Anne Ayella (Chair)
Nutritional Development Services, Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Anne Ayella is the Assistant Director at Nutritional Development Services, which administers federally funded Child Nutrition Programs in Philadelphia and provides free or reduced-price meals at local schools, community centers and childcare centers.

Mary Burns
GlaxoSmithKline
Mary Burns is a Finance Manager at GlaxoSmithKline, having joined the Company in 2000. She is a Certified Public Accountant and is pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration at LaSalle University, with an expected graduation date of May 2010.

Vikki C. Lassiter
African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network
Vikki Lassiter is the Director of the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) based at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network is a national network with members based in 18 states throughout the U.S. Lassiter has more than 15 years of diversified experience in strategic planning, project management, community organizing and business development. Lassiter earned a Master’s of Science in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University.

Jeannine McCullough
People’s Emergency Center
Jeannine McCullough is the Vice President of Development & Marketing of the People's Emergency Center. She brings more than 20 years of management experience, business strategy development and coaching expertise to companies and clients. McCullough has held executive management roles with the Del Monte Foods Co. and the Eight O’Clock Coffee Co., leading and developing management teams, business strategy and business development. McCullough has held numerous board positions, including those for the Network of Executive Women for the Consumer Products & Retail Food Industry and for Nutritional Development Services, Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Yvette Palmer
Helping Hands for the Hungry, St. Cyprian Church
Yvette Palmer spent 30 years as secondary math teacher in Philadelphia’s public schools before retiring in 2008. She now serves as director of Helping Hands for the Hungry, a soup kitchen at St. Cyprian Church in West Philadelphia, where she coordinates and hosts a monthly Saturday lunch for community members in need. Palmer has a Master’s in Education from Temple University.

Robin Rifkin
Health Promotion Council
Robin Rifkin is a Nutritionist at Health Promotion Council in Philadelphia, where she works on the Eat.Right.Now Nutrition Education Program for the School District of Philadelphia and manages nutrition education for City Harvest, a Pennsylvania Horticultural Program partnership-gleaning program. She has served as Project Director for SHARE Food Program’s Nutrition Education Program and as President of the Delaware Valley Society of Nutrition Educators and the Women’s Culinary Guild. She is a member of the Mitzvah Food Projects Advisory Group, and co-founder and operator of the Tuv Ha’Aretz Community Supported Agriculture Program at her synagogue.

Elizabeth M.P. Rubin
The Pincus Family Fund to End Hunger