advisors
Robert Hastings
PwC
Karen Helmerson
Classic Harbor Line
Glen Middleton
J.P. Morgan Chase
Jeremy Moss
Silverstein Properties, LLC.
Erin Shakespeare
Macquarie Group
Abigail van Straaten
AvS Advisors