MEET OUR TEAM
Matt Jozwiak
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Matt Jozwiak is one of those people who’s always worked in restaurants. He started as a dishwasher in Kansas before moving to France to work for Pierre Orsi in Lyon. From there, he worked in some of the most notable restaurants around the world, including Auberge de L’ile Barbe in Lyon, Noma in Copenhagen, The NoMad in New York and finally, Eleven Madison Park, where he served as chef de partie. He was 27.
It was at EMP that he began to think about the food system in a more holistic way. Every night he was faced with an enormous amount of underutilized excess food, and yet food insecurity was on the rise. In 2017, Matt founded Rethink Food 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
Co-founder Daniel Humm is the chef and owner of three-star MICHELIN and World’s 50 Best restaurant Eleven Madison Park; he was one of Rethink Food’s first restaurant partners and food donors. Since 2017, 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, Eleven Madison Park served as a founding restaurant partner in the Rethink Certified program.
Since reopening Eleven Madison Park in 2021, Daniel and his team have continued to support Rethink Food – hosting our gala, and donating produce from the kitchen, including fresh vegetables from Magic Farms upstate, to our Sustainable Kitchen to support meal distribution across the city.
Jordan Correa
Chief Program Officer
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Executive Office
Tara François
Vice President of Engagement
Kenneth Monroe
Director of Events
Adaeze Okoli
Chief of Staff
Lucía Román Canivell
Senior Manager of Social Media & Content
Brigit Cann
Executive Assistant
Cole Riley
VP of Engagement & Partnerships
Erica Lezama
Strategy & Analytics Extern
Kris Liakos
Senior Manager of Partnerships & Procurement
Finance, Data & Technology
Anastasiia Klimova
Staff Accountant
William Ma
Senior Director of Finance & Technology
Bex Zagorsky
Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
Programs
Ken Baker
Culinary Director
Africa Dawson Cessant
Director of Programs
Emani Christian
Culinary Team Member
Oscar Gomez Jaramillo
Director of Logistics
Michael Fischer
Trucking Team Member
Robert Hartman
Sustainable Community Kitchen Chef
Arturo Griffith
Sustainable Community Kitchen Chef
Lauren Kaufman
Vice President of Programs
Greg Lauro
Manager, Culinary Relations
Krystal Frame
Executive Assistant to Chief Programs Officer
Isabella Mezzettone
Creative Lead
Donah Opande
Rethink Associate
Anna Bhatt
Manager of Programs
Will Fleming
Rethink Associate
Tracy Quinn
In Memoriam
Commissary Manager
Ray Zhong
Rethink Associate
Ed Rodriguez
Trucking Team Member
Christina Zhong
Sous Chef
Elijah Inniss
Compliance Manager
Julieth Ocoro
Facilities Team Member
Jorge Batista McNish
Culinary Team Member
Patrice McGloin
Operations Manager
Andrés Cardona
Culinary Team Member
Carlos Carrera
Trucking Team Member
Jeanneth Cruz
Culinary Team Member
Santiago Preciado
Culinary Team Member
Juan Ramirez
Trucking Team Member
Benjamin Daughtry
Facilities Team Member
Ayboris Ramos
Culinary Team Member
People & Culture
Meaghen Grace
Director of People & Culture
Alina Palatkevich
Rethink Associate
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 Singh
Vaughn Tan
Tracy Tang