Our Team

The people behind every bag.

Founders

Lisa Helfman

Founder & Board Chair

Lisa Helfman is the founder and board chair of Brighter Bites. In the fall of 2011,…

Shreela Sharma, PhD

Co-Founder

Dr. Shreela Sharma is co-founder of Brighter Bites. Dr. Sharma is responsible for operationalizing the Brighter…

National Team

Christina Maynor

Senior Manager of Programming and Marketing

Christina Maynor is the Senior Manager of Programming and Marketing for Brighter Bites. She received her…

Rich Dachman

Chief Executive Officer

Rich Dachman is the Chief Executive Officer of Brighter Bites. Rich comes to Brighter Bites with…

Ragen Doyle

Director of Development

Ragen Doyle is the director of development for Brighter Bites. She acts as an architect, adviser,…

Megan Gayle

Human Resource Manager

Megan Gayle is the human resource manager at Brighter Bites. She worked for Deloitte Services LP…

Jacqueline Noyola

Manager of Education and Outreach

Jacqueline Noyola is the Brighter Bites manager of education and outreach. In her role, she collaborates…

Oria Oyedemi

Data Manager

Oria Oyedemi is the data manager at Brighter Bites. Oria comes to Brighter Bites with six…

Mike Pomeroy, MPH

Vice President of Programs

Mike serves as vice president of operations of Brighter Bites, overseeing and directing programmatic aspects of…

Meredith Spence

Senior Director of Strategy

As Senior Director of Strategy Meredith Spence works with a wide variety of partners around the…

Maryann Aguinaga

Senior Operations Coordinator

Maryann is a senior operations coordinator for Brighter Bites in Dallas. Maryann has been passionate for…

Julie Macpherson

Texas Regional Director

Julie Macpherson is the Texas regional director for Brighter Bites. She holds an undergraduate degree from…

Yesenia Mejia

Program Coordinator

Yesenia Mejia is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Dallas. She started with the organization…

Dallas Riley

Program Coordinator

Dallas Riley is a program coordinator at Brighter Bites in Dallas. If you ask her what…

Magaly Solis

Senior Program Manager

Magaly Solis is a senior program manager for Brighter Bites in Dallas. She has a passion…

Christine Vu

Program Coordinator

Christine Vu is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Dallas. She is responsible for assisting…

Veronica Cabrera

Program Coordinator

Veronica Cabrera is a Program Coordinator for Brighter Bites in Austin. She first discovered Brighter Bites…

Bethany Dawson, MPH

Senior Program Manager

Bethany Dawson is the senior program manager for Brighter Bites in Austin. She leads the operations…

Rebeca Hernandez Gonzalez

Senior Program Manager

Rebeca Hernandez Gonzalez is senior program manager for Brighter Bites in Austin. She received her undergraduate…

Lori Hoadley

Senior Operations Coordinator

Lori Hoadley is the Senior Operations Coordinator in Austin, Texas, where she helps manage day-to-day program…

Alison Aguiar

Program Coordinator

Alison Aguiar is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in New York City. She received her…

Melanie Button, MPH

Project Manager

Melanie Button is a project manager for Brighter Bites, overseeing our NYC and Washington, D.C area…

Gina Flores

Senior Program Manager

Gina Flores is the Senior Program Manager for Brighter Bites in NYC. A true New Yorker,…

Rajni Sood Laurent

Senior Program Manager

Senior Program Manager Rajni Sood Laurent is a mom, baker, and lover of fresh foods. She…

Carolina Moppett

Project Manager

Carolina Moppett is a project manager for Brighter Bites in Washington D.C. She received her graduate…

Emily Owen

Senior Program Manager

Emily Owen is a senior program manager on the Brighter Bites Washington, D.C. team. Emily has…

Marcela Romero

Program Director

Marcela Romero is the program director for Brighter Bites in Southwest Florida. Marcela graduated from the…

Rosmery Garcia

Program Coordinator

Rosmery Garcia is a program coordinator for Brighter Bites in Southwest Florida. She grew up in…

Board of Directors

Faiyaz A. Bhojani, MD, DrPH

Chief Executive Officer
MRZ Medical Group, PLLC

Joel Grade

Executive Vice President, Business Development
Sysco

Steven Graubart

President & CEO
Community Hospital Partners

Lisa Helfman

Director of Public Affairs, Houston
H-E-B Grocery Company

Scott McClelland

Board Member Emeritus

Benjamin Samuels

Director
Samuels Family Foundation

Manolo Sánchez

Director
Fannie Mae

Shreela Sharma, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology
UTHealth School of Public Health

Sue Smith

Executive Vice President
Craig and Galen Brown Foundation

Vic Smith

Chief Executive Officer
JV Smith Companies

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