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)