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
Rakan Ammouri
Chief Operations Officer
Executive Office
Kathleen DiPerna
Senior Director of Government Relations and Advocacy
Tara François
Vice President of Engagement
Billy Li
Strategy & Analytics Extern
Maddie McGovern
Strategy & Analytics Extern
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
Finance, Data & Technology
Jared Clarke
Senior Manager, Data Management
Elijah Inniss
Compliance Manager
William Ma
Senior Manager of Finance & Technology
Clinton Simon
Senior Director of Finance and Data
Programs
Ken Baker
Culinary Director
Carlin Brito
Manager of Sustainability and Partnerships
Rebecca Brown
Culinary Team Member
Jordan Correa
Vice President of Programs
Emani Christian
Commissary Team Member
Hermela Dereje
Director of Programs -
Project Management - Rethink Services
Oscar Gomez
Director of Logistics
Kris Liakos
Program Manager - Rethink Certified
Michael Fischer
Trucking Team Member
Arturo Griffith
Sous Chef
Lauren Kaufman
Senior Director of Programs - Rethink Certified
Claire King
Director of Development
Greg Lauro
Prep and Cold Line Lead
Maggie Lawlor
Project Manager - Rethink Services
Elizabeth Marino
Program Manager -
Rethink Services
Isabella Mezzettone
Culinary Team Member
Emma Myers
Director of Programs - Rethink Certified
Alice Navadeh
Director of Corporate Partnerships and Sustainability
Tracy Quinn
In Memoriam
Commissary Manager
Lu Rodríguez
Culinary Team Member
Matt Riegler
Sustainability Lead
Bex Zagorsky
Director of Programs -
Data and Compliance - Rethink Services
Danny Rodriguez
Culinary Team Member
Jay Batista
Trucking Team Member
Owen Greene
Facilities Team Member
Ed Rodriguez
Trucking Team Member
Christina Zhong
Production Lead
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
Maurice Obeid
Marshall Smith
Dinakar Signh
Vaughn Tan
Tracy Tang