Our Staff — Momentum

Amanda Saich

Interim Executive Director

As Momentum’s Interim Executive Director, Amanda guides the team’s institutional health, leadership team, and fundraising strategy and supports the larger strategic direction of the organization.

They immigrated to Wampanoag land as a little toddler and now live in Lenape land (aka Brooklyn). When they’re not organizing or wrapped in the world of Momentum, you can catch them jamming out to live music, reading sci-fi in a local park, or cooking their mom’s Sichuanese recipes.

Pronouns: They/She.

Cristina DuQue

Training Director

As Training Director, Cristina’s focus is making sure that Momentum’s foundational training reaches movement practitioners across many issue areas. Her favorite part of her job is getting to write curriculum, support trainers, and connect with leaders.

Cristina grew up in Marietta, Georgia and currently lives in East Point, Georgia. She enjoys watching early ‘00’s reality TV, hosting backyard gatherings, and trying to grow vegetables.

Delaine Andrea Powerful

Managing Director

As Momentum’s Managing Director, Delaine’s focus is to guide the growth of our organizational structure and healthy organizational culture and to support staff in being well.

Delaine is a disabled Black queer Jamaican who lives and organizes on the occupied lands of the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations in Chicago, IL. They enjoy playing soccer, being a plant auntie, wining their waist, and absorbing all things Afrofuturist, Octavia Butler, and Marvel Universe.

Pronouns: They/Themme