Board of Directors

Wayne Rowland

Luke Blacklidge

Brent Kernan

Chris Moore

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.

If you are interested in becoming an EBRHA Board Member, you can request a Board of Directors application form by emailing news@ebrha.com, or calling/visiting our office.

EBRHA Board
Wayne Rowland, President
Luke Blacklidge, 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

Click Here to Connect Directly with Members of the EBRHA Team!

Directors
Carmen Madden
Fred Morse
Joshua Polston
Jack Schwartz
Aaron Young
Chris Cohn
Courtney Morse
Lazandra Dial
Maya Clark

Directors Emeritus
Irina Gelfenbeyn
Judy Shaw
Carlon Tanner
Rick Philips

Staff
Derek Barnes, Chief Executive Officer

aemail@ebrha.com ext. 7

Damon Rothgeb, Member Services & Support

membership@ebrha.com ext. 1

Shani Brown, Facilities & Event Scheduling

shani@ebrha.com ext. 8

Danielle Baxter, Advertising & Membership Sales

sales@ebrha.com ext. 2

Christopher Tipton, Marketing & Public Relations

communications@ebrha.com ext. 3

Chris Welton, Billing & Accounting

accounting@ebrha.com ext. 4

EBRHA Board Member Duties

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

Requirements

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