Our Staff
Nourishing Hope Leadership Team
Mitzi Baum, Interim CEO; Carolyn Kriss, Chief Operating Officer; Drew Moran, Chief Development Officer; Gwen Ramirez, Director of Human Resources and Administration; Cicely Tatum-Johnson, Director of Volunteer Engagement; and Maria Valerio, Executive Assistant.
Katie Adams
Senior Warehouse Operations Manager
Lance Aguilar
Warehouse Operations Coordinator
Jen Allman
Marketing and Communications Manager
Maggie Arndt
Warehouse Operations Coordinator
Yurii Barnas
Commercial Truck Driver
Natia Barnett
Program Expansion Manager
Mitzi Baum
Interim CEO
Austin Bloomberg
Warehouse Operations Supervisor
Isaiah Boaz
Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
Rachal Brooks, LPC
Therapist
Peris Brown
Transportation Manager
Siri Buurma
Bookkeeper
Cathy Camacho
Online Market Coordinator
Susan Cardone
Housing Case Manager
Kayla Carter
Director of Institutional Partnerships
Sarah Cerkvenik
Home Delivery Program Coordinator
De'Angelo Chandler
Program Expansion Coordinator
Angela Cimarusti-Clifford
Senior Manager of Pantry Programs
Ben Clifford
Warehouse Operations Coordinator
Sean Elliott
Therapist
Moe Elmatari
CRM & Data Administrator
Alex Figueroa
Therapist
Gillian Fitzgerald
Bilingual Pantry Coordinator
James Flores
Van Driver
Kyle Friedler
Senior Institutional Partnerships Associate
Vanessa Garcia, MSW
Bilingual Therapist
Juan Gómez-Lara
Van Driver
Meta Gorup
Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
Carolyn Kriss
Chief Operating Officer
Nate Marquez
Bilingual Case Manager
Ty Matthews
Online Market Operations Coordinator
Maurine McAdams
Development Assistant
Carrie McCormack
Senior Coodinator, Client Experience
Courtney McDonald
Development and Database Supervisor
Csilla Megyeri, LCSW
Director of Social Services
Julia Mendoza Varela
Bilingual Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
Drew Moran
Chief Development Officer
Carter Napoli Tager
Pantry Coordinator
Rachel Nass, LSW
Case Manager
Greg Nergaard
Product Sourcing Coordinator
Mady Perales
Bilingual Receptionist & Administrative Assistant
Ana Petersohn
Senior Manager of Home Delivery
Leo Pizano Guzman
Commercial Truck Driver
Ryan Pollock
Warehouse Operations Coordinator
Aliya Prescott
Director of Individual Giving
Grace Radzik
Manager of Institutional Partnerships
Gwen Ramírez
Director of Human Resources & Administration
Michael Rangel, LCSW
Manager of Social Services
Zach Riddle
Pantry Coordinator
Corinne Rodriguez
Pantry Coordinator
Omar Román-Cristiano
Senior Bilingual Pantry Coordinator
Betsy Ross
Individual Giving Associate
Marina Silva, LCSW
Bilingual Clinical Therapist
David Soto
Van Driver
Cicely Tatum-Johnson
Director of Volunteer Engagement
Dre Taylor
Commercial Truck Driver
Maria Valerio
Executive Assistant
Allison Webb
Senior Individual Giving Associate
Lauren Weimer
Pantry Coordinator
Nourishing Hope Exists Because of the Support of Our Neighbors.
Providing the equivalent of 4.5 million meals each year, plus thousands of mental wellness and social services that empower healthy lives, Nourishing Hope strives to create a city where all people have the resources needed for a dignified life. Join us today!
