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Hello, we’re Team Dumbo!

Team Dumbo is a 501C-3 non profit organization – a business improvement district – here to make Dumbo shine. We clean the streets, wire the WiFi, call the authorities and do it all with a smile! We are governed by a Board of Directors made up of neighborhood stakeholders, and are managed day to day by a small team of can-do thinker and nimble operators.

BOARD MEMBERS

FY25 BOARD MEMBERSHIP

Officers​

Sayar Lonial, Chair
–NYU Tandon, School of Engineering
Lindsay Stuart, Vice Chair
–Glam Expressway
Bruce Silverglade, Treasurer
–Gleason’s Gym
David Lombino, Secretary
–Two Trees Management Co., LLC

Commercial Property Owners​

Asher Abshera–
DUMBO Heights
Peter Benedetto–Dom Ben Realty Corp./Chambers
Charlie Cara–Cara Construction
Jack Cayre–Empire Stores
Jack Guttman–Pearl Realty Management, LLC

Johari Jenkins–Con Edison
Salvatore Leonardi–Front Street Pizza
Joseph Meng–EJM Equities
Thomas Montvel-Cohen–100 Jay LLC
Jed Walentas–Two Trees Management Co., LLC

Residential Representation​

Ayana Champagne
Joey Cummings

Commercial Tenants ​

Laura Roumanos
–United Photo Industries

Tanya Rynd–Superfine

Government Officials ​

Dynishal Gross–Commissioner, NYC Department of Small Business Services

Brad Lander–Comptroller, City of new York

Antonio Reynoso–Brooklyn Borough President
Lincoln Restler–Councilmember, 33rd Council District, Brooklyn

Non-voting Directors

Susan Feldman–St. Ann’s Warehouse
Ray Levin–Community Member
Taya Mueller–District Manager, Community Board 2

STAFF MEMBERS

President

NYC DUMBO Small Business & Community - Staff and Board - Alexandria Sica

Alexandria Sica

Alexandria works closely with the Board of Directors to set the agenda and steer the ship. In her tenure at the BID, she has successfully advocated for more than $100 million in public investment, the emergence of Dumbo into Brooklyn’s premier commercial district, a must visit tourist destination and growing residential community. Under Alexandria’s leadership, the BID has realized the addition of thousands of square feet of public space, installed dozens of public art works, hosted hundreds of events, supported hundreds of artists and small businesses, and weathered one super storm, one global pandemic and many, many rounds of construction.

Senior Vice President, Programs

NYC DUMBO Small Business & Community - Staff and Board - Clara Schuhmacher

Clara Inés Schuhmacher

Clara curates the BID’s cultural + community programs, supports Dumbo’s ecosystem with marketing and small biz resources, and runs point on neighborhood comms. Since joining the team in 2015, she has launched a dozen cultural programs, presented thousands of performing & visual artists on the Dumbo’s public & projected stages (many of them Dumbonians!), helped install dozens of public artworks, built the #DUMBOVIP program, parachuted toy elephants onto Washington Street, held a million conversations with small businesses, created dozens of gift guides, sent more eblasts than she can count, and told the countless stories of Dumbo’s businesses, artists, companies and more on social media.

Vice President, Planning and Operations

NYC DUMBO Small Business & Community - Staff and Board - Kalvis Mikelsteins

Kalvis Mikelsteins

Kalvis manages all things public space related in the neighborhood- construction, horticulture, sanitation, lighting, you name it!  Kalvis also handles BID contracts, Public Space agreements, and is a resource for local businesses regarding policy and rule changes in the city. He advocates for neighborhood and city-wide planning initiatives as part of the Mayor’s Commercial Corridor Recovery Task Force, the BQE Community Visioning Council, and BID working groups, and is always in search of the perfect Holiday Tree.  

Field Operations Manager

Naseem Shad

Naseem is the BID’s in-the-field manager, overseeing daily neighborhood supplemental sanitation services, public realm maintenance and Open Streets management. Naseem is our chief 311 officer, our go-to-graffiti expert, and the fixer of so many things.