CITIBIN was created by serial entrepreneur Liz Picarazzi, who couldn’t find a durable and attractive enclosure for her own trash. She didn’t like the design or limited durability of plastic, wood, and metal trash enclosures on the market, so she created her own. CITIBIN became a neighborhood sensation, and what started as a pet project in the backyard is now a national brand that designs and manufactures outdoor storage solutions for trash, recycling, packages, strollers, bikes & more.
Prior to CITIBIN, Liz founded Checklist Home Services, the highest-rated, woman-owned handyperson company in New York City. In former lives, Liz worked as a marketing executive at American Express and an election monitor in Russia and Ukraine (yes, you heard that right).
Liz likes to make and start things that simultaneously engage her head, heart, and hands. Besides being an entrepreneur, Liz is mom to a teenager and the wife of the COO.
Musician, composer, dad, needle-in-haystack finder. When the economic impacts of CV-19 brought an end to his 15 year stint in the fashion industry, Frank quickly transitioned to the Citibin team (like, literally, the next day). As COO, he manages inventory procurement, sales forecasting, capacity, warehouse and logistics planning, and late-afternoon coffee runs. He also does this a lot…
Alejandro is a Sales and Client specialist with 4 years of successful experience in doing business with Property Managers, Developers and Architects. Alejandro specializes in improvement of trash areas, and regularly attends national trade shows to showcase Citibin products, features and ways to develop new business. A strong believer in the power of positive thinking in the workplace, Alejandro regularly work on improving our products, and adding new features to keep Citibin as a high end, durable and quality brand. Alejandro enjoys a good Music concert but can also be found walking around the City finding new places to eat.
Carla joined the CITIBIN team in 2018 as the Operations and Production Manager. She handles day-to-day operations, and is the central point of contact between CITIBIN and its manufacturing vendors. Her favorite part of her job is working closely with the manufacturing team on problem-solving, and brainstorming ideas for product improvements. Carla loves traveling and spending time with family.
Joan is our talented graphic designer (and "magician"). He has worked on numerous CITIBIN projects since 2017. From our website's graphic icons to our company van wrap design, Joan captures the concepts and ideas born in our headquarters (and makes us look skinnier in photos, too). He enjoys creating and designing, movies, music, and books.
