Board of Directors
Sandra Joireman, Chair
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
Associate Professor and Chair of Politics and International Relations, Wheaton College. Has conducted research and written extensively on property rights and legal development. Activist on Africa and HIV/AIDS issues. Co-chair of the DuPage Global AIDS Action Network. Mennonite.
John Carr, Vice Chair
Cheverly, MD
Executive director, Dept of Justice, Peace and Human Development, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Former director of National Committee for Full Employment and White House Conference on Families. Assisted U.S. bishops in developing significant statements on Catholic social teaching and mission. Board member, Alliance to End Hunger. Roman Catholic.
Elizabeth Henry, Secretary
Oakland, CA
Elizabeth Henry is a Bread for the World activist. She is an organizer at the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy and member of the Lutheran Volunteer Corps.
Bob Terry, Treasurer
Birmingham, AL
Bob Terry is publisher and editor of The Alabama Baptist and chair of communications for the Baptist World Alliance.
David Beckmann
President of Bread for the World
Nancy D. Arnison, Executive Director, Theological Book Network
Chicago, IL
Spencer Bachus, U.S. House of Representatives (R)
Birmingham, AL
Deborah Blue
Evangelical Covenant Church, IL
Dayna Cade
Senior Director, ONE Campaign, DC
Walter Contreras, Director, Hispanic Church Planning and Outreach
Los Angeles, CA
Ronald Cunningham, Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Dallas, TX
Derick Dailey, Teach for America Delta Corps
Blytheville, AR
Jim Detterick, Managing Director, Corporate Client Group
New York, NY
Bob Dole, Former Republican candidate for President;
Washington, DC
Elizabeth Donnelly, Bread for the World activist
Belmont, MA
Dick Durbin, Assistant Majority Leader, U.S. Senate (D)
Springfield, IL
Ruth Farrell, Coordinator, Presbyterian Hunger Program
Louisville, KY
Yesenia García, Communications Coordinator, 1,000 Days
Washington, DC
Michael Gerson, Policy Fellow, ONE
Washington, DC
Fred Groos, Family physician, Family Health/La Clinica de los Campesinos
Stevens Point, WI
Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator from Iowa (Democrat)
Cumming, IA
Gerald Kolschowsky, Former Chairman and Co-CEO OSI Industries, LLC; Iowa State University Foundation
Downers Grove, IL
Leonard Lovett, Director, Ecumenical Relations and Urban Affairs for the Church of God In Christ
Alexandria, VA
Denis Madden, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Megan Marsh, Bread for the World activist
Colorado Springs, CO
Terry Meehan, Chairman, Azimuth Investment Management, LLC
New York, NY
Carol Myers
StNicholasCenter.org, MI
Carol Myers, Creator and editor, StNicholasCenter.org, long-time Bread activist and founder of Bread’s endowment
Holland, MI
Carlos Navarro, Volunteer state coordinator for Bread New Mexico, member New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council
Albuquerque, NM
Donna Neste, Hunger activist and Bread member since 1978
Minneapolis, MN
Maureen O’Leary, Psychotherapist in private practice
New York, NY
Chang Park, President of Universal Remote
New York, NY
Devita Parnell, Missional Resources Specialist, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Lilburn, GA
Daniel Rift, Director, Evangelical Lutheran Church World Hunger and Disaster Appeal
Oak Park, IL
Gabriel Salguero, Founder and President, National Latino Evangelical Coalition
Newark, NJ
William Shaw, Pastor, White Rock Baptist Church, former president of National Baptist Convention
Philadelphia, PA
Greg Shaw, Publisher/CEO, Crosscut
Seattle, WA
Malcolm Street, Owner/Operator of assisted living communities for the frail elderly
Fort Worth, TX
Peace Sullivan, Bread member and event host in Florida and South Carolina
Miami Beach, FL
Bob Terry, Publisher and editor of The Alabama Baptist
Birmingham, AL
Sharon Thornberry, Bread for the World activist
Portland, OR
Elaine VanCleave, Bread for the World activist
Nashville, TN
Martha Ward, Long time Bread member and activist
Seattle, WA
Jim Winkler, General Secretary of United Methodist General Board of Church and Society
Washington, DC
The Board has invited the President Emeritus, the Executive Director of the Alliance to End Hunger, the chair of the Audit Committee, the chair of the Investment Subcommittee, and the chair and members of the Development Committee to participate in Board meetings without vote.
Judith Andrews
Bread President's Circle, TX
Arthur Simon
President Emeritus and founder of Bread for the World
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