Staff - Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano

Executive 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 20 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

HuLynne Besharatpour ext. 212
HulynneBesharatpour@foodbankccs.org
Finance Director since 2013

HuLynne has over 8 years of nonprofit accounting and grants experience. Prior to working in the nonprofit sector she worked for over 10 years in the corporate world as a Business and HR Management professional. The industries she has worked have ranged from the High Tech industry to the Manufacturing industry. The last 7 years she worked as Accounting Manager at a nonprofit healthcare provider. The agency that she worked for had service area and revenue growth close to 100% during her time with the agency. She currently serves on two Bay Area Youth Sports organization boards and is currently working on her MBA.

Operations Director

Hisham Hamdy ext. 258 (Concord) 294 (Fairfield)
HHamdy@foodbankccs.org
Operations Director since 2013

Hisham has spent the past 15 years developing and maintaining programs to feed the hungry in California. One of those programs collected 12 million pounds of food a year from growers and packing houses throughout California. He has also established and coordinated tailgate food distributions across rural California. Hisham also keeps active in the local Bay Area community by coaching youth basketball, soccer, and softball. In the future, Hisham plans to go back to school for his MBA.

Program Director

Caitlin Sly ext. 204
CSly@foodbankccs.org
Program Director since 2013

Caitlin Sly has worked for the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano for over 7 years and has been Program Director for a year. She graduated from UC Davis in 2006 with a major in Latin American History and a minor in Spanish. She previously lived in Mexico, teaching English to elementary school students before coming to work at the Food Bank. She sits on several committees throughout Contra Costa and Solano counties tackling nutrition and food access in low-income communities.

Communications Director

Lisa Sherrill ext. 206
LSherrill@foodbankccs.org
Communications Director since 2014

Since coming to the Food Bank in November 2006, Lisa has strengthened the organization’s visibility and brand awareness to advance the Food Bank’s mission through strategic communications and creating innovative marketing strategies. She also directs education and advocacy efforts on the issue of hunger, and where the public can help. Her team inspires the community to take action to help nourish our most vulnerable neighbors.

She has served on the national Hunger Action Month committee for Feeding America and been a long-standing member of PRSA (Public Relations Society of America). Lisa is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in International Relations.

Other Staff Members

Food Drive Administrator

Joan Tomasini ext. 208
JTomasini@foodbankccs.org

Volunteer Manager

Sharon Zeppegno ext. 209
SZeppegno@foodbankccs.org

Donor Relations

For help with a monetary donation by mail or online

Brandon Baldwin ext.210
BBaldwin@foodbankccs.org

Human Resources Manager

Holly Neu ext. 203 (Concord) 238 (Fairfield)
HNeu@foodbankccs.org

Agency Relations Manager

Cory Sylvester ext. 227
CSylvester@foodbankccs.org

Community Produce Program Manager

Shelee Loughmiller, ext. 234
SLoughmiller@foodbankccs.org

Purchasing Manager

Veronica Wimer ext. 242
VWimer@foodbankccs.org

Extra Helpings Coordinator

Teri Leichenger ext. 249
TLeichenger@foodbankccs.org

Food For Children/Food Assistance Coordinator

Julie Redmond ext. 207
JRedmond@foodbankccs.org

CalFreshOutreach Manager

Cassandra Wagner ext. 237
CWagner@foodbankccs.org

Senior Food Coordinator

Meg Zentner ext. 205
MZentner@foodbankccs.org