Officers:

Tarang Amin, Chair Schiff Nutrition International Tarang Amin has been Chief Executive Officer, President and director of Schiff Nutrition International since March 2011. Tarang has 20 years of consumer products experience. Most recently he served as Vice President, General Manager of The Clorox Company. In his roles at Clorox, Tarang led initiatives which helped double the sales of the Clorox franchise. Prior to joining Clorox, Tarang worked for 12 years at Procter & Gamble, where he held marketing positions in Beauty Care and Family Care. Born in Kenya of Indian ethnicity, Tarang grew up in the Washington, D.C., area. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international policy and an M.B.A. from Duke University. Term Expires: 12/31/14

Ted Monk, Vice Chair Sodexo School Services Ted is a Senior Vice President with Sodexo, a management services company. In his role, Ted is responsible for leading a team which serves over 200 million meals per year to students in 1,900 schools across the western U.S. He is passionate about the issue of domestic hunger, particularly as it affects children. Sodexo’s managers and employees donate their time and money to STOP Hunger, the corporate charity through The Sodexo Foundation. Across the U.S., Ted and other senior managers at Sodexo sit on the boards of food banks in order to provide access to resources, leadership and networking. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Janet Egler, Secretary Union Bank Janet is a senior vice president and division operations manager at Union Bank, N.A. In her current role, she provides operational support to branches throughout Northern California. Janet has more than 20 years of experience in the banking and financial industries. She has been involved with Habitat for Humanity and currently volunteers at the Veteran's Hospital. Term Expires: 12/31/15

Agency Network Chair:

Jackie Steward Greater Bethesda Church of God, Oakland As the Network Chairperson, Jackie serves as the head representative for Food Bank member agencies. Jackie organizes food distributions at the Greater Bethesda Church of God in Oakland. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Members:

Rabbi Steven Chester Temple Sinai, Oakland (Retired) Rabbi Chester retired from Oakland’s Temple Sinai in 2011 after serving 40 years as a Reform Rabbi. Prior to joining Temple Sinai in 1989, Rabbi Chester served congregations in Jackson, Mich., and Stockton, Calif., where he also established a local food bank. Since coming to Oakland, Rabbi Chester has been instrumental in Temple Sinai’s High Holy Days Food Drive, which annually collects thousands of pounds of food for the Food Bank. Term Expires: 12/31/14

Winifred Day Fine Art by Day As an art consultant and the founder of Fine Art by Day, Winifred has successfully completed over 200 projects for corporate clients since 1986. Her background combines knowledge of fine art, education and business administration. She completed her B.A. in Education from Northeastern University, and additional studies in Business Administration at Cornell University. Appointed by the Mayor of the City of Oakland, Winifred was a Cultural Affairs Commissioner from 1993-1998. As an exhibit representative for the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts for the past eight years, Winifred has assisted in educating the greater Bay Area on fine art from around the world. Additionally, she participates as a juror for state and local commission and award competitions and is a Junior Achievement volunteer. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Doug Elefant City National Bank Doug is a Senior Vice President at City National Bank who has more than 25 years of experience in portfolio administration, financial management and commercial lending. A native of Oakland, Doug is a recent past board member of Neighborhood Housing Services of America as well as a former vice president and board member of Temple Sinai in Oakland – a long-time Food Bank supporter. Doug graduated from UC-Berkeley in 1981 with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Sydney Firestone Deloitte FAS LLP (Retired) Sydney served as Director with the San Francisco Forensic & Dispute Services practice of Deloitte FAS LLP. She was with the firm for over 26 years. She is a leader of Deloitte FAS’ Women’s Initiative (“WIN”) activities for Northern California. Sydney frequently speaks to law firms on the subjects of developing a women’s initiative in a client service environment and establishing business incentives for change. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Larry P. Ginsburg, CFP Ginsburg Financial Advisors Larry attended local schools and has offered financial planning and investment management services from his office in Montclair Village in Oakland since 1981. He earned his C.F.P. designation in 1988 and also provides expert witness services in securities litigation proceedings. He has served as Chairman for The Financial Planning Association (FPA) of the East Bay and the FPA Northern California Presidents’ Council. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Tracy Jensen City of Oakland Tracy has more than 20 years of experience working with senior and youth programs as a volunteer and a program director. As the Senior Services Administrator for the City of Oakland, she manages four of the city’s senior centers and a budget in excess of $2 million per year, focus on the policy, planning and advocacy needs of Oakland’s senior residents. Elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006, Tracy serves on the five-member Board of Education for the Alameda Unified School District, which serves 21 schools and 10,000 students and oversees an annual budget of $85 million. She is the former co-chair (with Alameda County Supervisor Alice Lai Bitker and Alameda Mayor Beverly Johnson) of the Alameda Collaborative for Children, Youth and Families – one of the Food Bank’s 275 member agencies. Tracy also serves on the Alameda County Long Term Care Steering committee. She previously drafted regulations for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1995. Tracy, who also worked as a legislative analyst for the Maryland General Assembly, received an MBA and a Masters in Public Health from Emory University in Atlanta. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Ralph Loura The Clorox Company Ralph Loura is vice president and chief information officer for the Clorox Company. Prior to joining Clorox, Loura served in various IT leadership positions with Medicis, Symbol Technologies, Cisco Systems, Lucent Technologies and AT&T. Loura serves on several consumer advisory boards, CIO councils and peer-based organizations. Loura and his wife are also deeply involved in community organizations aimed at improving child health, welfare and education. Term Expires: 12/31/14

