Brookline's Mark Friedman Added To Greater Boston Food Bank Board

Brookline MA

11 November, 2020

5:27 PM

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Press release from the Greater Boston Food Bank: Nov. 11, 2020 The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), the largest hunger-relief organization in New England, is responding to historic levels of food insecurity in 2020, while adding several new members to their Board of Directors and Board of Advisors in 2020 including Brookline, Massachusetts resident Mark Friedman. "I am proud to support GBFB's mission of providing relief to those facing food insecurity," said Friedman. "Especially now in this time of COVID, this work is critical." Friedman is now retired and was previously Vice President of Marketing for Corporate Turnaround. The Brookline native joined the GBFB Board of Advisors during a historic year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity. Feeding America projected back in May that food insecurity would increase by 59% in Eastern Massachusetts in 2020, so that one in eight people are expected to not have access to enough food for three healthy meals a day. These food insecurity projections are staggering, but GBFB and its network has supported the surge in demand with resiliency. Since the onset of COVID-19, the GBFB network of food pantries have reported, on average, a 91% increase in clients served. In September 2020, GBFB welcomed five new members to its Board of Directors and nine new members to its Board of Advisors. 2020 Additions to GBFB Board of Directors Heidy King-Jones, Chief Legal Officer at Proventio Bio Edward Mackey, Executive Vice President, Global Operations at Boston Scientific Carl Paratore, Chief Audit Executive at Tufts Health Plan Cedric Terrell, Chief Pharmacy Officer & Vice President Health and Medical Management at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts William Truscott, CEO at Columbia Threadneedle 2020 Additions to GBFB Board of Advisors William Adams, Chief Investment Officer: Global Fixed Income at MFS Investment Management Hannah Commoss, Institutional Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Investments Mark Friedman, former Vice President of Marketing at Corporate Turnaround Kim Goldinger, Manager at Silk Fields Farm Sean O'Brien, Senior Operating Executive at Hellman & Freeman Timocin Pervane, Head of Fulfillment Finance, Shopify John Russell, CFO at DDG Partners Betsy Scheffel, Co-owner, Sajawi Corporation Camille Valentine, Senior Vice President, Wealth Management at UBS FinancialThis press release was produced by the Greater Boston Food Bank. The views expressed here are the author's own.