ISLAND HARVEST - Key Persons

Joe Barry serves as CDO at Island Harvest since joining the organization in March 2022. Joe is responsible for strategic engagement, cultivation & stewarding of philanthropic relations to enhance the organization in our mission to end hunger and reduce food waste on Long Island. Joe previously held leadership positions at Community Development Corporation of Long Island, Stony Brook University, and The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network).

Kishore Kuncham

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Superintendent of Schools / Freeport School

Laura Condulis

la..@islandharvest.org

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Chief Finance and Administration Officer

Lauren Summa

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Member of the Advisory Board
Manager, Training & Events

Lee Heit Beck - Chairman

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Attorney
Chairman
Consultant
Member of the Advisory Board

Leslie Hall

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Member of the Advisory Board

Linda Breitstone

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Member of the Honorary Board
Founder, Island Harvest / Island Harvest

Loretta Sehlmeyer

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Community Leader
Member of the Advisory Board

Maria Arianas

Maria Arianas leads Island Harvest's newly launching Workforce Skills Development Institute, outlining a strategy, building strategic stakeholder relationships, and developing training programs for this innovative initiative. The Institute will offer programs to train and place diverse candidates in food industry roles, working with food industry employers to identify skills gaps and design high-impact and scalable training experiences that include industry certifications and pre/post-employment work-life transition coaching. Maria is an expert at bridging the gap between organizational needs and talent contributions. She is highly regarded for developing the right people strategies and learning solutions that enable organizations to achieve growth while empowering teams, managers, and individuals. She enjoys a career trajectory that spans from executive roles in media finance at MTV Networks/Viacom to senior-level consultative and leadership roles in training, learning and development, and organizational design. Maria is excited about leading innovative ways of training talent in support of employment and workforce development in the food industry.

Mark Rechler

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President of the Honorary Board

Meyer, Suozzi

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Member of the Advisory Board

Michael Babich

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Community Leader

Monsignor Thomas

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Member of the Honorary Board

Rabbi Marc Gellman

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Community Leader / Rabbi Marc Gellman ( Retired )

Rabbi Mickey Baum

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Director of Education
Member of the Advisory Board
Rabbi

Randi Shubin Dresner - CEO, President

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Chief Executive Officer
President
Member of the New York State 's Hunger

Randi Shubin Dresner has been a catalyst for progress in the human service sector for over five decades. She joined Island Harvest Food Bank in 2001 as the vice president of fundraising, and a short time later became its president and CEO. Under her direction, Island Harvest has increased its distribution of food, products and services to help people in need by over 500%. Randi leads a team with a shared vision of a hunger-free Long Island. Their work concentrates on tackling real-life issues by investigating and addressing root causes of poverty, hunger and food insecurity, resulting in actionable, innovative programs. The team continues to strengthened its network of community-based agencies, instituted equity-focused services, upgraded nutrition policy guidelines, and programming to emphasize nutrition-focused education and outreach. In addition, Island Harvest Food Bank has formed robust advocacy efforts to advance its work, developed a Workforce Skills Development Institute, and manages an organic farm, a greenhouse, and Giving Gardens across Long Island. The organization successfully launched a capital campaign in 2016 resulting in Island Harvest's recent purchase of a food Randi serves as an affiliate member of the New York State's Hunger and Food Policy Council, the College Council at Farmingdale State College and the Nassau Community College Foundation Board. She has also serves on the Suffolk County Food Policy Council, The Long Island Food Council, Charity Navigator's Consultative Council of Nonprofit Leaders, and the Advisory Disaster Response Council for Feeding America®. Randi is an alumnus of The Energeia Partnership at Molloy College, served as Co-Chair of the State University of New York (SUNY) Task Force on Food Insecurity on the College Campus and chaired the Advocacy Committee for Feeding New York State. Randi was an adjunct faculty member at Long Island University and Molloy University for 25 years and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from St. Joseph's College in 2013.