About

Staff

Staff

Management Staff

Executive Director

Larry Sly ext. 202
LSly@foodbankccs.org

Executive Director since 1976

After graduating from UC-Berkeley, Larry joined the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano and soon became the organization’s Executive Director. He has guided the Food Bank’s development from an organization that distributed 36,000 pounds of food in its first year to one that distributed over 14 million pounds of food last year.

Larry has served as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Feeding America, the national food bank network, and on the National Council (NAC), an elected group of food bank leaders who serve as the voice of the network for Feeding America. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the California Association of Food Banks and chairs the Emergency Food and Shelter board that allocates Federal funds to hunger and shelter agencies in Contra Costa County. Larry has served on State advisory committees on hunger and has served on task forces for Feeding America. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Concord.

Development Director

Marilu Boucher ext. 213
MBoucher@foodbankccs.org

Development Director since 1998

Marilu has been committed to working with communities since serving with the U.S. Peace Corps on an agricultural project in Jamaica, where she successfully organized local farmers to form the country’s first marketing cooperative. A graduate of Albany University in New York where she earned a degree in Communications, Marilu worked for a San Francisco-based commercial bank and then headed the Marketing Communications Department of a savings and loan association before joining the Food Bank staff in 1996.

Finance Director

Currently vacant

Operations Director

Currently vacant

Director of Programs

Debbie Espinosa Fabriquer ext. 204
DFabriquer@foodbankccs.org

Programs Director since 2011

Debbie has over 15 years of Non-Profit Management and Business Development experience. Prior to working at the food bank, she worked for the national office of Feeding America where she managed the organizational standards and provided capability development consultation to the 32 Feeding America member food banks in the Southwestern region of the United States. Her other non-profit experiences include San Francisco District Executive for the San Francisco Bay Area Boy Scout Council, Program Manager and PR/Communications Manager for the Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County and served for 4 years as National Board Member for the youth development organization Camp Fire Boys and Girls (Camp Fire USA), including 2 years as the National Vice President of Youth Leadership. Debbie earned her Bachelors of Arts Degree with a double major in Sociology and Theological/Religious Studies at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, MO. There, she also minored in Human Service and Non-Profit management through the Non-Profit Leadership Alliance program. Through the program she earned her designation as a Certified Non-Profit Professional. Currently, she is completing her Masters Degree in Community and Economic Development at the Penn State University World Campus, with an emphasis in development of rural communities and developing countries.

Other Staff Members

Agency Relations

Cory Sylvester ext. 227
CSylvester@foodbankccs.org

Senior Food Coordinator

For Senior Food Program inquiries please contact Meg Zentner, ext. 205
MZentner@foodbankccs.org

Corporate Donations

Kathy Gleason ext. 218
KGleason@foodbankccs.org

Extra Helpings Coordinator

Kristy Osborn ext. 211
KOsborn@foodbankccs.org

Farm 2 Kids Coordinator

Caitlin Sly ext. 241
CSly@foodbankccs.org

Food Drive Coordinator

Joan Tomasini ext. 208
JTomasini@foodbankccs.org

Food For Children/Food Assistance Coordinator

Julie Redmond ext. 207
JRedmond@foodbankccs.org

Food Stamp Advocacy

Barbara Stanley ext. 232
BStanley@foodbankccs.org

Juan Orozco ext. 231
JOrozco@foodbankccs.org

Heidi Kleiner ext. 250
HKleiner@foodbankccs.org

Grants Coordinator

Neil Zarchin ext. 217
NZarchin@foodbankccs.org

Human Resources Manager

Terri Jardine ext. 203 (Concord) 238 (Fairfield)
NZarchin@foodbankccs.org

Media, Education, and Advocacy

Lisa Sherrill ext. 206
LSherrill@foodbankccs.org

Major Gifts Officer

Randy Street ext. 246
RStreet@foodbankccs.org

Purchasing Manager

Veronica Wimer ext. 242
VWimer@foodbankccs.org

Special Events Manager

Renée Baptiste ext. 214
RBaptiste@foodbankccs.org

Volunteer Manager

Sharon Zeppegno ext. 209
SZeppegno@foodbankccs.org