Leigh Burke

Chair

Executive Director of Variety – the Children’s Charity of the National Capital Region. Professional background in development with Reporters Without Borders, Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, Inova Health System, and George Washington University.

Matt Salter

Vice Chair

Currently serving as Vice President, Chief Growth Officer at Noblis, Inc. Prior experience includes consulting, program and project management, product and platform management, and operations management.

Linda Dang

Secretary

Linda serves as Chief Human Resources Officer for Edgeworth Economics, a leading provider of economic analysis and expert testimony. With over 15 years of experience, Linda has a diverse background in a variety of industries to include private sector, non-profit organizations, government contracting to name a few. 

Maritel Dasco

Treasurer

CPA, Controller at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry. Nonprofit professional with experience in directing accounting and financial management functions, including financial statement reporting and budgeting, of various nonprofit organizations.

Jane Schapiro Brown

Member

Jane retired from George Mason University following 17 years as an Academic Assistant on the Athletic Department’s Academic Services team. She earned a MFA from George Mason University and is a published writer with three books of poetry and a book of non-fiction.  Jane currently volunteers at Food for Others and The Women’s Center and has an ongoing support relationship with Bread for the City and the Jewish Community Center of Northern VA.

Arnoldo Borja

Member

Day laborers site manager and community organizer for 14 years with Legal Aid Justice Center.  Conducts outreach and organizing activities, provides information and access to legal services and Justice for Latino day laborers and families in and around Annandale, VA. Serves as liaison between the workers and local agencies such as law enforcement, churches, social service agencies, and non-profit institutions.

William Daly

Member

A shareholder with the Tysons law firm of Rees Broome, Bill, has done commercial litigation there for the past 32 years. Bill is immediate past president of the Fairfax Law Foundation, general counsel for the Tysons Chamber of Commerce, past president of the Fairfax Bar Association and teaches professionalism for the Virginia State Bar at George Mason University Law School.

Hedy Sadeghein

Member

CPA, VP, and Chief Financial Officer for NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association. Hedy oversees the fiscal functions of the association, collaborates with the board of directors and committee leaders, leads the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting, and ensure the financial health and compliance of the organization. Hedy previously served as a senior audit manager at Johnson Lambert, where she specialized in the non-profit industry.

Sarah Scafidi

Member

Director of Systems Resilience at Cadmus, has 16 years of management consulting experience specializing in all hazard risk assessment, preparedness evaluation, and organizational resilience.

Ben Semmes

Member

Certified Financial Planner and Vice President at Morgan Stanley in McLean, VA with over 12 years of experience helping non-profits, small businesses and individual clients with their wealth management and financial planning needs.

Irene Edmunds

Member

Marketing Director at CGI, a global IT and business consulting services firm. She is an MBA with 20+ years of experience focused on creating and deploying integrated marketing programs across channels and industries, both on the client and agency/consulting side.

Anirudh Kulkarni

Member

The founder and CEO of Customer Value Partners (CVP), an award-winning healthcare and next-gen technology consulting firm. He has 30+ years of experience in digital transformation, customer relationship management, operations and IT alignment strategies, organizational transformation, and operations research, with industry expertise in healthcare, media, and the public sector.

Interested in serving on the Food for Others Board of Directors?

We are always looking for passionate, hard-working individuals to join our Board of Directors. Serving on the Board of Directors is a great way to contribute your time and professional skills to improve our organization. Each year, the Board looks for candidates who have skills in an area that the we need (e.g., accounting, fundraising, technology, food service, human resources, legal, etc).

We encourage those interested in serving on our Board to join one of the Board Committees. It’s a great way to establish a relationship with other Board members and learn more about Food for Others. If you are interested in joining a committee, please email Deb Haynes at dhaynes@foodforothers.org.