Trustees & Staff
Board of Trustees
Amanda Sue Nichols, Chair
Malcolm J. Williams, Vice-Chair
Larry Kwon, Treasurer
Darian Futrell, Secretary
Sanam Akhlagh
Shelly Banjo
Olivia Basu Leon
Corey Baylor
Prabha Sipi Bhandari
Bonnie Campbell
Michael Frazier
Adam Freed
Cristin Frodella
Frederic Golen
Adam Hess
Kristina Hunt
Humayun Khalid
Tanya Levy-Odom
Justin Moore
Tristan Nadal
Sean O’Neal
Sheila Peluso
Dana Pouwels
Kiesean Riddick
José Rolón
George Sampas
Jessica Schumer
Jim C. Sinclair
Rashmi Singh
Niles D. Stewart
Angela Tribelli
Sharon Volckhausen
Freya Zaheer
Alycia Zimmerman
Ex-Officio Members
Eric L. Adams, Mayor
Adrienne E. Adams, Speaker of the New York City Council
Laurie A. Cumbo, Cultural Affairs Commissioner
Brad Lander, Comptroller
Antonio Reynoso, Brooklyn Borough President
Martin Maher, Brooklyn Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
Board Emeriti
Peter Eikenberry
Peggi Einhorn, in memoriam
Carol Enseki
Paul Gangsei
Martha Graham
Janno Lieber
Bobye List
David Offensend
William Rifkin
Robert Rubin, in memoriam
Dr. Nan Sussman
Marjorie Thomas-Inniss
Senior Management Team
Administrative Staff
Development
Ida Abraham, Manager of Individual Giving
iabraham@brooklynkids.org
Exhibitions
Erik Fiks, Exhibits Manager
efiks@brooklynkids.org
James Fils-Aime, Exhibit Developer
jfils-aime@brooklynkids.org
Sze Shum, Exhibits Coordinator
sshum@brooklynkids.org
Programs & Education
Kwame Brandt-Pierce, After School Program Manager
kbpierce@brooklynkids.org
Allison Huttick, Education Coordinator
ahuttick@brooklynkids.org
Jane Li, Programs and Engagement Coordinator
jli@brooklynkids.org
Sarah Stalerman, Animal Maintainer and Educator
sstalerman@brooklynkids.org
Visitor Experience
Jackie Brettschneider, Visitor Experience Manager
jbrettschneider@brooklynkids.org
Joshua Miller, Development and Communications Coordinator
jmiller@brooklynkids.org
Winston Williams, Manager of Communications
wwilliams@brooklynkids.org