Anna has spent 25 years as a nonprofit leader scaling programs and teams into dynamic, and stable organizations. Most recently, she was Executive Director for The Sylvia Center and collaborated with farmers, institutions, funders, and foundations committed to solving food insecurity through education and reimagined food systems. Together they expanded healthy eating and cooking programs in public housing community centers in all 5 NYC boroughs and all 6 school districts in Columbia County.
Joyce has over 20 years of experience developing business strategies and pursuing revenue growth opportunities in the banking, beverage and nonprofit industries and developing and implementing financial and operational infrastructure. She has worked at Citigroup, The Owl’s Brew, The Food Network, ABC Kitchen, Make-A-Wish and The Sylvia Center. Joyce holds degrees from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and The International Culinary Center. Joyce is also a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers Americas.
Our grandmothers were thrifty, elegant, comforting and strong. They lived through wars and had to stretch meals, so they learned to make a lot out of a little, make it taste good, be filling and nutritious. They lived by the motto “fix it, don’t toss it”. They fixed morsels into meals and there was always room for one more guest at the table.
Despite receiving less than 5% of venture capital, women-owned businesses outperform other structures by 63%.
In the words of Joan Armatrading, “If women ruled the world, it would be a good thing.”