Executive Staff

Margarette Purvis, President and CEO

David Goldstein, Vice President of Operations
As Vice President of Operations for the Food Bank For New York City, David Goldstein oversees all operations, including food procurement, warehousing and distribution to agencies throughout the city of New York. Prior to joining the Food Bank, David spent 27 years with United Parcel Service. During his time with UPS, David held managerial positions in Business Development, Learning & Development, Human Resources, Government & Community Affairs and Operations. For two years, David was assigned UPS Corporate Headquarters in Atlanta and was subsequently honored as a Centennial Employee. David is an active member of the Board of Directors for the Greenwich Village/Chelsea and Midtown Chambers of Commerce and is involved with various other charitable organizations. 

Alyssa Herman, Chief Development Officer, External Relations
As the Chief Development Officer, External Relations, Alyssa Herman leads the Food Bank's efforts in fundraising, marketing and communications, government relations and food sourcing. Since coming to the Food Bank in November 2009, Alyssa has advanced the organization's development operation and led efforts to secure funding for significant capacity building initiatives for the organization and its member network, resulting in a 19 percent growth in the Food Bank's private revenue. She collaborates on program development, and is working toward an upcoming strategic planning effort and the development of a capital campaign. As part of Alyssa's management of the Food Bank's development strategy and practices, Alyssa also oversees their Fundraising Committee.

Alyssa previously worked as the Development Director for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the world's largest independent international medical relief organization, which was awarded the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize. Alyssa led her fast-paced Development Department in achieving aggressive annual growth, raising more than $150 million in 2008. Prior to this role, Alyssa served as the organization's Director of Marketing and defined the organization's direct response campaigns to brand MSF's messages effectively. MSF's donor base grew from 100,000 in 1995 to more than 1,000,000 in 2008. In addition, Alyssa previously held the position of Vice President of Fundraising, Marketing and Communications for BRAC. She holds a BA from Yeshiva University and was a Magna Cum Laude recipient. Alyssa speaks regularly at fundraising conferences, is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and has served as a board member of the Direct Marketing Fundraising Association (DMFA) from 1998 to 2002 and at present.

Lisa Jakobsberg, RD, Vice President of Marketing & Corporate Relations
A veteran marketing and public relations professional, Lisa Jakobsberg joined the Food Bank in 2001 to establish a new brand identity and design an integrated communications and marketing strategy that would expand the Food Bank's reputation and influence. Prior to becoming Vice President of Marketing & Corporate Relations, Lisa served as Senior Director of Communications & Marketing at the Food Bank for eight years. She oversees a team of talented professionals in communications, media, marketing, website/online outreach, corporate relations and special events to help raise visibility and corporate support for the Food Bank. She plays a leadership role in the Food Bank’s Marketing Advisory Committee, Culinary Council and Celebrity Ambassador Program and is a member of the Development Committee.

Prior to joining the Food Bank, Lisa was senior vice president/group manager at a public relations firm specializing in food policy and product promotions for Fortune 500 companies and commodity trade organizations, including Tropicana, The Campbell Soup Company and the America Egg Board. She has led multi-tier education campaigns leading to new and revised health policy guidelines adopted by the American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics, and worked with world-renowned researchers on international symposiums, scientific advisory panels and public relations strategies to promote health benefits of consumer products. Lisa received a B.S. in Nutrition from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is a registered dietitian.

Veronica Jarrett, Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer, Veronica Jarrett is responsible for the complete fiscal oversight and financial administration of the Food Bank, and ensures that the financial health of the organization is strong enough to advance its vision and mission. Prior to joining the Food Bank, Veronica was the Chief Financial Officer of Youth and Family Alternatives, Inc. in Florida. She began her financial career in public accounting within the Japanese Practice department of the then known Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG LLP). While there, she partnered with senior management to develop a successful training program for college students in the preparation of income tax returns for Japanese foreign nationals. She has more than 25 years of accounting and finance experience in the public accounting, government, private and non-profit industries and has served within the non-profit arena since 1999.

Veronica has taught financial management courses and workshops at Herbert Lehman College, York College, Suffolk County Community College and at the NYC Agency for Child Services, and as well as provided technical job training in accounting to displaced homemakers and basic computing to ESL students at Bronx Community College. Veronica continues to teach budgeting, cash management and small business accounting through local community organizations and churches in New York, New Jersey and Florida. She has served as the Board Treasurer of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty in Washington D.C., and was also as a member of the planning and development team that established the School for Excellence High School in Bronx, New York. She has a BBA in Accounting from Bernard M. Baruch College, CUNY, and an MBA in Leadership and Entrepreneurship from Walden University.

Lisa Hines-Johnson, Chief Operating Officer
Lisa Hines-Johnson became the Chief Operating Officer of the Food Bank For New York City in January 2012 and oversees the organization’s operations, human resources, information technology and food distribution functions.

Lisa previously held several progressively responsible positions with the NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). Most recently, as Senior Director in the Division of Family Permanency Services, she led a team in the successful implementation of a number of projects and federally funded initiatives that contributed to fundamental changes in the way services are provided to children and families involved with the child welfare system. Lisa served as Chief of Staff to the Deputy Commissioner for Community & Government Affairs where she advised on high-level organizational issues and managed the daily operations of the office. She also served in a similar capacity to former ACS Commissioner John B. Mattingly, working with eleven Deputy Commissioners and the Mayor’s Office to move critical agency and citywide efforts forward.

Prior to her work at ACS, Lisa provided strategic direction and administrative oversight as the Director of the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. She worked with a team of faculty and staff to design, deliver and evaluate management and leadership development programs for senior and mid-level managers within the not-for-profit and public sectors including the UJA-Federation, the New York City Police Department and the United States Customs Service.

Lisa holds a B.S. with honors from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) where she serves as a guest lecturer. She is also a graduate of Coro Leadership New York.

Dominique Jones, Chief Programs Officer
As Chief Programs Officer, Dominique Jones manages the Food Bank’s programs and services that directly reach New Yorkers in need and allow the Food Bank to tackle the hunger issue on three fronts — food distribution, income support and nutrition education. These programs and services include one of the largest free income tax programs in the country, food stamp initiatives that annually bring $37 million in federal aid to New Yorkers in need and a suite of CookShop programs that provide nutrition education to approximately 30,000 children, teens and adults. And last, but certainly not least, Dominique oversees the services and systems provided to our citywide network of food assistance programs.

Dominique previously served as Vice President for Community Engagement at the United Way of Central Ohio (UWCO), where she led the organization in the development of systematic approaches for engaging, listening and responding to a broad range of community stakeholders. Prior to her work at UWCO, Dominique spent fourteen years in New York City working in the not-for-profit and government sectors on initiatives spanning community development and human services. Most notably, she acted as Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Youth Development at New York City's Administration for Children's Services, where she provided leadership in service of more than 7,000 youth in foster care — including the creation of performance measurement tools to drive positive youth development and innovative programs to improve services for the transition out of foster care.

Dominique is a graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned a Master’s of Science degree in Urban Policy Analysis and Management from the Milano School for Urban Policy & Management at The New School, where she was a Woodrow Fellow. Dominique is also a graduate of Coro’s Leadership New York and most recently a graduate the Harwood Public Innovators Lab and the African American Leadership Academy.