Experience

Community Food Club GR

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Leads the Community Food Club, a member-based grocery store for low-income individuals with 1,100 member households shopping monthly. Proficient in communications, volunteer management, and food security programming. The Community Food Club is an innovative and dignified approach to food security that is rooted in consumer choice, member participation, and access to healthy foods. Leads the Community Food Club, a member-based grocery store for low-income individuals with 1,100 member households shopping monthly. Proficient in communications, volunteer management, and food security programming. The Community Food Club is an innovative and dignified approach to food security that is rooted in consumer choice, member participation, and access to healthy foods.



St. Alphonsus Catholic Church

• Director of Social Concerns Ministry

  • Jul 2009 - Sep 2017

  Coordinated all programs related to community outreach and social justice for the St. Alphonsus Parish Community. Oversaw the operations of an ACCESS Support Pantry which served 800 individuals each month, managed a VITA Tax Program which provides free personal income tax preparation to over 500 hundred individuals, as well as direct over 100 volunteers in various programs. Coordinated all programs related to community outreach and social justice for the St. Alphonsus Parish Community. Oversaw the operations of an ACCESS Support Pantry which served 800 individuals each month, managed a VITA Tax Program which provides free personal income tax preparation to over 500 hundred individuals, as well as direct over 100 volunteers in various programs.



Amway Grand Plaza Hotel

• Front Desk Agent

  • Oct 2005 - Jun 2009



New Development Corporation

• Intern, Assistant Site Coordinator for the VITA Tax Program

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

  Drafted a neighborhood revitalization strategy for the Creston neighborhood, facilitated a partnership between New Development Corp., St. Alphonsus Church and Creston Christian Reformed Church to provide free income tax assistance to low- and moderate-income individuals, created promotional materials for the organization. Drafted a neighborhood revitalization strategy for the Creston neighborhood, facilitated a partnership between New Development Corp., St. Alphonsus Church and Creston Christian Reformed Church to provide free income tax assistance to low- and moderate-income individuals, created promotional materials for the organization.