Our team
Five people on payroll, nine around the board table, and 2,300 volunteers who make the whole thing go. Two board seats are reserved for neighbors with lived experience of using a food bank — because decisions about the pantry belong to people who've stood in it.
Executive Director
Dee first came to Riverbend as a guest in 2004, two kids in the cart and a factory layoff behind her. She's run the place since 2016 and still hosts a pantry shift every other Wednesday, because 'the day this job stops being personal is the day I should quit.'
Director of Programs
Sam built the Mobile Market from one borrowed van into eleven weekly stops, and rewrote every intake form to a single question: 'What does your family need?' Former city transit planner — which explains why the market schedule never, ever slips.
Volunteer & Community Manager
Priya turns first-time sorters into ten-year regulars. She knows every crew by name, keeps the warehouse playlist democratic, and runs the friendly-caller program she started for her own grandmother's block.
Operations & Warehouse Lead
Twenty years driving grocery logistics before he switched sides of the loading dock. Marcus's cold chain is why 'food bank produce' here means crisp, not close-to-compost. Rescued 1.26 million pounds last year and is openly gunning for 1.5.
Partnerships & Development
June looks after the grocers, farms, and employers who keep the shelves full — and makes sure every donor can trace their dollar to a shelf. She writes the quarterly impact notes personally, and it shows.
Every sorter, driver, host, packer, and friendly caller. They gave 41,000 hours last year, which is roughly twenty extra full-time staff we could never afford — and wouldn't trade.
Join them →Nine volunteers who own the mission and the math. The two community advisor seats are held by neighbors who have used our pantries — with full votes, not honorary ones.
Rev. Alma Whitfield
Board chair · Cedar Landing Community Church
Tom Harjo
Vice chair · Stonebridge Farms
Grace Lindqvist
Treasurer · Riverbend Credit Union
Devon Park
Secretary · Harper County Teachers' Association
Rosa Almeida
Community advisor — lived experience seat
Walter Boone
Community advisor — lived experience seat
Dr. Ifeoma Nwosu
Director · Harper County Public Health
Casey Trudeau
Director · Marsh & Vale Logistics
Meredith Small
Director · retired school counselor
Board meetings are open to any neighbor — first Tuesday of the month, 7pm, at the warehouse. Minutes on request from the office.
If your fridge is empty
Come as you are. No ID, no referral, no cost, no explaining. Six pantries and a mobile market run every week — or call (555) 019-FOOD and a neighbor will pick up.
If your table has extra
Money, time, food, or your voice — every one of them moves meals. Take the 60-second quiz and we'll point you at the single most useful next step for you.