Staff and Leadership

Adam Liebowitz is the Community Food Funders Director, and a staff member at North Star Fund. Along with Steering Committee members, Adam represents CFF on projects and at meetings, and manages our collaborative projects such as the Seeding Power Fellowship, CFF Champions Award, and more. Adam also manages all digital communications.

Steering Committee

Community Food Funders is led by a steering committee comprised of grantmakers from Levitt Foundation, New York Health Foundation, North Star Fund, Posner Foundation, Shachar Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Tepper Foundation, and Western New York Foundation.

Andrew Barrett

Program Officer, New York Health Foundation

Beth Gosch

Executive Director, Western New York Foundation

Frangelin Pozo

Philanthropy Program Associate, North Star Fund

Hana Uman

Program Officer, The Posner Foundation

Jennifer Ching

Jennifer Ching

Executive Director, North Star Fund

Julia McCarthy

Senior Program Officer, New York Health Foundation

Kellie Terry

Philanthropy Programs Director, North Star Fund

Maritza Guzmán

Consultant, Levitt Foundation

Rose Rodriguez

Program Officer, The Tepper Foundation

Shelley Levine

Shachar Foundation