In 1983, leaders of the city’s pioneering soup kitchens and food pantries gathered to create a solution to best meet their needs in serving their communities. The result was their founding of Food Bank. That Food Bank has since provided more than 1 Billion Meals FOR New York City.

Executive Team

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LISA HINES-JOHNSON
Chief Operating Officer

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VERONICA JARRETT
Chief Financial Officer

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CAMESHA GRANT
Vice President, Community Connections & Reach

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ZAC HALL
Vice President, Anti-Poverty Programs

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ERIN HILL
Vice President, Giving & Engagement

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TAMI WILSON
Vice President, Operations & Administrative Services

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JOANA CASAS-ACOSTA
Director, Marketing & Communications

Board of Directors

Seraina Macia, Chair Blackboard Insurance, AIG

Gloria Pitagorsky, Vice Chair Heard City

Lary Stromfeld, Exec. Vice Chair Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Arthur Stainman, Treasurer First Manhattan Co.

Rev. Henry Belin, Secretary Bethel AME Church

Margaret Anadu, Partner Goldman Sachs, Head of Urban Investment Group

Kevin Frisz, Managing Partner William James Capital

John F. Fritts, Esq. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

George Garfunkel, Managing Director First Manhattan Co.

Lauren Bush Lauren, Founder FEED

Katie Lee, Chef/Author The Comfort Table

Nicolas Poitevin, Senior Trader Latour Trading

Lee Brian Schrager, Vice President Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits

Kyra Sedgwick Actor, Producer and Director

Rev. Michael Walrond, Pastor First Corinthian Baptist Church

Junior Board

  • Sarah Bennett, Chair, Google
  • Ashley Alston, Sadie Lark
  • Olivia Benjamin, Bain Capital Ventures
  • Julia Bodner, William Morris Endeavor (WME)
  • Jennifer Chaplin, Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits
  • Tamara Dawson, The Campaign Against Hunger
  • Alize Garcia, LinkNYC
  • Gary Johnson, NYC Mayor's Office
  • Joseph “JJ” Johnson, Ingrained Hospitality
  • Hayley Kahn, Anheuser Busch
  • Melissa Mitchner, The Bark Shoppe
  • Maia Thrift-Perry, Pfizer
  • Farrell Ulrich, Creative Artists Agency
  • Jennifer Wines, Fidelity Investments

Agency Advisory Committee

  • Robin Sirota-Bassin, Southside United HDFC, Inc.
  • Cheryl Cancela, The Salvation Army
  • Allison Deal (Chair)m Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
  • Peer Deutsch, Oneg Shabbos
  • Maria Estrada, Every Day Is a Miracle
  • Lisa Everett, Northeast Brooklyn Social Services
  • Rev. Vincent Fusco , Acts Community Development Corp.
  • Major Sharon Lindsay, VETS, Inc.
  • David Moses, Mt. Hebron Church of Christ
  • Dorren Rutty, Bronx Bethany Community Corp.
  • Kimberly Singh, Bnai Raphael Chesed Organization

PARTNER COMMITTEE MEMBERS

  • LaMaunda Maharaj, NYC HRA—EFAP
  • Tara Walker, NYC HRA—EFAP
  • Diane Glick Morris, NYS DOH—HPNAP

STAFF COMMITTEE LIAISON

  • Zanita Tisdale, Associate Director, Member Services Food Bank For New York City