October 2, 2023, New York — Food Bank for New York City’s CEO Leslie Gordon was recently recognized by CITY & STATE in the The 2023 Nonprofit Power 100, a joint product with NYN Media acknowledging the most impactful nonprofit leaders across the five boroughs. The list spotlights an array of hospitals, higher educational institutions while recognizing – but not ranking – a number of government officials and an array of advisers and consultants who work in tandem with the nonprofit sector.
Since assuming leadership at the start of the COVID-19 crisis in early 2020, Leslie Gordon has displayed unwavering focus in fighting food insecurity across the five boroughs. In fact, she helped double Food Bank for NYC’s output to 150 million pounds in less than 18 months.
“With pandemic-era SNAP benefits ending, Gordon has sought a multifaceted approach to provide food by partnering with other nonprofits and companies. The Food Bank received $450,000 from the Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation to launch its ‘Food as Medicine’ program and started supplying the ‘Purple Apron’ pantry at Hunter College for its food insecure undergraduates,” CITY & STATE writes.
The 2023 Nonprofit Power 100 also honors other exceptional honorees, including our partners Jilly Stephens, CEO of City Harvest, and Grace C. Bonilla, Esq., President and CEO of United Way of New York.
See the full story and list of honorees on CITY & STATE New York.
