Our Team
Our Staff:
Genesis Aquino
Executive Director
Aura Mejia
Director of Organizing and Leadership Development
Wanda Mercado
Operations Manager
Rebecca Nicol
Communications Manager
Benny Casilla
Tenant Organizer
Christopher Natoli
Tenant Organizer
Colin O’Shea
Tenant Organizer
Our Board:
Most of the NY State Tenants & Neighbors Coalition Board members live in regulated, subsidized, or formerly subsidized housing. Ten of the Board members are elected by the general membership at general membership meetings. People who stand for election to the Coalition Board typically have already made significant contributions to the organization through service on one of our Tenant Leadership Committees. The other five Board members, mostly staff of allied organizations, are appointed by the elected Board members.
Ellen Davidson, President*
Legal Aid Society
Eric Alugas, Vice President*
Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Katy Bordonaro, Treasurer*
Mitchell-Lama Residents Coalition
Jackie Peters, Secretary
Mitchell-Lama Residents Coalition
Samathia Thompson
Section 8 Tenant
Charlotte Rodgers
Section 8 Tenant
Kelly Waering
Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Emily Goldstein
Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Joe Lamport
Rent-Stabilized Tenant
Pablo Zevallos
Market-Rate Tenant
* Also on the Board of the NY State Tenants & Neighbors Information Service
