Partner Agency Council

The Partner Agency Council is a coalition of network partners who serve as advisors to North Texas Food Bank (NTFB). In addition, the Partner Agency Council provides practical input and feedback on NTFB plans to strengthen the network to better meet the hunger need in our community. This council will give voice to the entire partner agency network and guide NTFB in setting goals and developing solutions that benefit all agency partners.

Key Responsibilities of Partner Agency Council Members

Plays an active role in the development, revisions, and evaluations of NTFB policies and services
Provides NTFB better understanding of Agency challenges
Serves and acts as a representative group and on the behalf of their own agency as well as agencies within their assigned regions
Serves as agency peer-to-peer mentoring and support
Serve on a planning committee for Agency Summit and other potential special events

Partner Agency Council Members 2022 - 2024

Angela Roberts

Commerce Food Pantry

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Angela Roberts

Pantry Manager, Commerce Food Pantry

Angela helps serve the Commerce Food Pantry in Commerce as a pantry manager and board member. In her 5 years as a Pantry volunteer, she is proud to have helped the Commerce Food Pantry become a North Texas Food Bank partner, apply for grants to expand offerings to include personal care choices, ensure continuity of operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, and increase volunteer participation from Texas A&M University-Commerce. She strives to build awareness of the food pantry’s operations in her community and the cooperation of neighbors helping neighbors among local organizations, churches, and the school district.

She received her undergraduate degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and a master’s degree from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona. Since 2007, Commerce has been her home where she and her husband are raising their son and spending their free time supporting the high school band and cross-country team.

Craig Belcher

Manna House Midlothian

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Craig Belcher

Manna House Midlothian

Craig Belcher grew up in the town of Lancaster. Working as a freight operator, Craig and his wife Norma moved to Midlothian in 1998. They quickly became faithful supporters and volunteers of Manna House.

Through his volunteer service, Craig discovered his passion for loving and serving others. Craig was hired as the Pantry Manager for Manna House in 2011. Since that time, the community and Manna have seen tremendous growth. Today, Craig is the Director of Operations and manages a nearly 5,000 sq. foot pantry in addition to the operations of Manna House and its sister food pantry in Italy.

Craig is passionate about the mission of Manna House and serves the clientele with extreme care. Referring to Manna’s clients as “neighbors,” Craig sees the face and heart of everyone who walks through the door.

Craig and his wife Norma serve the Midlothian community by working at Manna House. They have three children, an amazing son-in-law Donnie, and three precious grandbabies.

Courtney Cuthbert

Brother Bills Helping Hand

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Courtney Cuthbert

Operations Director, Brother Bills Helping Hand

Courtney Cuthbert is the Operations Director at Brother Bill’s Helping Hand. In her position, Courtney oversees Grocery Store resources, operations and staff. She also manages volunteer coordination across all BBHH programs. Courtney is passionate about the ways she gets to serve her community and her neighbors every day through her role.

Courtney graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication at Dallas Baptist University in 2007, but it was when she went on a short-term mission trip to Kenya in 2011 that the Lord placed ministry and service on her heart. This led her back to Dallas Baptist University where she worked in the Marketing office on campus and first began volunteering at Brother Bill’s Helping Hand. She quickly fell in love with the ministry and was offered a position as the Volunteer Coordinator a few months later. She has now been working at Brother Bill’s for over eight years! Courtney and her husband Jeremy live in Oak Cliff and enjoy hiking and being outdoors, going to concerts, serving in their church, and finding the best restaurants in and around Dallas as often as they can.

Crystal Brooks

Masterkey Ministries of Grayson County

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Crystal Brooks

Food Pantry Manager, Masterkey Ministries of Grayson

County Crystal and her husband Robert have been managing Masterkey Ministries food pantry since 2014.

For six years they ran the food pantry as a Client Choice Food Pantry serving Sherman Texas and surrounding smaller communities and they had a large Mobile Pantry and Commodity Distribution at a separate location. They love to build community within a community and being connected with our neighbors and allow their volunteers to make their own experiences while volunteering, so that they feel they are a part of something wonderful! This is the entire key to their success.

Danny Myall

Heart of the City Lewisville

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Danny Myall

Director of Operations, Heart of the City Lewisville

Danny Myall has been the Director of Operations for Heart of the City (HOTC) since August of 2020. His primary responsibilities are the day-to-day operations of the Farmer’s Market Food Pantry and Thrive, HOTC’s Life Skills Coaching Prior to joining HOTC, Danny volunteered with the organization and through various ministries within his church. His for-profit experience includes management/ownership within the nursery, landscape, and tree world. Danny and his wife have been married 26 years and have one grown son.

Izell Bennett

First Refuge Ministries

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Izell Bennett

First Refuge Ministries

Izell Bennett joined First Refuge in the spring of 20021 and has served as the ministries Director of Food Distribution. Mr. Bennett has over 17 years of experience in social services, working with diverse populations including the homeless, foster care, juvenile corrections, education and community sectors.

Mr. Bennet relocated to North Texas in 2011 after managing Harper House, a transitional living program for Juvenile Offenders in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He also worked at Journey to Dream, a loco non-profit, servicing homeless youth through their transitional programs. In 2017, Mr. Bennet led the establishment of Kyle’s Place, Journey to Dream transitional housing for homeless teenagers. In 2020, he helped Rach Hand Rescue, a local non-profit that is an animal sanctuary and counseling center, to establish Bob’s House of Hope, the first safe house for male sex trafficking victims in Nort Texas. Mr. Bennett has served on multiple committees, and tasks forces that address social issues like C7 Human Trafficking Coalition, Denton Homes Coalition, and Denton’s Food Insecurity Council.

