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CEO of national anti-hunger public policy and direct service nonprofit organization. Influential social policy researcher, book author, and thought leader. Entrepreneurial, effective, and inclusive executive. Accomplished advocate and movement-builder. High-profile media spokesperson and public speaker. Former senior executive service federal official and government program originator and implementer.
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CeoHunger Free America Jun 2001 - PresentNew York, Ny, Us• Manages the daily operations of the organization, overseeing all pandemic response, policy, advocacy, program development, strategic planning, research, community organizing, fundraising, marketing, communications, fiscal, personnel, and administrative work. • Led rapid, large-scale expansion and intensification of all activities in response to COVID-19.• Transformed a small, local New York City advocacy group into a widely respected national public policy and direct service organization aimed at ending U.S. hunger by ensuring that all Americans have sufficient access to nutritious food.• Increased number of employees six-fold and annual budget (now at $4.5 million) ten-fold. • Oversaw all branding, organizational development, communications, policy, technology, and legal work necessary to transition from a local to a national organization. • According to the Nation, under my direction, the group “grew into one of the leading direct service and advocacy organizations on hunger and poverty in the nation.” • Currently oversees the work of more than 35 employees and AmeriCorps national service participants. • Works closely and collaboratively with the group’s board of directors.• Interacts regularly with high-ranking elected and appointed government officials, business and community leaders, directors and staffs of fellow nonprofit organizations, clients of food charities, and participants in government nutrition assistance programs. • Has delivered hundreds of keynote speeches on four continents and in 37 states. • Led successful effort to obtain a $2 million federal Hunger Free Communities grant, which funded nine of the city’s leading hunger and senior citizens organizations to increase access to government SNAP, WIC, and school meals benefits. • Competed for and won a contract to manage the USDA National Hunger Clearinghouse.• Garners widespread local, national, and international media coverage. i -
Coordinator Of Community Food SecurityUsda Feb 1999 - Jan 2001Washington, Dc, Us• Created and managed the daily operations of the USDA Community Food Security Initiative, which established innovative public/private partnerships to fight hunger, bolster food security, and help low-income Americans move from poverty to economic independence.• Broadly oversaw the work of over 150 employees nationwide. • Implemented a detailed plan of action in seven areas: local anti-hunger infrastructure; economic and job security; the federal nutrition assistance safety net; food recovery and donations; local food production and marketing; education; and research. • Advised White House, Secretary of Agriculture, and other senior policy makers on hunger. • Represented the Department to national, regional, and local media and • Spoke at large national gatherings and interacted regularly with high-ranking leaders from nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. • Coordinated policy and communications strategy for three presidential anti-hunger events. • Helped organize and staff a Secretarial mission to Africa and aided the start-up of the McGovern-Dole Food Program to enable developing nations to provide school meals. -
Coordinator Of Food Recovery And GleaningUsda Sep 1997 - Feb 1999Washington, Dc, Us• Under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, created a new government-wide initiative to increase the amount of excess food recovered, gleaned, and distributed to food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, and directly to low-income Americans. • Led federal efforts across the government to carry out a presidential memorandum, which I dratted, directing all federal agencies to aid in food recovery and gleaning. • Increased private sector and government food donations by more than three million pounds in one year, working closely with the White House on implementation. • Interacted with high-level corporate, nonprofit, and government leaders, as well as with members of Congress and their staffs, to gain support for the initiative.
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Director Of National ServiceUsda Mar 1994 - Sep 1997Washington, Dc, Us• Visualized and launched the USDA AmeriCorps program which, at the time, was the largest component of the overall AmeriCorps program. • Managed over 300 projects in 45 states, including anti-hunger and rural economic development projects, which aided over one million citizens, as well as environmental projects, which improved over 400,000 acres of land. • Oversaw a budget of more than $29 million, while holding Washington, DC headquarters-based overhead costs to less than two percent of total program costs. • Held broad responsibility for the work of hundreds of employees nationally, and oversaw the work of 1,200 full-time AmeriCorps participants nationwide. • Represented the administration in site visits to 35 states, viewing projects, meeting with local and federal elected officials and their staffs, appearing on local TV and on radio call-in shows, meeting with newspaper editorial boards, and speaking at large public events.
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Director Of Public LiaisonUsda Apr 1993 - Mar 1994Washington, Dc, Us• Coordinated interactions between USDA, the general public, and interest groups—including anti-hunger, environmental, farming, educational, rural development, labor, business, and consumer organizations. • Directly managed a staff of ten. • Wrote testimony and speeches for the Secretary of Agriculture.
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Acting Director Of Public Affairs And Press SecretaryUsda Jan 1993 - Mar 1993Washington, Dc, Us• Starting on the first day of President Bill Clinton’s administration, managed all public communications, public liaison, and intergovernmental affairs functions at a cabinet agency with more than 110,000 employees and a budget of over $60 billion. • Directly managed an office with more than 150 employees and a budget of over $9 million.• Held broad responsibility for the work of nearly 1,000 public affairs employees nationwide. • Traveled extensively with the Secretary of Agriculture and served as his chief spokesperson to the national, regional, and local media. • Served as chief spokesperson for the Clinton Administration on a national crisis related to meat contamination in the Pacific Northwest.
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Domestic Policy Staff MemberClinton Presidential Transition Team Nov 1992 - Jan 1993• Served as a policy analyst and writer. • Focused on the issues of national service and direct student loans, helped recommend policy options to the President-elect, and planned strategies to promote the passage of legislation. • Represented the President-elect at national service hearings in three states and in meetings with key constituency groups and national leaders, such as university presidents. • Served as a spokesperson to television, radio, and print media.
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Senior Writer, Senior Field Staff, And State Press SecretaryBill Clinton For President Primary Campaign And Clinton/Gore Campaign 1991 - 1992• Served for two months as the sole full-time member of the national campaign’s issues staff, drafting position papers, and preparing talking points and briefing books for then-Governor Clinton's campaign trips. • As Kansas State Press Secretary, played key role in historically close showing in the state.
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Campaign ManagerCampaign Of Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr 1990 - 1992• Managed upset wins for the Congressman in the 1990 general election and the 1992 primary. • Oversaw all fundraising, communications, political outreach, and field activities. • Represented the Congressman in public debates and events.
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Policy AnalystDemocratic Leadership Council 1991 - 1991Us• Researched and edited resolutions, speeches, talking points, and briefing materials for the media and elected officials, including then-Governor Bill Clinton, on a wide variety of issues.• Helped plan and staff the group’s national political convention. -
Policy AnalystProgressive Policy Institute 1989 - 1990Washington, District Of Columbia, Us• Principal researcher and writer on national service and the Police Corps; research aided in the eventual creation of two federal programs. • Conducted research on student aid, youth apprenticeship, crime, housing, and U.S. politics. • Advised congressional offices on policy and legislative strategy. -
Campaign ManagerGruenstein For Congress Campaign 1988 - 1988• Managed all aspects of a top-targeted congressional campaign against a long-term incumbent
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New York State Deputy Campaign DirectorBruce Babbitt For President Campaign 1987 - 1988• Coordinated ballot access activities and recruited delegate candidates statewide. • Drafted an environmental policy speech for the candidate on recycling.
Joel Berg Education Details
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Columbia UniversityPolitical Science And Government
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