Rob Solano is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Churches United For Fair Housing (CUFFH). CUFFH is a grassroots organization that was founded in 2009 out of community organizing efforts around a rezoning and development at the Broadway Triangle, Brooklyn that would have created dramatic racial disparities and increased segregation in the area. 15 years later, CUFFH continues to organize towards preserving and creating vibrant communities that are truly affordable for working families in New York City through community organizing, youth engagement, and social services. Solano formerly served as the vice president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union # 3 Apprentice Division, Brooklyn Community Board 1 and a lecturer at Cornell University. He is a graduate of Empire State College and a Certified Electrician of Harry Van Arsdale School of Labor Studies. He is a Harry S. Truman Masonic Lodge Master Mason, board member of Transfiguration Parish Credit Union and a member of the Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso transition team.