The Coalition's groundbreaking Emergency Food Action Center (EFAC) is one of the first programs in the nation to provide comprehensive technical assistance to food pantries and soup kitchens, helping these frontline agencies expand and diversify their services and become self-sustaining. All assistance is designed based on the requests and needs articulated by emergency food programs. ...read more

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Daniel B. Ripps (Chair)
The Development Resource Group, Inc.

Timothy Brosnan (Vice Chair)
Moody's Corporation

Maureen Fergus Sheehan (Secretary)
Part of the Solution (P.O.T.S.)

Jeffrey N. Nichols, MD (Treasurer)
Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation

Bisi Iderabdullah
Imani House, Inc.

Lewis B. Straus
USDA Food and Nutrition Service, retired

Peter Ligh
Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP

Christopher G. Karagheuzoff
Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Joel Berg is a nationally recognized leader in the fields of hunger and food security, national and community service, and technical assistance provision to faith-based and community organizations. He is also author of the book All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America?, and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for American Progress. ...read more

Through the Policy & Development program, the Coalition determines the causes and implications of hunger in New York City and the United States and proposes innovative yet practical ways to tackle the problem. Coalition staff have worked extensively on legislative research and analysis for the New York City Council, New York state legislature, and U.S. Congress. Recently, Coalition staff advised City Council members in a successful effort to make the process of obtaining food stamps less labyrinthine. ...read more