Executive Board
Mark Emanation, Treasurer
Christy Robb, Secretary
Culinary Arts Educator
Board Members
Brian Riddell (Retired)
Dutchess Outreach
Les Aylesworth
Director, Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse*
Anita Dreichler
Coordinator, Rockland Community Against Hunger*
Nancy Harrington
Executive Director, CARES of New York*
Heidi Siegfried, Esq.
Center for Independence of the Disabled of New York*
Greg Silverman
Executive Director, West Side Campaign Against Hunger*
Rev Amaury Tañón-Santos, DMin
Executive Director/CEO, Schenectady Community Ministries*
Natasha Pernicka, (Board Member at large)
Executive Director, The Food Pantries of the Capitol District*
Rev. Terry Troia (Board Member at large)
Project Hospitality*
Staten Island
Our Esteemed Board Alumni
Please visit our Alumni in Memorium page to read more about the lives and accomplishments of our Esteemed Board Alumni who have passed.
Rob Schwartz (Deceased 2016)
New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Inc./Interfaith Voices Against Hunger*
New York City
William DiFazio (Deceased 2020)
St. Johns University*
New York City
Rev. Ozzie Edwards
Harlem Community Nutritional Services Agency*
New York City
Tyletha Samuels
Community Voices Heard*
New York City
Dennis Hanratty (President until 2018)
Mount Vernon United Tenants*
Mt. Vernon, New York
Ron Deutsch
Fiscal Policy Institute*
Latham, New York
Kelly Ann Kowalski
Food For All*
Buffalo, New York
Suzanne Krull
Cuba Cultural Center, Inc*
Cuba, New York
Randi Quackenbush
Food Bank of the Southern Tier*
Elmira, New York
Rev. Joyce Hartwell
The Interfaith Alliance of NYS*
Albany, New York
Abigael Burke (Deceased 2021)
The Conference Board*
New York City
* for identification purposes only