PORTLAND, Ore. (February 4, 2019) – Oregon Food Bank is pleased to announce the addition of seven new members and the election of officers to its board of directors.

New to the board this year are: Alexis Taylor, director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture; Angela Dowling, president of Regence BCBS, Cambia Revenue; Stuart Hogue, vice president Global Marketplace Development at Nike; Howard Matsumura, president and owner of Principal Ingredients, LLC; Linda Dove, pastoral director, Bethlehem House of Bread; Jeffrey Temple, director of corporate affairs, Fred Meyer Stores, Inc./Kroger; and Laura Hunter, program and operations director at Oregon Coast Community Action.

The Board of Directors also elected its 2019 officers, including: Board Chair Kerri Hoyt Pack, owner of The Liberty Collective; Vice Chair Sarah Opfer, audit managing director at KPMG; Treasurer Jenny Smith, CFO at Kaiser Foundation Health Plan; Secretary Brent Fetsch, Oregon president of Northwest Farm Credit Services; and Immediate Past Chair Patrick Criteser, president and CEO of Tillamook County Creamery Association.

A complete list of Oregon Food Bank’s board of directors and leadership staff can be found at oregonfoodbank.org.

About Oregon Food Bank
Oregon Food Bank works to eliminate hunger and its root causes... because no one should be hungry. Oregon Food Bank believes that hunger starves the human spirit, that communities thrive when people are nourished, and that everyone deserves healthy and fresh food. Oregon Food Bank helps feed the human spirit of 740,000 people through a food distribution network of 21 regional food banks serving Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Oregon Food Bank also leads statewide efforts to increase resources for hungry families and to eliminate the root causes of hunger through public policy, local food systems work, nutrition and garden education, health care screening and innovative programming. Find out how to feed the human spirit at oregonfoodbank.org.

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