Board of Directors
Anne Barker, Assistant Director, Major and Planned Giving, Salem State University (Wenham, MA); Clerk
Jami Barry, Managing Director, Vinwood Caterers (Marblehead, MA)
Nate Berkowitz, Operating Partner, Pippett Consulting, LLC (Manchester, MA)
Jennifer Eddy, Founder, Root NS, Inc. (Ipswich, MA)
Jireh F. Ishaazi, Foundations Relations Coordinator, Conservation Law Foundation, Founder & President, Outside Mind (Salem, MA)
M. Scott Knox, Director, The Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation, (Roxbury, MA)
Sandy McGrath, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Candescent Partners (Hamilton, MA); Board Chair
Paul Nightingale, Senior Vice President & General Counsel of HP Hood, LLC (Marblehead, MA)
Jon Payson, Community Volunteer (Manchester, MA); Treasurer
Felicia Pierce, Chief Program Officer, North Shore Community Development Corporation (Lynn, MA); Vice Chair
Vicky Rivera, Director of College Counseling, Community Charter School of Cambridge (Lynn, MA)
Alexandra Sanchez, MS, RD, LDN, Registered Dietitian, Nutrition Harmony LLC (Lynn, MA)
Linda Saris, Founder and CEO, LEAP for Education (Swampscott, MA)
Ruth Kennedy Sudduth, Vice Chair, LandVest (Stow, MA)
Advisory Council
Karen Keating Ansara, Community Volunteer (Essex, MA)
Q. Cassetti, Designer/illustrator, Luckystone Partners (Trumansburg, NY)
Lucy Corchado, President, Point Neighborhood Association, (Salem, MA)
Mike Curtin, CEO, DC Central Kitchen (Washington, D.C.)
Dan Donato, Founder, OctoCog Marketing & Design. Proprietor, Fortune Bar. (Marblehead, MA)
Deborah Jeffers, Director (retired), Food & Nutrition Services, Salem Public Schools (Salem, MA)
Julie LaFontaine, Executive Director, The Open Door (Gloucester, MA)
Heather McClelland, Community Volunteer (Essex, MA)
Kacey Morris, Freelance Communications Collaborator (Seabrook, NH)
Gillian O’Callaghan, Senior UX Researcher, Toast, Inc. (Marblehead, MA)
Irvelt Perrin, Director, Food & Nutrition Services, Salem Public Schools (Salem, MA)
Carm Procaccini, HR consultant, coach, and adjunct professor at Endicott College (Danvers, MA)
Sharon Rogers, Marketing Consultant, Community Volunteer (Boston, MA)
Chef Advisory Council
Gail Arnold, Private chef, culinary educator (Watertown, MA)
Nancy Batista Caswell, Caswell Restaurant Group (Boston/Newburyport, MA)
Aaron Chambers, Chef & Owner; Settler Restaurant (Salem, MA)
Dan Gursha, Executive Chef; Ledger Restaurant & Bar (Salem, MA)
Gordon Hamersley, Chef (Boston, MA & Connecticut)
Jackie and Andy King, Owners and Bakers; A&J King Artisan Bakers (Salem, MA)
Tony Maws, Chef & Restaurateur (Boston, MA)
Frank McClelland, Chef, Proprietor, FRANK (Essex, MA)
Sa Nguyen, Owner; Soall Bistro (Beverly/Marblehead, MA)