Staff and Board

The Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance is excited to share it has begun its search for a new Executive Director.

With support and guidance from the board, the Executive director will lead the organization’s fundraising and advocacy efforts, coordinate and manage DBFA’s day-to-day programmatic and policy priorities, and oversee and lead other DBFA employees. This is a 30 hour a week part-time position beginning October 2018. The deadline to submit applications is September 24th. To see the full job description click here. For more questions, email humanresources@dbfam.org

MEET OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

JON KUCSKAR, ESQ.

Jon Kucskar serves as Advisor to the President at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). Previously, Jon served as Senior Advisor at the Maryland Public Service Commission, Deputy Legal Counsel to Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, and Senior Attorney at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Jon received a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, and a B.S. from Boston College.
In addition, Jon serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and coach of a youth soccer team in the Charles Village Recreation League. He previously served as president of the law school's Alumni Board and two-time Board member of the Bolton Hill Community Association. Jon is a 2017 graduate of Leadership Maryland and was named to The Daily Record's VIP List recognizing Maryland leaders 40 years old or younger. He lives in Bolton Hill with his wife, two daughters (ages 7 and 2) and German Shorthaired Pointer.

VICE PRESIDENT

SCOTT KASHNOW

Scott Kashnow is a Baltimore native employed as an application developer at the Maryland Department of Health. Scott began his professional career as a Carpenter, completing his union apprenticeship in 1998. In 2007, Scott earned his Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and his Master of Information Systems in 2010.
Scott serves his neighborhood as the Vice President of the Franklin Square Community Association. He also serves on the board of AHC Greater Baltimore, as the Vice President for the Friends of Carroll Park, and as a steering committee member for the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance. For the Southwest Partnership (which he cofounded in 2011), he is the Secretary and the Chair of the Preservation Committee. Scott lives in Franklin Square with his wife and their two sons. Two dogs and one cat also call their 150-year-old rowhouse "home" but are not much help with repairs and renovations.