EWB-NY Leadership

President
Josue Martinez
president@ewbny.org

Josue Martinez is an Energy Engineer with the CUNY Building Performance Lab, focusing on researching, conducting, and reporting measurement and verification on energy consumption of NYC buildings. He has been involved with EWB-USA for over 7 years, starting with his involvement as a student at the City College Chapter of New York. As of January 2022, Josue took over the mantle of chapter president and hopes to continue moving forward with our incredible team.

Vice President
Nimat Maloney
vp@ewbny.org

Nimat Maloney is a design engineer at Sherwood Design Engineers. Nimat has a strong past with Engineers Without Borders-USA starting with her time at the Columbia University Student Chapter while pursuing her B.S. in Civil Engineering. She was co-president of the Columbia University Student Chapter, and took on the role of New York State Representative shortly after graduating. Nimat is very excited for her new role as vice president, and is happy to use her past student chapter experience in the professional setting.

Secretary
Nia Gilliam
secretary@ewbny.org

Nia is a remediation engineer for Brown and Caldwell. Nia joined the EWB-NY team as part of the Kibingo project back in 2021, and has now been elected as the chapter’s secretary. With her experience from the University of Buffalo EWB student chapter, Nia is excited to take on the role of Secretary and help bring our projects together in a cohesive and consistent manner. She’s the glue of the chapter!

Treasurer
Simon Forsyth
treasurer@ewbny.org

Simon is an infrastructure investor by career, with an interest in international markets. He is currently an Associate Director with the Infrastructure group of the OMERS pension fund. At OMERS, he is responsible for asset acquisitions across a variety of geographic regions and a variety of infrastructure sectors (energy, transportation, social infrastructure). Simon also contributes to the management of several businesses within the OMERS portfolio. Previously, Simon worked for an investment bank and a publicly traded firm, both also in private equity infrastructure investing. Simon is originally from Canada, holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, is a CFA Charterholder, and is pursuing additional education in management and international economics through programs at LSE and MIT.

Membership Chair
Uma Lakshman
membership@ewbny.org

Uma is a civil engineer at AECOM, with a B.E. in Civil Engineering from the Tandon School of Engineering. Uma brings her deep experience with ASCE to a brand new role: Membership Chair. As Uma continues to define and develop the Membership Chair role, she is excited to be part of the EWB community and continue to push this chapter to greater heights.

Project Leads

Misuuni, Kenya
Eric Lehan, P.E. & David Montoya
misuuni@ewbny.org

Rubaya, Rwanda
Zoe Filopoulos and Patrick Brennan
rubaya@ewbny.org

Kibingo, Rwanda
Jack Millman, Madelyn Wilson, and Seyena Simpson
kibingo@ewbny.org

Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Christina Lehr
chimaltenango@ewbny.org

Community Engineering Corp, NY
Michelle DePinho
community@ewbny.org

Committee Leads

Appropriate Technology Design Team
Phoebe Law
atdt@ewbny.org

Fundraising & Marketing
Cristina Cignoli
fundraising@ewbny.org

Web Manager
Seva Liokumovich
administrator@ewbny.org

Emeritus Board