Our Leadership
The AABID Board comprises community leaders with expertise in a wide range of areas, including marketing, nonprofit management, retail, technology, law, and small business management. The Board meets regularly and is responsible for the organization’s strategic direction and financial health.
Property owners and merchants from the AABID corridor are eligible to serve for a two-year term. Members are elected at an annual meeting open to all stakeholders.
Kelly Carroll,
Executive Director
Kelly Carroll is the executive director of the Atlantic Avenue BID. Since 2022, her leadership revamped the vision for the commercial corridor in the years following the pandemic. In less than two years, she expanded the organization’s finances, established public programming and open street activations, restructured the board of directors, and consistently secures press for Atlantic Avenue businesses and public policy that affects the community. For this work, she was honored as a 2024 Power Woman of Brooklyn by Schneps Media.
Previously, she was the Director of Advocacy & Community Outreach at the Historic Districts Council, where she was instrumental in the designation of NYC historic districts and individual landmarks in all five boroughs.
Kelly has taught courses at NYU SPS since 2020. She serves on the board of directors of the City Club of New York and the Historic Districts Council, is an advisor to the Art Deco Society of New York, and volunteers in her home community of Bay Ridge regarding land use and preservation issues. She attended public schools until she earned a master of science from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and is a 2023 Coro New York Neighborhood Leadership Fellow.
Layla Passman,
Director of Special Projects
Layla Passman is the Director of Special Projects at the BID. Layla assists the organization to fulfill its goals, and ensures the implementation of all programs and special projects. Layla studied in the school of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU, and previously worked in media and marketing industries. She is currently obtaining her Master’s at Hunter College
Lilly Alletto,
Community Outreach Manager
Lilly Alletto is the new community outreach manager for the Atlantic Avenue BID. As a new addition to the team, Lilly brings her experience as a community development intern into this role to achieve the collective goals of the BID and the greater community. In addition, Lilly will use her background in marketing and communications to expand upon the BID’s presence. Lilly attended The George Washington University, majoring in Environmental Studies and minoring in Geography.
Board of Directors
Marcia Patmos, Chair
Megan Rickerson, Vice Chair
Sandy Balboza, Second Vice Chair
Jason Manoharan, Treasurer
Jordan Barowitz, Secretary
Jack Chester
Emily Douglas
Cassandra Marshall
Alicia Ramos
Adam Rubin
Paul Schreiber
Government Officials
Ana Gross, NYC Small Business Services
Sergey Chuprik, NYC Comptroller
Hannah Henderson-Charnow, Office of City Council Member Shahana Hanif
Lacey Tauber, Brooklyn Borough President
Unathi Machyo, Office of City Council Member Lincoln Restler
Taya Mueller, Brooklyn Community Board 2