Jamie Espinoza

Storehouse Suppers

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Jamie Espinoza

Pantry Director, Storehouse Suppers

Jamie Espinoza has been serving as the director of Storehouse Suppers since April 2020. She has established strong relationships with the community during this time and has a thriving drive through pantry distribution. Her past experiences with forming and operating culture councils and event management within large corporations have helped to shape these programs and will be beneficial to the Partner Agency Council. Jamie also serves as a Realtor in the DFW market and enjoys music, crafts, and the outdoors.

Korey McCrady

Helping Hands of Ennis

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Korey McCrady

Executive Director, Helping Hands of Ennis

Korey has had the awesome opportunity to be a biblical studies and Old Testament teacher for the past 12 years in a variety of ministry settings. These include teaching in local churches, at state conferences, and through the Baptist Student Ministry at Navarro and Hill Colleges, where he had the pleasure of serving as the Director for 7 years. He is currently serving as a bi-vocational Youth Pastor at Anthony Drive Baptist Church in Ennis which he hopes to show his heart and love for God’s people within this community. He is a graduate of Ennis High School class of 2001; he graduated with a B.S. in Behavioral Psychology from the University of Houston Clear Lake and is currently working on his M.A. in Professional Counseling from Dallas Baptist University. And he has had the wonderful opportunity to serve as the Executive Director of Helping Hands of Ennis for the past 6 months

Kyle Taylor

Irving Cares

Michael Schwerin

Community Lifeline

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Michael Schwerin, CFRE

Michael Schwerin has served as Executive Director of Community Lifeline Center in McKinney since March of 2022. Prior to coming to Community Lifeline Center, Michael spent over 15 years working in the nonprofit sector in various fundraising, marketing, and executive roles. This has included serving as the Director of Development at the SPCA of Texas before coming to CLC and also as the Director of Development at Crossroads Community Services during their move from downtown Dallas to their new home at the former NTFB facility. Michael is excited to help Community Lifeline Center continue to serve more residents throughout Northern Collin County as the organization continues to help through both food and financial assistance. Michael lives in Wylie with his wife and teenage daughter.

Shannon Reel

Compassion Corsicana

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Shannon Reel

Logistics Director, Compassion Corsicana

Shannon oversees all purchasing, maintenance, and distribution of goods. She is a former executive assistant and store manager for Dale Earhardt and manager for Lane Bryant clothing stores. She has experience coaching restaurants and other business owners in increasing efficiency and profit, and she helped to successfully launch Compassion’s Resale Store in 2018.

Sharon Newton

Cumby Food Pantry

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Sharon Newton

Director/CEO, Cumby Food Pantry

Sharon lives in Cumby, TX. She is married and has a family of 2 children with several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Sharon loves people and doesn’t want any child, adult, or seniors to go hungry if she can help it. She has been affiliated with Cumby Food Pantry, Inc. since 2006 when it began. CFB has been with North Texas Food Bank since 2009 and have worked very hard to expand their food pantry to the size it is, dedicated to serving people in need. They went from a 400 sq. ft. building to a 3200 sq. ft. building which was done with 100% donations and is still operated on 100% donations.

Wally Jeffers

Hunt County Shared Ministries

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Wally Jeffers

Executive Director, Hunt County Shared Ministries

Walter (Wally) Jeffers has been the Executive Director at Hunt County Shared Ministries since January 2008. Prior to that, he was in served in ministry for over 35 years. During his tenure at Hunt County Shared Ministries, Wally has taken the organization from a small food pantry that served 10 families a week to a highly respected organization serving hundreds of families each week. In addition, he started the Meals for At Risk Kids (M.A.R.K.) program, providing weekend meals to students in 6 Hunt County School Districts who have been identified as at risk of not having enough to eat over the weekends. Hunt County Gives is another signature project of Wally’s, bringing together food pantries serving some of the smaller towns in Hunt County for combined distribution of Thanksgiving and Christmas food boxes to as many as 1,200 needy families in the area. Hunt County Gives provides a central application processing point, one recognized place for holiday donations of food and money, subsequent purchasing power for each dollar to go as far as 5 possible, and coordinated box packing and distribution before each holiday. Thanks to Wally’s leadership, Hunt County Shared Ministries is one of the most respected and trusted charitable organizations in Hunt County.

Partner Agency Council Year 2019 - 2021

Allen Hubbard, Lamar County Food Pantry
Iris Paul, Fannin County Food Pantry
Richard Dunn, Kaufman Christian Help Center
Martha Doleshal, Pleasant Grove Food Pantry

Ruby Sevcik, Crisis Ministries
Jeff Morton, Seven Loaves Food Pantry
Neil Clark, Delta Hope House
LesLee Lay, Bread of Life Food Pantry

Partner Agency Council

Key Responsibilities of Partner Agency Council Members

Partner Agency Council Members 2022 - 2024

Angela Roberts

Craig Belcher

Courtney Cuthbert

Crystal Brooks

Danny Myall

Izell Bennett

Jamie Espinoza

Korey McCrady

Kyle Taylor

Michael Schwerin

Shannon Reel

Sharon Newton

Wally Jeffers

Partner Agency Council Year 2019 - 2021

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