Leadership and Board

Trisha Cunningham

President and CEO

Trisha Cunningham

President and CEO

Trisha Cunningham is President and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB), a $200 million nonprofit focused on eradicating hunger in a diverse 13-county service area. It is estimated that more than 960,000 in this area do not know where they will find their next healthy meal. Through direct and feeding partner programs, Cunningham and the NTFB team of 180 employees and thousands of volunteers provided access to 125.6 million meals in their most recent fiscal year.

Prior to North Texas Food Bank, Cunningham was a 30-year global marketing, communications, branding, and public affairs executive at Texas Instruments where she most recently served as Chief Citizenship Officer. While there, she founded the Dallas Fort Worth Corporate Citizenship Network creating a collaborative model for area corporations to strengthen social impact and sustainability.

Cunningham currently serves as a director for Feeding Texas (chair), Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, and International Women’s Forum (IWF) Dallas Chapter. She is a member of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance where she is on the faculty for the Nonprofit Governance Certificate Program, Leadership Women, Rotary Club of Park Cities, Dallas Regional Chamber (DRC) Executive Women’s Roundtable, DRC Leadership Dallas Alumni, United Way Women of Tocqueville, and The Dallas Assembly. She serves on national Feeding America committees where the North Texas Food Bank is a member.

Cunningham was named as a Dallas Business Journal’s 2020 Women in Business honoree and 2020 Most Inspiring Leader, DCEO’s Dallas 500 Most Influential Business Leaders in 2019 and 2020, Elite News 2020 Women of Wisdom honoree, Dallas Regional Chamber’s Leadership Dallas 2019 Distinguished Alumni, the Junior League of Collin County’s 2019 Nonprofit Executive of the Year, Plano Magazine’s 2019 Girl Boss and a Leadership Women Director Emeritus. Other honors include being named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary Club of Park Cities, the Lana Garner Porter Women in Technology award from Murray State University, 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility Executive of the Year by CNM Connect, and a 2013 Women Leading Greater Good honoree by Alliance for Greater Works. Cunningham earned an NACD Governance Fellow accreditation, UT Dallas Nonprofit Governance Certificate, and is a graduate of the IWF Fellows program, Leadership Dallas, Leadership Texas, and Leadership International.

Trisha has a B.S. in Computer Information Systems with an emphasis in business from Murray State University. She and her husband, Greg, have two grown children and reside in Fairview (Collin County).

Erica Yaeger

Chief External Affairs Officer

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Erica Yaeger

Chief External Affairs Officer

Erica Yaeger is the Chief External Affairs Officer for the North Texas Food Bank. Prior to joining the Food Bank, she served as Assistant Dean of Development and Alumni Relations at The University of Texas at Dallas, where she led the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s development and alumni relations team, and as Executive Director of Sci-Tech Discovery Center in Frisco. Before joining the non-profit sector, Yaeger spent eight years in the telecom industry and was the founder, owner and publisher of Richardson Living magazine, a lifestyles publication designed to connect communities and inspire involvement.

As a community volunteer and advocate, Yaeger currently serves on the City of Richardson Civil Service Board, Junior League of Collin County Advisory Council and John Paul II High School Board of Trustees. However, she is most excited about engaging the community in her current role to support the mission of the NTFB and to close the hunger gap in North Texas.

Yaeger earned a Bachelor of Communication from North Carolina State University and an MBA with a concentration in marketing from the University of Texas at Dallas. She lives in Richardson with her husband, Dave, and two children.

Maurice Wilson II

Chief Operating Officer

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Maurice Wilson II

Chief Operating Officer

Maurice Wilson II is the Chief Operating Officer of the North Texas Food Bank and a member of the executive team where he is responsible for leading business operations, logistics, quality, and community impact. He is a proven leader in the world of operations and logistics, having experience in managing operations across multiple sites, facilities management, and warehousing.

Maurice has extensive experience in supply chain and logistics for food and home goods product companies such as Walmart, Sam’s Club, and most recently, Wayfair. As a 17-year U.S. Army Veteran, he taught other units about supply chain logistics.

Maurice holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Science degree from Cameron University.

Bill Garza

Chief Financial Officer

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Bill Garza

Chief Financial Officer

Bill Garza is the Chief Financial Officer of North Texas Food Bank. He has been a nonprofit financial leader for the last 7 years, where he has brought deep private sector experience in areas of strategy, finance, and cross-organizational initiatives. During this time, Bill served as CFO for leading, Austin-based nonprofit agencies in the social services and K-12 education sectors, including AIDS Services of Austin and KIPP Austin Public Schools. As a member of the NTFB executive team, he directs and oversees the Finance, Information Technology, and Procurement functions, with a combination of strategic and tactical planning, implementation, and leadership.

