About Us

Staff Directory

Anchors List

Down Arrow

Meet the team

Project Bread is made up of a dedicated team of individuals passionate about ending hunger in our lifetimes.

Staff

Executive

Erin McAleer
President & CEO

People & Operations

Michele Carroll
Chief Operating Officer

Carmen Harris
Operations Associate

Shakyra Lewis
People Operations Associate

Kristina Nickerson
Senior Director of Operations

Stephanie Rosenfeld
Finance and Operations Manager

Patti Wilder
Director of People Operations

Community Engagement

Catalina López-Ospina
VP of Engagement

Adriana Mendes-Sheldon
Director of Community Partnerships

Zainab Raja
Community Engagement Associate

Communications & Development

Elizabeth Greenhalgh
Chief Advancement Officer

Emily Abbott
Creative Director

Miriam Avila
Director of Programs Communications

Olivia Deng
Social Media & Digital Content Manager

Katie Donnelly
Individual Giving Manager

Arielle Dubowe
Manager, Corporate Engagement

Hannah Farman
Development Operations Database Associate

Shannon Healey
Director of Institutional Giving

Ian Isaac
Senior Manager, Foundation Relations

Nora Jerrett
Copywriter & Content Manager

Christian Miron
Vice President of Individual Giving

MacKenzie Nekton
Assistant Director of Donor Campaigns and Engagement

Madison Porter
Assistant Director of Major Gifts

Noa Rosen
Events Manager

Raina Searles Sibanda
Assistant Director, Communications

Valentina Silva
Graphic Design Manager

Eileen Wallwork
Director of Development Operations

Johanna Otanez
Individual Giving Associate

Sydney Garman
Individual Giving Associate

Policy

Jennifer Lemmerman
Chief Policy Officer

Lizzy Agbedun 
Advocacy Manager

Selecca Bulgar-Medina
Director of Government Affairs

Sarah Griffin
Policy Associate

Spencer Masterson
Director of Make Hunger History

Leran Minc
Director of Public Policy

Programs

Sarah Cluggish
Chief Programs Officer

Zaida Ayala
Senior Nutrition Services Coordinator

Anoud Bakri
Assistant Director of Health Care Partnerships

Carlie Bataille
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Hannah Benson
Senior Program Manager, HealthCare Partnerships

Elise Boehm
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Emily Cabrera Barrios
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Martine Cadostin
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Diego A. Calderon
Assistant Director, Health Care Partnerships

Megan Danaher
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Ryan Eckles
Chef Educator

Yahaira Gail
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Sonia Hercules Mancia
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Sherry Hughes
Chef Educator

Sam Icklan
Director of Community Nutrition Services

Sharon Johnson
Assistant Director, Child Nutrition Outreach Program

Elyse Kaliara
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Hannah Koehn
Project Manager

Adriana Martinez
Program Associate, Health Care Partnerships

Courtney McGarry
Senior Program Manager, Nutrition and Dietetics

Chloe Miller
Child Nutrition Outreach Manager

Esnaida de Miranda
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Maggie Montoya
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Karyn Novakowski
Senior Child Nutrition Outreach Coordinator

Jennifer Obadia
Senior Director of Health Care Partnerships

Eva Pierre
Nutritionist, Senior Coordinator

Blaine Ramalho
Dietitian Nutritionist, Senior Coordinator

Rachel Ross
Dietitian Nutritionist, Senior Coordinator

Giovanni Sanchez
Health Care Partnerships Program Associate

Khara Shearrion
Senior Director, SNAP Outreach Programs 

Laura Siller, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Research and Evaluation

Natasha Smith
Director of Child Nutrition

Eliot Stanton
Research Analyst

Lindsey Sumner
Child Nutrition Program Manager

Emily Tejada
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Natalia Andela Vargas
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Ruthy Velez
Nutrition Services Coordinator

Nivia Vieira Lisboa
Assistant Director, Health Care Partnerships

Ruth (Ann) Mendoza
Dietitian Nutritionist, Senior Coordinator

Alia Salvador Coronel
Nutritionist, Senior Coordinator

Shiara Pyrrhus
Healthcare Partnerships Program Associate

Project Bread Staff under the start line of The Walk for Hunger

Careers

Join our Team

Explore available positions at Project Bread

Open Positions

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Peter Levangie
Chairperson
President & CEO
Bay State Milling Company

Irene Li
Vice Chair
Founder & Owner
Mei Mei Street Kitchen & Restaurant

Michael Richards
Treasurer
Chief Administrative Officer
State Street

Members

Mari Barrera
Charitable Foundations Manager
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Christopher Duggan
Director, Center for Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School 

Stacie O'Brien
Investment Operations Director
Baupost Group

Laura Schneider
Partner
WilmerHale

Carolyn Volpe Cunningham
Leadership and Organizational Development Advisor
Founding Partner, Idlewild Advisory

 

Ray Xi
Vice President of Double Impact
Bain Capital

Emeritus

Ronald E. Kleinman
Physician in Chief Emeritus, MassGeneral for Children
Charles Wilder Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

Jean G. McMurray
Executive Director
Worcester County Food Bank

Eric B. Rimm, Sc.D.
Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Advisory Council

Members

Saadia Ali
Student and Top Fundraiser for The Walk for Hunger

Becky Epstein
Chair of Corporate Charitable Giving
Odysseys Unlimited

Theresa Fortillus
National Director of Programs
Strong Women, Strong Girls

Hannah Grove
Fortune 500 C-Suite Executive

Sonya Khan
Director of Clinical Services
Lowell Community Health Center

Meg Meaney
Vice President of Revenue Operations
Acoustic

Maggie Moore
Advisor
SimpliFed

Clare Reilly
Co-Founder
Women SOAR Giving Circle

Meaghan Switzer
Assurance Senior Manager
RSM US LLP

Heather Trafton, PA-C, MBA
CEO & President
Mass Advantage

Adrienne Zak Hunt
Senior Manager, ESG & Sustainability Services
Deloitte