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

Directors
Mahasty Lebastchi
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
Shani Brown, Office Manager
Helen Bowen, Member Services
Ash Sukumar, Communications and Events
Danielle Baxter, Sales and Marketing

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!​