Our Daily Bread Food Pantry Hires First Executive Director

Our Daily Bread Food Pantry (ODBFP) is very pleased to announce that after a lengthy search, we have hired our first Executive Director – Amanda Nelson.

Having grown up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and getting her B.A. from U.C. Berkeley, Amanda has worked and lived on both coasts, a bit in the South, as well as Puerto Rico, London, and Luxembourg.

“We feel fortunate to have found and hired Amanda,” said Board President, Nancy Kot. “Her breadth of knowledge and experience in the non-profit world and dedication to our mission will both deepen and widen our scope of work and the impact that it has.”

Amanda comes to us with over 30 years of non-profit leadership experience, most recently serving as the Executive Director of a Breast Cancer organization in Sacramento, California. From AIDS to the arts to the environment, the Episcopal Church and literacy, Amanda has made a career out of taking organizations to the next level, improving programs, mentoring staff, strengthening boards and growing donations and fundraising efforts.

“I am delighted to be working with ODBFP, an organization which has been accomplishing such great work under the guidance of their tremendously dedicated and effective volunteer crew. Food insecurity is only growing in our country and this region. I feel extremely privileged to work on this meaningful cause and look forward to getting to know and live in this wonderful community.”

Please feel free to contact Amanda with any thoughts or questions you may have at Amanda@ourdailybreadfoodpantry.com, 239-259-5188 (office), 805-969-5808 (direct).