Our Board of Directors:
Jennifer Thomson
Jennifer Thomson, Development Manager at Inclusiv, has over 15 years of experience in the field of community development finance and microfinance. Her work with community development credit unions started with a year of Americorps/ VISTA service at the Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union (LESPFCU). In the field of microfinance, Ms. Thomson managed a loan fund for rural women of over $1 million in eight African countries with The Hunger Project. Past consulting projects include the SEEP Network Gender Working Group, Women Advancing Microfinance International (WAM I) and the U.S. Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. She holds a Master of International Affairs (MIA) degree from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. Currently living in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband, two sons, and a cast of rodent and reptilian pets, she also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Free School.
Jennifer Thomson, Development Manager at Inclusiv, has over 15 years of experience in the field of community development finance and microfinance. Her work with community development credit unions started with a year of Americorps/ VISTA service at the Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union (LESPFCU). In the field of microfinance, Ms. Thomson managed a loan fund for rural women of over $1 million in eight African countries with The Hunger Project. Past consulting projects include the SEEP Network Gender Working Group, Women Advancing Microfinance International (WAM I) and the U.S. Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. She holds a Master of International Affairs (MIA) degree from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. Currently living in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband, two sons, and a cast of rodent and reptilian pets, she also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Free School.
Paul Wasserman
Paul Wasserman is a (mostly) retired adult education teacher and program director. His lifetime of political activism has included: rank and file labor organizing (Taxi Rank & File Coalition); Central America solidarity work; food justice advocacy and project development; immigrant support; mutual aid and solidarity/cooperative economy support. His approach to teaching, political activism and program administration has been shaped by his commitment to building and nurturing democratic, collaborative communities. He currently teaches High School Equivalency classes at New York City Technical College, serves as co-president of his local community garden, 6/15 Green, is active in mutual aid work through South Brooklyn Mutual Aid, and is a member of the advisory board of the Center for Critical Thought.
Paul Wasserman is a (mostly) retired adult education teacher and program director. His lifetime of political activism has included: rank and file labor organizing (Taxi Rank & File Coalition); Central America solidarity work; food justice advocacy and project development; immigrant support; mutual aid and solidarity/cooperative economy support. His approach to teaching, political activism and program administration has been shaped by his commitment to building and nurturing democratic, collaborative communities. He currently teaches High School Equivalency classes at New York City Technical College, serves as co-president of his local community garden, 6/15 Green, is active in mutual aid work through South Brooklyn Mutual Aid, and is a member of the advisory board of the Center for Critical Thought.
Evelyn Faison
Evelyn was born and raised in Brooklyn. The youngest of 3 siblings, she loved playing school with her friends and was often told she would grow up to be a teacher. Well, that turned out to be true. After attending Malcolm-King College in Harlem, and graduating top of her class, she completed her Montessori education studies in 1989 with the original founders of what is now the Westside teacher training program. Evelyn came to Montessori Day School of Brooklyn in 1988 as an intern and has happily been there ever since! Currently living in Queens with her partner and 3 children, 30, 21, and 13.
Evelyn was born and raised in Brooklyn. The youngest of 3 siblings, she loved playing school with her friends and was often told she would grow up to be a teacher. Well, that turned out to be true. After attending Malcolm-King College in Harlem, and graduating top of her class, she completed her Montessori education studies in 1989 with the original founders of what is now the Westside teacher training program. Evelyn came to Montessori Day School of Brooklyn in 1988 as an intern and has happily been there ever since! Currently living in Queens with her partner and 3 children, 30, 21, and 13.
Jesse Rosen
Jesse Rosen is the Director of Technical Development at AbelCine — a national cinema production equipment sales, services and rental company — where he has worked since 1999. He works at the company’s headquarters in Brooklyn, New York where he runs the company’s engineering department. He initiated Abel’s product development efforts in 2010, inventing multiple products and founding the CameoGear brand, overseeing product design, manufacturing and marketing to the film and television production industry. In 2020 he spent much of the year helping develop new ways of supporting the safe production of content for TV and film during the Covid-19 pandemic. Jesse grew up on a farm in the Hudson Valley surrounded by environmental activists, attending the Clearwater Festival many times. He is dedicated to social justice. His first job was at an environmental magazine, and he has incorporated sustainability as a core factor in his product design process.
Jesse Rosen is the Director of Technical Development at AbelCine — a national cinema production equipment sales, services and rental company — where he has worked since 1999. He works at the company’s headquarters in Brooklyn, New York where he runs the company’s engineering department. He initiated Abel’s product development efforts in 2010, inventing multiple products and founding the CameoGear brand, overseeing product design, manufacturing and marketing to the film and television production industry. In 2020 he spent much of the year helping develop new ways of supporting the safe production of content for TV and film during the Covid-19 pandemic. Jesse grew up on a farm in the Hudson Valley surrounded by environmental activists, attending the Clearwater Festival many times. He is dedicated to social justice. His first job was at an environmental magazine, and he has incorporated sustainability as a core factor in his product design process.