{"id":74,"date":"2020-06-23T04:01:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T04:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networktoendhunger.org\/site\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2023-10-23T18:27:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:27:42","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/networktoendhunger.org\/site\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meet the Staff and Board of Directors who lead our community in ending hunger. To contact our team by email, please click here<\/a> or call (813) 344-5837<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Caitlyn Peacock
Executive Director<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nBio<\/summary>\n
    Caitlyn Peacock is the Executive Director of Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger. She is\nresponsible for facilitating the mission of TBNEH, one of the largest non-profit anti-\nhunger, membership organizations in Florida, by fostering relationships with over 400\nmembers and community organizations around food insecurity, hunger, and food\nsystems, building the capacity within communities to provide food security related\nservices, and promoting access to healthy food in Tampa Bay. She has developed and\nenhanced many programs to increase food security in Tampa Bay, including Waste No\nFood Tampa Bay, Local Food Policy Analysis, Gardens to Go, Next Stop Produce,\nMeals on Wheels St. Petersburg, and Meals on Wheels for Kids. Cait also administers\nthe Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) for Hillsborough and Pinellas County\nand oversees the Hunger Gap Map, a premier interactive meal gap map tracker, that is\naccessed by agencies all over the Tampa Bay area to inform their mission and program\ngrowth.

    \nCaitlyn has developed and helped launch Programs to end hunger all over the State of\nFlorida and most recently has created and expanded the Meals on Wheels for Kids\nprogram – a home delivered meal program for kids while not in school – nationally. She\nhas also created and helps lead the MOW4Kids National Collaborative focusing on\nadvocating for MOW4Kids Act as a demonstration project. She also organizes the\nannual TBNEH Sunshine Summit to End Hunger, an international conference, bringing\ntogether stakeholders from around the world to discuss best practices on how to solve\nhunger at the local level. Cait has presented in numerous professional and academic\nsettings and is helping lead several research initiatives to further reduce food insecurity,\nworking with the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition to enhance the definition of\n\u201cfood insecurity\u201d, partnering with FL Impact to conduct focus groups to improve federal\nnutrition programs, and continuing the partnership with the National Academy of\nNutrition and Dietetics to evaluate direct service programs. She is an active member of\nthe Pasco County Food Policy Advisory Council, Humana Bold Goal 20\/20, the Older\nAdult Food Insecurity Committee, and the Tampa Bay Health Advisory Board, and\nrecently appointed to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences\nFood Security Advisory Council.

    \nBefore devoting her full time to TBNEH, Cait owned her own company, Next Stop\nProduce. NSP was one of the first mobile produce trucks in Tampa Bay to serve low-\nincome individuals and food desert neighborhoods.

    \nCait lives in New Tampa, with her husband and son. She enjoys traveling to the\nmountains in Georgia, gardening, and cooking with her family.\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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    Anna Chavez
    Network Coordinator<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \nBio<\/summary>\n
      Anna is the Network Coordinator at Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger. Anna facilitates the Network’s Member Meetings, in order to assure they are a platform for community engagement and members are able to come together and build capacity while finding solutions to community issues and initiatives surrounding hunger. She is responsible for recruiting speakers and presentations from community partners and assuring these meetings are a great resource for community leaders, partners, businesses and agencies. Anna also supports Network work teams, providing administrative support to work team chairpersons, and helping plan and facilitate monthly work team meetings. In addition to this, Anna provides administrative support to the Network in various capacities.\n \nAnna loves connecting and serving with the community and working with her peers to eliminate barriers that contribute to food insecurity within the Tampa Bay Area. She enjoys ensuring all individuals within our community have their needs met. She has a strong commitment and desire for helping the most vulnerable.\n \nIn her free time, Anna enjoys traveling and learning about different cultures! Outside of Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger, she is a volunteer advocate for Bread for the World and assists interpretation and translation services when needed for faith-based institutions and social justice organizations, including Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice.\n \nPrior to joining Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger, she was actively involved in social media marketing, volunteering in educational environments, and providing interpretation for events, advocacy training and legislative meetings. She has volunteer experience in diverse environments including faith, criminal justice reform, immigration, and community outreach. At the moment, she attends Saint Leo University and is majoring in Social Work.\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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      <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Nadia Colimon<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
      TBNEH Intern<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        Nadia is a TBNEH intern, bringing with her a strong background in social media management and a passion for creating engaging content. She is also a USF student majoring in Digital Communications and Multimedia Journalism.\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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        <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Abigail Gibbs<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
        TBNEH Intern<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          Abigail is currently a junior year at the University of South Florida. She is majoring in Public relations & advertising, as well as Communications. Abigail has a passion for assisting and empowering communities to achieving food security. She hopes to continue applying the skills she am learning at USF to further the progression of food sovereignty in our communities.\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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          Sofia Johnassen<\/strong>
          TBNEH Intern<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            As an intern, Sofia is providing support to TBNEH by social media by creating engaging content to help promote our mission and initiatives surrounding food insecurity. Sofia is currently pursuing a degree in marketing with a concentration in digital marketing at USF.\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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            <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Truddie Reif<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
            TBNEH Intern<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              Nutrition and healthy eating have always been part of my life. My career has focused on fashion and graphic design, but I have decided to shift focus. I am pursuing my Master of Science in Applied Nutrition, specializing in the RD pathway at the University of New England. I have always been fascinated by the benefits of plant-based nutrition and have helped spread awareness and education about it. Recently, I became part of the Master Gardener program, where I am learning the art of growing vegetables and herbs organically. I am an avid hydroponic farmer at home, constantly experimenting with new techniques to improve plant health and the nutritional value of edible plants. My ultimate goal is to merge my design skills with my passion for nutrition to create innovative ways to promote healthy living. I envision a world where everyone can access wholesome and nutritious food that satisfies hunger and nourishes the mind and body.\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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              Maggie Rogers, <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Chair, Catholic Charities<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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