Author: Kris Tazelaar
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Lisa WilliamsFeeding Wisconsin Hires New Executive Director
Posted by Kris Tazelaar in on Apr 1, 2024 Tagged:
Feeding Wisconsin, the statewide association of Feeding America food banks, announced today that Jackie Anderson has been hired as its new Executive Director. In her new role, Anderson will oversee the organization’s advocacy, outreach, and coalition-building efforts to support its member food banks' work to end hunger in Wisconsin.
Jackie has worked in the non-profit sector for more than 25 years, supporting communities and families by providing opportunities to improve overall health, support young people, and contribute to a stronger, more cohesive community for all. For two decades with the YMCA of the USA, she was responsible for leading initiatives focused on food security and youth development at the national and state levels.
Prior to joining Feeding Wisconsin, Jackie was the Director of Raising Wisconsin, where she led advocacy efforts focused on a statewide investment in childcare and optimal development of our children. She led a powerful, multi-sector coalition of partners with vast networks, experiences and collective voices necessary to push critical policy and advocacy efforts forward.
She believes that every person can be an effective advocate by sharing their perspective and stories with elected officials and policymakers around the importance of food security throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Jackie earned a bachelor's degree in Education from Eastern Illinois University and recently completed the Wisconsin Women's Network Policy Institute.
About Feeding Wisconsin
Feeding Wisconsin is the statewide association of the Feeding America food banks that sources, warehouses, and provides food to over 750 affiliated agencies and 1,000 local food programs throughout the state. With a vision to a hunger-free Wisconsin, Feeding Wisconsin's mission is to help food banks and partners fight hunger, improve health and strengthen local communities so that everybody in Wisconsin has access to the food and benefits they need to work, learn, play and live healthy lives. Feeding Wisconsin supports food banks in raising statewide food and funds, increasing awareness about hunger in Wisconsin, and catalyzing statewide public-private partnerships so that we can all stride Forward together toward a hunger-free Wisconsin.
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