Interim Executive Director

Director of Education

Finance Manager

Pickup and Delivery Coordinator

Bookkeeper

Kitchen Designer

Database Coordinator

Reuse Center Manager

Operations and Communications Coordinator

Reuse Center Sales

Receiving Coordinator

Rashmi currently serves as Board Chair of BBR and is an architect with a passion for reuse who teaches at the Boston Architectural College. She was a founding board member of the Reuse Exchange in Chicago, a building materials reuse organization very similar to our Reuse Center. She joined the BBR board in 2016.

Sakheni is manager of marketing analytics at Sappi, a global supplier of products made from wood fiber. She is a Fulbright scholar with an MBA who previously worked at BBR as director of marketing and external relations. Sakheni lives in Roxbury and joined the Board in 2024.

Nick worked with Pine Street Inn for several years doing job training and leading a construction-related social enterprise. He currently works for Modern Heritage builders. Nick is passionate about energy efficiency, sustainability, and reuse in the construction industry, and has served on the board since 2019.

John is a longstanding member of BBR. He has worked in the building trades for the past 40 years. His firsthand awareness of our dwindling natural resources and wasteful building techniques has fueled a lifelong commitment to renovation and reuse. He became a board member in 2019.

Marsha is retired after working for many years as a teacher at the John D. O’Bryant School of Math and Science, one of the Boston Public Schools’ exam schools. A Roxbury resident, Marsha has been a board member since 1999, and is a frequent customer as well.

Marcia is retired after serving as Senior Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School and Housing Law Consultant to Nuestra Comunidad Community Development Corporation. In addition to bringing a valuable legal perspective, Marcia is a champion of reuse who has five composters, four rain barrels, and has bought and donated many Reuse Center items over the years. She has been a board member since 1994.

Alex is the logistics coordinator at Food Link, a food rescue organization. She ensures day-to-day operations run smoothly and serves as the main point of contact between Food Link, its donors, and its member agencies. She joined the board in 2022 and serves as Clerk.

Abner is a Roslindale native who lives and works in Roslindale as a postal carrier. He is committed to keeping Roslindale affordable for both long-term residents and newcomers. Abner also likes to travel around the world; he runs a blog called Trek New England. Abner joined the board in 2019.

Ann is a residential architect of projects ranging from additions to new construction, from small to large in scope and from urban to rural in setting. Applying strategies of resourcefulness including the reuse of building products is a keen interest of hers. Ann has served on the board since 2008.