The people behind every bag.
Lisa Helfman is the founder and board chair of Brighter Bites. In the fall of 2011,…
Dr. Shreela Sharma is the co-founder of Brighter Bites. Shreela is responsible for operationalizing the Brighter…
Jennifer Boone is the sourcing manager for Brighter Bites. She ensures Brighter Bites program recipients receive…
Greg Bounds is the director of analytics at Brighter Bites and recently completed his MPH degree…
Stefanie Cousins is the director of marketing and communications at Brighter Bites. She is responsible for…
Megan Gayle is the human resource manager at Brighter Bites. She worked for Deloitte Services LP…
Sam Newman is the executive director of Brighter Bites. He joined Brighter Bites in January 2016…
Mike serves as senior program director of Brighter Bites, overseeing and directing programmatic aspects of Brighter…
Liz Saxe is the director of finance at Brighter Bites. Before joining Brighter Bites, Liz was the…
Lani Alcazar is a program manager for Brighter Bites in Houston. After obtaining her undergraduate degree…
Christina Blick is the Manager for the Fun Food Experience at Brighter Bites. She received her…
Chris Childress is an Information Systems Manager at Brighter Bites. A native Houstonian, Chris is responsible…
Michael Carpenter is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Houston. Michael began his tenure with…
Jacqueline Castro is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Houston, Texas. Jacqueline grew up in…
Lalit Datta is a data analyst for Brighter Bites. Born in Newfoundland (Canada) but raised in…
Katie Degen is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Houston. She received her undergraduate degree…
Jonathan Gerescher is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites. He grew up in the Houston area…
When Thelma Green was two years old, she immigrated with her family from Liberia to Sweden,…
Emily Kelley is the program director for Brighter Bites in Houston. Emily’s work with Brighter Bites started…
Molly Oyetunji is a program manager for Brighter Bites in Houston. She was born and raised…
Toni Oplt is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Houston. Up until recently, she was…
Tanya Reyes is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Houston. She began her Brighter Bites…
Samantha Rodriguez is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Houston, Texas. Samantha graduated from Trinity…
Jessica Schauman is a program coordinator in Houston, Texas, where she organizes activities of the Brighter…
Maryann first came to Brighter Bites as a volunteer with the Dallas team in the summer…
Jenna Babbitt is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Dallas. She is a passionate and…
When Alicia Farhat decided to immigrate to Louisiana from Venezuela in the summer of 2005, the…
Jacqueline Noyola is the nutrition education manager for Brighter Bites in Dallas. In her role, she…
Dallas Riley is a program coordinator at Brighter Bites in Dallas. If you ask her what…
Magaly Solis is a program manager for Brighter Bites in Dallas. She has a passion for…
As community relations for Brighter Bites in Dallas, Meredith spends her time at program sites working alongside families…
Bethany Dawson was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. She graduated from Trinity University in San…
Rebeca Hernandez Gonzalez is a nutrition education program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Austin. She received…
Shelby Koebley is a program coordinator of Brighter Bites in Austin. She received her undergraduate degree…
Maggie Mangrum is the program director of Brighter Bites in Austin. Prior to joining the team, Maggie’s…
Jamela Mavrakis is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Austin. Jamela has always had a…
Melanie Button is the program director for Brighter Bites in New York City. Melanie grew up…
KayJoon Quispe is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in NYC. Born and bred in Queens,…
Tara is the program director for Brighter Bites Washington, D.C. Her passion for healthy food has…
Carolina Moppett is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Washington D.C. She received her graduate…
Marcela Romero is the program director for Brighter Bites in Southwest Florida. Marcela graduated from the…
