Michelle Orge has been the Executive Director of Community Food Share since 2015. She has a background in the food industry and has been working in hunger relief/food security since 2001, previously at a Feeding America food bank affiliate in Ann Arbor, MI. She is a Leadership Fellows alum and serves on the board of Feeding Colorado, the Boulder County Community Action Development Corporation, is a member of the Foothills United Way Community Resilience Advisory Board, the local FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program Board, and has served on several national Feeding America committees including chairing a food safety council and serving on a client data tracking advisory group.
Patricia J. Royak. Pat is a global executive leading iconic lifestyle brands in consumer and medical device fields, on three continents: Asia, Europe, and North America. She has been at the helm of several leading clothing and intimates brands. Pat served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of International at Maidenform Brands, Inc. She has also held posts as President at Calvin Klein® Jeans, Vice President of Global Brand Marketing for Liz Claiborne Apparel and President for Liz Claiborne Europe.
Most recently, Pat served as the COO The Marena Group, a global leader in medical-grade compression, based in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Pat now resides in Atlanta with her husband Jack, and their son John Robert, a senior at Marist College. She is an avid supporter of several philanthropic organizations including the American Cancer Society and TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Center where she has worked to raise awareness, and guide fundraising efforts that have exceeded expectations. Pat serves on the Advisory Board for the Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University and was previously a board member of the American Heart Association.
Matt Zwiebel is the Executive Director of Pledge 1% Colorado. Having spent the first part of his career as an early employee of a now-defunct early stage startup and later helping run the Denver campuses of Galvanize, a co-working space and coding bootcamp, Matt has shifted his focus toward helping Colorado entrepreneurs find creative ways of supporting their local communities through their businesses. At Pledge 1% Colorado, Matt?s work is centered on building a network of companies who set aside a percentage of their company resources to be distributed to impactful non-profits across the state.