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Our Team

Hunger doesn’t stop at 5pm. Hunger doesn’t take the weekends off. Neither do we.

New York Common Pantry team members come from all over New York City. Some of them have been unhoused. Some have experienced hunger and instability, and bring to their work not just empathy and understanding, but commitment. We are of and from this community, and are dedicated to helping all New Yorkers. 

Leadership

Executive Director

Stephen Grimaldi

Deputy Executive Director

Judy Secon

Chief Development Officer

Natasha Requeña

Managing Director of Programs

Muhammad Al-Amin

Managing Director of Operations

Zoraya Nazario

Managing Director of Human Resources

Natalie Kim

Board of Directors

Margie Sung

Chair

Edward Brown

Vice Chair

Elaine Clark

Vice Chair

Thad Davis

Development Chair

Paul Emery

Treasurer

Amy Fritz

Vice Chair

Stephen Grimaldi

Executive Director

Charlie Higgins

Campaign Executive Chair

Dominique R. Jones

Program Chair

Christina Li

Vice Chair

Susan L. Merrill

Personnel Chair

Alan Pardee

Secretary

Janine Weisenbeck

Vice Chair

Matias Stitch

Nominations & Governance Chair

Ken Ziman

Finance & Audit Committee Chair

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Join our team

We are a team of providers–a family, really–driven to treat all our guests with dignity as we help them gain stability. We’re always looking for similarly dedicated people to join us in our mission.

See our open positions