Pamela Rainey Lawler

In response to the growing need for emergency food assistance in the city, developed food transportation system to collect surplus perishable food from the food service & hospitality industries and deliver it free-of-charge to agencies serving low income individuals and families. Started with a $1500 investment, it was one of the first to target this niche market and the organization served as a model for other cities around the country. Philabundance is now the region’s largest food bank and food access innovator and raises more than $20 million a year to underwrite core programming. In addition to the tasks involved in creating the organization, responsibilities included logistics, administrative operations and staff management, budgeting and finance, fundraising, branding, marketing and PR, community outreach, board development, anti-hunger organizing and advocacy, and volunteer program creation and management.