Currently its Director, Rasmia Kirmani-Frye provides overall strategic leadership, vision, guidance and direction to the Brownsville Partnership.  Ms. Kirmani-Frye is also responsible for the development of a governance structure that deepens the relationships between the various partners and the Brownsville community. She is a founding staff member of the Brownsville Partnership and began working in Brownsville in 2008 as Director of Programs and Operations. She has taught classes both at Milano Graduate School and Eugene Lang College at New School University, including a course called “Mobilizing the City.” Rasmia has also worked as a community organizer in Brooklyn, where she has lived for the last 18 years.