Mamaleh's

Meet the Team

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  Jeremy BrowandDirector of Kitchen Operations & Logistics
  

  Jeremy Browand Director of Kitchen Operations & Logistics

  Jeremy is a talented chef who’s been with Mamaleh’s since 2018. While being the company’s Director of Kitchen Operations, he can be found helping and managing everything kitchen related. He also speaks English, Italian, and Spanish.

  When he’s not at work, Jeremy is a loving father to his son Blake, and a loving husband to his wife Christina.

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  Dana Briley KumarHuman Resources Manager
  

  Dana Briley Kumar Human Resources Manager

  Dana has been with Big Dipper Hospitality Group since 2017.  She is a trained pastry chef and owned her own bakery with her best friend before joining Big Dipper Hospitality Group.

   

  Dana is the proud mother of one of the cutest little girls you have ever seen!

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  Chelsea KantorBakery Production Manager
  

  Chelsea Kantor Bakery Production Manager

  Chelsea is a talented pastry chef steering the bakeshop at Mamaleh’s to feed many happy people daily and many many more people during Jewish holidays. She’s the mastermind behind all the delicious desserts for Mamaleh’s, State Park, and Vincent’s.

  Chelsea even bakes in her spare time, when she’s not exploring the Middlesex Fells or hanging out with her cat, Slugs.

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  Kayla IzziCatering and Events Manager
  

  Kayla Izzi Catering and Events Manager

  Kayla coordinates all catering orders and onsite and offsite events for Mamaleh’s.

  Kayla is a big fan of musical theater, travel, an avid tactical race participant and as a dog mom, she’s never met a dog she didn’t love.

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  Emma RickertMarketing and Creative Director
  

  Emma Rickert Marketing and Creative Director

  Emma is responsible for all things visual at Mamaleh’s! From menus to newsletter to social media and beyond, she takes great pride in making the Mamaleh’s brand FUN and nostalgic. She draws inspiration from classic New York delis and loves stopping into a new spot for a bagel to investigate.

  Emma loves to continue to draw and design in her spare time, often with her cat Bart close by.

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  Paul RouhasRestaurant Support Manager
  

  Paul Rouhas Restaurant Support Manager

  After a decade in non-profit work and a pandemic, Paul scanned a QR code on the door of soon to be Mamaleh’s Brookline while waiting on a table at The Abbey. Four years later he’s still here watching Mamaleh’s grow. An Illinois native that now calls Boston home, Paul’s interests outside of work include craft beer, craft coffee, and baseball. Alongside his Brookline born wife, Paul is officially raising a family in the city with the birth of his son Theo in January 2025.

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  Rachel Miller MunzerCo-Founder / Chief Executive Officer
  

  Rachel Miller Munzer Co-Founder / Chief Executive Officer

  Rachel has worked in most roles of the restaurant business, from valet to dishwasher to expeditor to mother hen to CEO – some while completing her degree in business management at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Post graduation, alongside her husband and various business partners she opened Rachel’s Kitchen, Hungry Mother, State Park, Mamaleh’s Delicatessen, Café du Pays and Vincent’s. If she were stuck on a desert island she would want her two daughters and handy husband there, a yoga mat and an infinite supply of popcorn, eggs, and cereal.

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  Rachel SundetCo-Founder / VP of Marketing
  

  Rachel Sundet Co-Founder / VP of Marketing

  Chef Rachel Sundet’s first job in a restaurant kitchen was at the beloved Cambridge institution, Upstairs on the Square, with Amanda Lydon and Susan Regis. She was immediately hooked. After culinary school in London, she moved west to Seattle, where she worked at Brasa Restaurant and Macrina Bakery. She returned to the East Coast and after a stint on a goat farm with her husband, Tyler, landed at Hungry Mother, where she worked as the pastry chef for 5 years and met her future business partners. Together, they opened State Park, Mamaleh’s Delicatessen, Café du Pays and then Vincent’s. In 2015, Sundet was named a StarChefs Rising Star Pastry Chef and Boston Magazine‘s Best Pastry Chef. Daughter #2 to two psychiatrists, she moonlights doing therapy and mediation. She’s got a curly fourth toe, which she managed to pass on to both her son and daughter.

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  Alon MunzerCo-Founder / VP of Operations
  

  Alon Munzer Co-Founder / VP of Operations

  Alon’s grandparents, as well as his great aunts and uncles, owned diners in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and although he was too young to remember his grandparents’ place, restaurants are in his blood. At 13, Alon was a busboy at a local Italian restaurant in Monroe, CT. Throughout his years attending Northeastern University, Alon supported himself by waiting tables and bartending. Post graduation, alongside his wife and various business partners he opened Rachel’s Kitchen, Hungry Mother, State Park, Mamaleh’s Delicatessen, Café du Pays and Vincent’s. When not at work, Alon loves playing backgammon and enjoying the warm company of his wife and children.

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  Tyler SundetCo-Founder / VP of Culinary
  

  Tyler Sundet Co-Founder / VP of Culinary

  Chef Tyler Sundet’s culinary career began with a job as a dishwasher in his hometown of Volga, South Dakota when he was just thirteen years old. From there it was off to culinary school in San Francisco, followed by stints in locales like Seattle, Cape Cod and, ultimately, Cambridge. Sundet alongside his wife, worked at Hungry Mother for four years. Together with his business partners, they opened State Park, Mamaleh’s Delicatessen and Café du Pays. Tyler was the proud 3rd place finisher in the South Dakota milk tasting competition in 2003, and he still has the ribbon! Also, he is the father of 3 human babies and a neurotic goldendoodle.