ROC-United is a national restaurant workers' organization, comprised of restaurant worker organizations across the country.

Staff Leadership

Saru Jayaraman
Co-Director
saru@rocunited.org

 

Fekkak Mamdouh
Co-Director
mamdouh@rocunited.org

 

Jose Oliva
National Policy Coordinator 
jose@rocunited.org

 

Jonathan Hogstad
National Research Coordinator 
jonathan@rocunited.org

 

Ernestine Ward

Development Director

ernestine@rocunited.org

 

Kenneth Shaw

National Health Insurance Program Coordinator

ken@rocunited.org

 

Loretta Peng

National COLORS Project Manager

loretta@rocunited.org

 

ROC-United Board of Directors

Jessica Chao, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Sekou Luke, ROC-NY Member

Le'Kedra Robertson, ROC-New Orleans Co-Coordinator

Paul Schwalb, UNITE HERE 

Rinku Sen, Applied Research Center

Makani Themba-Nixon, The Praxis Project 

Abel Valenzuela, UCLA