Brandon Kielbasa Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny

I work for a community based tenants' rights organization in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. We educate and counsel tenants regrading their rights. We work to curb the effects of gentrification and also advocate for the development and preservation of affordable housing throughout New York City.My specific responsibilities as Director of Organizing and Policy at the Cooper Square Committee are:>General Duties• Manage team of five tenant organizers/housing counselors• Oversee community organizing efforts• Continue to organize tenant associations and tenant coalitions• Coordinate leadership development programming>Campaigns• Help coordinate the Stand for Tenant Safety coalition, a citywide coalition to reform the NYC Dept of Buildings. This coalition is seeking legislative and regulatory solutions to strengthen the enforcement of the NYC Dept of Buildings• Continue to organize Lower East Side tenants negatively impacted by NYC Dept of Building's current enforcement protocol• Coordinate efforts to hold banks accountable for their role in underwriting bad-acting landlords and displacing low-moderate income tenants

New York, Ny

My specific responsibilities as Lead Organizer/Housing Counselor at the Cooper Square Committee were:• Organized Lower East Side tenants negatively impacted by NYC Dept of Building's current enforcement protocol• Coordinated initiatives to strengthen and expand Cooper Square Committee’s organizing capacity• Continue to maintain the role and responsibilities of the Tenant Organizer/Housing Counselor

New York, Ny

My specific responsibilities as Tenant Organizer/Housing Counselor at the Cooper Square Committee were:• Counseled tenants in daily drop-in counseling sessions• Organized rent stabilized and SRO tenants into single and multi-building tenant associations• Organized tenants extensively around the issues of predatory equity and illegal hotels• Connected the tenants of the Lower East Side to the city and statewide tenants’ rights movement

Glen Ridge, Nj

My specific responsibilities at the PD Organic Food Co-op were:• Assisted the owner in managing the facilities of the cooperative

Old Tappan, Nj

My specific responsibilities at Magestic Systems were:• Developed user guides and technical reference manuals• Researched system specifications, helped prepare quotes, and processed new clients inquires• Maintained records and databases

Bath, Me

My specific responsibilities as an Americorps VISTA Housing Advocate were:• Perform community outreach: developed outreach materials, tabled extensively at community events, and performed door-to-door outreach• Research cooperative housing models• Pre-qualify tenants for a limited-equity housing cooperative• Facilitate bi-weekly new tenant meetings

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Community Health

Advanced Certificate In Public Health

The Public Health Advanced Certificate consists of the five core public health graduate courses. It is designed to provide a set.

Certificate Of Completion, Advanced Community Organizing

The Advance Community Organizers Fellowship is a year long fellowship program which offers advanced academic study to mid-career level.

Bachelor Of Arts, (Double Major) Psychology And Creative Writing

Study Abroad (Summer Semester), Spanish Language

Associate Of Applied Science, (Double Major) Liberal Arts And Vehicle Design