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The Food Rescue Hero technology platform enables a scalable impact on food waste, food insecurity, and climate change.

Staff

Meet the team behind Food Rescue Hero

Meg Bernard

VP of Development
meg@412foodrescue.org

Victoria Della Rocca

Partnerships Lead
vdellarocca@412foodrescue.org

Danielle DeWitt

Senior Development Manager
danielledewitt@412foodrescue.org

Danielle Engelhaupt

Deployment and Quality Assurance
danielle@412foodrescue.org

Jennifer England

Head of Partnerships
jen@foodrescuehero.org

Juan Fernandez

Junior Full Stack Developer
juan@foodrescuehero.org

Sean Hudson

Data & BI Analyst
email@foodrescuehero.org

Ameesh Kapoor

Head of Engineering
ameesh@412foodrescue.org

Jessica Parker

Junior Software Engineer
jessica@foodrescuehero.org

Karen Plate

Digital Specialist
karen@foodrescuehero.org

Hannah Ridge

Director of Partner Success
hannah@foodrescuehero.org

Jake Tepperman

Partner Success Manager
jake@foodrescuehero.org

Chris Winters

Senior Software Engineer
cwinters@foodrescuehero.org

Jill Wright

Support Specialist
jill@foodrescuehero.org

History

The staggering statistic that we waste up to 40% of our food supply while over 800 million are undernourished (UN) is an unacceptable disconnect.

According to the UN, we produce enough food to feed everyone who is food insecure four times over. Moreover, food waste is one of the leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions (FAO).

Food Rescue Hero rose out of a demand to respond to this challenge. The technology platform works to address waste at the retail segment of the supply chain, where approximately 40% of food waste occurs—approximately 25 million tons per year in the US (ReFed).

In 2016, the Food Rescue Hero platform was launched and piloted by 412 Food Rescue in Pittsburgh. In 2018, the technology began its first pilots outside of Pittsburgh via partners in San Francisco (Food Runners), Philadelphia (Philly Food Rescue) and Cleveland (Hunger Network Food Rescue). In 2020, it received Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Award. In 2022, the network has expanded to 14 partners covering over 25 cities and reached 100 million pounds of food recovered.

Food Rescue Hero’s goal is to serve 100 cities by 2030, working with a food recovery network to contribute significantly to the UN Sustainable Development Goals by directly responding to SDG 12.3 Responsible Production and Consumption—reduce food waste by 50%, SDG 2 Zero Hunger, and SDG 13 Climate Action.

Food Rescue Hero has been featured on CNN, NPR, Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Washington Post, NowThis, US News & World Report, Martha Steward Living, among others.

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Blog

Back-to-School or Back-to-Hunger? Food Recovery’s Role in Creating Hunger-Free College Campuses

It’s Back-to-School and Hunger Action Month, and for millions of children that means a return…
Blog

Hunger Doesn’t Take a Summer Vacation

“Schools out for summer”, rings in my ears as I pull away from the last…
News

Celebrating 150 Million Pounds Network-wide!

In August of 2022, the Food Rescue Hero Network celebrated reaching the milestone of 100…

Awards

Board
Executive Committee

Beth Slagle, Chair

Counsel, Meyer Unkovic & Scott
LinkedIn: Beth Slagle

James Langton, Vice Chair

Director, Global Transaction Services, Bank of America
LinkedIn: James Langton

Andrew McKinley, Treasurer

Senior Manager | Tax Services, Ernst & Young LLP
LinkedIn: Andrew McKinley

Tony Macklin, Secretary

Principal, Tony Macklin Consulting
LinkedIn: Tony Macklin

Members

Brandon Dudt-Mulzet

VP Global Program Manager of Community Impact, BNY Mellon
LinkedIn: Brandon Dudt-Mulzet

Mary Beth Green

Chief Innovation Officer, Sheetz
LinkedIn: Mary Beth Green

Ralph Gross

Chief Scientist, Disruptive Robotics
LinkedIn: Ralph Gross

Jon Meck

Vice President of Marketin, Bounteous
LinkedIn: Jon Meck

Mercy Senchur

Chief Operating Officer, Eat’n Park Hospitality Group
LinkedIn: Mercy Senchur

Anna Siefken

Commercialization Executive, Office of Technology Transitions, US Department of Energy
LinkedIn: Anna Siefken

Technology Advisory Board

Julien Delange

Founder, Codiga
LinkedIn: Julien Delange

Ralph Gross

Chief Scientist, Disruptive Robotics
LinkedIn: Ralph Gross

Julia Poepping

Founder, Red Chair Pittsburgh
LinkedIn: Julie Poepping

Greg Hopkins

Principal Crafter, 8th Light
LinkedIn: Greg Hopkins

Sriram Palghat

Product Management, Argo AI
LinkedIn: Sriram Palghat