board of directors

​The East Bay Rental Housing Association is governed by a Board of Directors, consisting of independent rental property owners and executives from property management firms, who are elected by the general membership.  Please consider becoming a board member.  You can obtain a Board of Directors application form by emailing or news@ebrha.com, or call our office at (510) 893-9873 and request an application be sent to you, or visit our office to request the application form.

EBRHA Board
Wayne Rowland, President
Luke Blacklidge, 1st Vice President
Irina Gelfenbeyn, 2nd Vice President
Brent Kernan, Secretary
​Chris Moore, Treasurer

EBRHA Office  3664 Grand Ave. Suite B, Oakland, CA  94610
Main Tel  510-893-9873   /   Fax  510-893-2906

Directors
Carmen Madden
Fred Morse
Chris Moore
Joshua Polston
Jack Schwartz
​Aaron Young
Chris Cohn

Directors Emeritus
Judy Shaw
​Carlon Tanner
​Rick Philips

Staff
Derek Barnes, Chief Executive Officer

• aemail@ebrha.com ext. 7

Danielle Baxter, Advertising & Membership Sales

• sales@ebrha.com  ext. 2

Damon Rothgeb, Member Services & Support

• membership@ebrha.com  ext. 1

Shani Brown, Facilities & Event Scheduling

• shani@ebrha.com  ext. 8

Phyllis Stevenson,  ERAP Coordinator

• acerap@ebrha.com ext. 6

Chris Welton, Billing & Accounting

• accounting@ebrha.com  ext. 4

Ash Sukumar, Communications and Media Relations

• communications@ebrha.com  ext. 3

Jennifer Wood, Program Operations & Engagement

• jennifer@ebrha.com  ext. 9

EBRHA Board Member Duties

1. Support the Executive Director and review performance regularly.
2. Ensure effective organizational planning by creating, maintaining and applying a Strategic Plan and Annual Budget.
3. Ensure adequate resources. (Dues structure, fundraising, program charges, sales, other sources.)
4. Determine and monitor the organization’s programs, services, and performance in relation to Strategic Plan and Budget.
5. Enhance the organization’s public image.
6. Monitor legal and ethical compliance.
7. Assess the Board’s own performance regularly.
8. Serve on committees (see list below).

Requirements

1. Dedicate sufficient time for Board and Committee meetings.
2. Support the group process, raw democracy and parliamentary decision-making typical of an Association. Support the decisions of the group, despite differences.
3. Sense of humor!​