Bread for the World Names Rev. Heather Taylor Interim President and CEO

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 3, 2026 — Bread for the World and Bread for the World Institute announced that Rev. Heather Taylor is serving as Interim President and CEO, providing steady leadership as the Board of Directors conducts a search for the organization’s next executive. Taylor was appointed to the role following the July resignation of Rev. Eugene Cho, who led Bread for the World since 2020.

Taylor most recently served as Managing Director of Policy and Programs, overseeing the organization’s public policy and program executive teams and directing advocacy, grassroots mobilization, and communications strategies that engage faith communities, policymakers, and partners in the movement to end hunger.

“Bread for the World is in experienced hands during this transition,” said Dr. Jeremy Everett, Chairman of the Board of Directors. “For nearly a decade, Heather has helped shape our policy and programs work while building the relationships that make it effective. The Board has full confidence in her leadership, dedication, and resolve to keep Bread focused on its mission every day.” 

Taylor brings over 25 years of nonprofit senior management and operations experience in community- and faith-based organizations in the Washington, D.C. region. As a lawyer and an ordained Baptist minister whose purpose sits at the intersection of faith and justice, Rev. Taylor has devoted her ministry and career to international human rights and development and lifting the voices of people who experience food insecurity, poverty, and violence in the U.S. and around the world. 

“Every person is made in the image of God, and that conviction has guided Bread for the World’s work for more than 50 years,” said Taylor. “I am honored to serve in this role. Our staff and our network of advocates remain focused on the same goal that has always driven this organization: to advance policies that help end hunger at home and around the world. That work continues as we work side-by-side with members of Congress and our network of 300,000 activists and partners.”

Taylor’s career has centered on faith-informed advocacy and policy, including as a legal fellow at International Justice Mission where she worked to secure the economic rights of women and children facing abject poverty and coordinated USAID projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. She also received two appointments to U.S. State Department delegations, led by the U.S. Representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women under the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, respectively. She is a frequent voice in national media, such as CNN, C-SPAN, and Scripps News, and authored op-eds featured in The Hill, Newsweek and USA Today, among other news outlets.

Taylor currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Alliance to End Hunger and was a delegate at the Lott Carey Global Christian Community conference, which focuses on providing financial aid and technical assistance to empowerment and advocacy projects addressing hunger, human trafficking, and HIV/AIDS prevention, among other initiatives.

Taylor holds a J.D. from the University of Iowa, a Master of Divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary, and a B.S. from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.