Jan Markwart Horizon Services, Inc. Jan has more than 23 years of non-profit experience, working with southern Alameda County communities to develop strategies to work with government agencies to create healthier neighborhoods. For the last 17 years, she has been the Operations Director for Horizon Services, Inc. (HSI), which serves individuals, families and communities that are affected by alcohol and other drug problems through eight programs in three Bay Area counties. Jan is an expert in non-profit law and human resource law. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Teena Massingill Safeway, Inc. As the Director of Corporate Public Affairs for a Fortune 50 company and one of the largest grocers in the United States for the past nine years, Teena serves as Safeway’s corporate spokesperson to local and national media, coordinates national media interviews with company executives and manages communications surrounding company initiatives, product issues, recalls, safety concerns and labor issues. Prior to joining Safeway – which has a long history of partnering with the Food Bank – Teena was a journalist for 10 years, covering retail news and small business for the Contra Costa Times. Teena is active in Safeway’s African American Leadership Network, where she chairs the Professional Outreach Committee. She is also a past fellow of Leadership California and member of the National Association of Professional Women. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Mike Moye Hanson Bridgett LLP Mike specializes in litigation and counseling related to employment and labor law matters. A resident of Berkeley, he has been with Hanson Bridgett for more than 10 years, is a partner in its Labor and Employment Section and serves as chair of the firm’s Diversity and Associate Mentoring Committees. He earned a B.S. from the United States Military Academy in 1978 and his law degree from the UCLA School of Law in 1984. Mike has provided pro bono legal services to the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Stop AIDS Project, Girl Scouts of the San Francisco Bay Area and AchieveKids. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Norma Mosley-Lampley, Ph.D. East Oakland Ob-Gyn Medical Group, Inc. Norma is the Health Administrator and Clinician for the East Oakland Obstetrics and Gynecology Medical Group, Inc. She also serves as the Director of the Downs Memorial United Methodist Fishes and Loaves Feeding Program, as well as on the Emergency Food Providers Advisory Committee for the City of Oakland. Norma writes a parenting and nutrition column for the Downs Christian Outlook. Term Expires: 12/31/13

Kenneth Porter Greater New Beginnings Ken is the Executive Director of Greater New Beginnings Youth Services, a non-profit residential treatment facility for at-risk males between the ages of 12 and 17. The Food Bank has been providing the organization with nutritious food since 2004. Term Expires: 12/31/14

Chuck Reinhard Ernst and Young LLP A resident of Oakland, Chuck is a partner in Ernst & Young's Advisory Services practice. He has more than 15 years of experience leading high profile initiatives and projects, and has an in-depth knowledge of areas related to financial, operational and strategic risk management. Chuck earned a Bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Cincinnati. Term Expires: 12/31/14

K.M. Tan, M.D. Kaiser Permanente (Retired) A native of Singapore who attended the University of Illinois-Chicago as an undergrad and medical student, K.M served as a member of The Permanente Medical Group in Oakland for 34 years – the last 28 as Chief of Radiology ­– before retiring in 2008. He is a former chair of two committees for California Medical Association (CMA) and is also a past chair of the Institute for Medical Quality, a subsidiary of the CMA. K.M. is still active on Kaiser’s Permanente's national continuing medical education committee. He served as Cultural Affairs Commissioner for the City of Oakland and was a four-term president with Family Bridges. K.M. has served on the boards of United Way of Alameda and of Contra Costa and the Oakland Ballet. Term Expires: 12/31/13

John Verber, Past President Burnham Brown John is the Managing Partner at Burnham Brown, a 50-attorney law firm in Oakland. Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked in various aspects of the health care industry, including a stint as an administrator with the Methodist Hospital Health Care System in Houston, Tex.. John earned a Masters of Public Health from the University of Texas and his law degree from University of San Francisco. Term Expires: 12/31/13