Prior to his career with nonprofit enterprises, Bill worked in areas of strategy and finance, first as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and later as a senior leader with American Express, Google, and Hermes Music Group. Bill earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University.

Nonprofit financial stewardship is both a vocation and a calling for Bill where he can marry his professional experience with his dedication to improving the quality of life for others.

Suzanne Drotman

Chief People Officer

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Suzanne Drotman

Chief People Officer

Suzanne Drotman is the Chief People Officer of NTFB. Prior to joining the Food Bank Staff, Suzanne served in the field of public education and human resources for 19 years with the Plano Independent School District. As a member of the executive team, Suzanne helps direct and lead the strategy, development, and execution of human resources, learning and development, safety, and administrative programs that support the organizational vision, objectives, and strategic plan. She also keeps a pulse on the people environment with the goal of building a positive, motivated and engaged team in an organizational culture representative of our values of integrity, collaboration, and compassion.

Suzanne received her Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from Texas A&M University and went on to receive a Master of Educational Administration from the University of North Texas. She has previously served as President of the North Central Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators (NCTASPA), Chair of the Leadership Plano Board, and Secretary of the Heritage Farmstead Museum. She has also been a member of numerous professional and community organizations. She is also certified as Professional Human Capital Leader in Education (pCHLE) and is pursuing a coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Suzanne is inspired by the impact the Food Bank will continue to make as we achieve the goals set forth. Her aspiration is to embrace, develop and positively influence the team who have been called to fulfill the tremendous mission of the North Texas Food Bank.

Anne Readhimer

Vice President of Community Impact

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Anne Readhimer

Vice President of Community Impact

Anne Readhimer is the Vice President of Community Impact at the North Texas Food Bank. At the food bank, Anne oversees Food Sourcing, our SNAP and Social Service Assistance team, our NTFB Programs such as the Food 4 Kids backpack program, our Senior meal program, and Nutrition and Garden Education and our Community Partner Relations team which is focused on agency growth and mobile distributions. She leads our Network Expansion strategy which is focused on building up our network to serve more meals through our community partners, and areas in high need.

Anne received her Bachelor's in Nutrition and Masters in Food Science from Texas A&M University. Anne joined NTFB from 7-Eleven, Inc. where she was Senior Director, Fresh Food Innovation. She led a comprehensive foodservice team focused on new products and quality improvements focused on the customer and operations simplicity. Prior to 7-Eleven, Anne worked for Yum! Restaurants International supporting the Pizza Hut and KFC brands internationally in food innovation and menu development.

While not a native Texan, Anne spent most of her childhood in Houston. She moved to the North Texas area after grad school and currently lives in Plano with her husband Don and their two children. Her family keeps her busy with their sports schedule, spending time with family and friends, and cheering for the Aggies.

Executive Committee

Jerri Garison, Baylor Scott & White Health (Chair)
John Beckert, Community Volunteer
Michael Brookshire, Bain & Company (Immediate Past Chair)
Jeff George, Maytal Capital
Calvin Hilton, Bread Financial
Mabrie Jackson, H-E-B/Central Market
Ginny Kissling, Ryan, LLC
Retta Miller, Jackson Walker, LLP
Adam Saphier, Trammell Crow Co.
Priya Sarjoo, Grant Thornton, LLP

Members at Large

Aradhana (Anna) Asava, HungerMitao
Diana Flores, Dallas College Board of Trustees
Marcella Foreman, Community Volunteer
Patti Hansen, Capital One
Don Janacek, FreshOne Holdings, LLC
Kim Kesler, KPMG, LLP
Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville, The Melville Family Foundation
Tom Nelson, Albertsons/Tom Thumb
Mike Preston, Community Volunteer
Andrew Rosen, Kainos Capital, LP
Tameka Sadler*, Junior League of Dallas
Todd Yoder, Fluor Corporation

*Ex-officio member

LIFE Board Members

John A. Beckert, Community Volunteer
Tom Black, Community Volunteer
Jerry Ellis, Community Volunteer
Anurag Jain, Access Healthcare
Teresa Phillips, TPHD, LLC
Stephan Pyles, Stephan Pyles Concepts

General Counsel

Andy Zollinger, DLA Piper LLP (US)

Founders

Jo Curtis
Ambassador Kathryn Hall
Lorraine Griffin Kircher
Liz Minyard

Leadership and Board

Trisha Cunningham

Erica Yaeger

Maurice Wilson II

Bill Garza

Suzanne Drotman

Anne Readhimer

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