June 26, 2023, New York: Leslie Gordon’s passion for food justice stems all the way back to her grandfather, Norman Goldberg, who grew up without much, but always gave when he could. His legacy of generosity made him well known in the community and created a continued legacy of generosity throughout his family, including Gordon’s mother who became the head of the world’s largest wholesale produce terminal located in Hunts Point. Gordon later became president of Food Bank for New York City.
Gordon started her tenure as president of Food Bank for NYC back in March of 2020, during the height of the pandemic. However, with previous leadership positions at City Harvest and Feeding Westchester Food Bank, Gordon proved running a food bank would not be the challenge.
New York Nonprofit Media sat down with Gordon to speak about her passion for solving food insecurity, the challenges she faced running a food bank during COVID-19 and how she overcame those challenges while building trust and relationships in the organization.
“My passion for serving New Yorkers and people in general who are food insecure goes back generations in my family, and so, I carry on my family legacy in the work that I do to help New Yorkers every single day.”
Read the full interview on NYN Media
