Des Moines, Iowa (RI) – The Meals Provider for Iowa’s needy has a brand new chief. Tami Nielsen took over this week as CEO of the Meals Financial institution of Iowa, primarily based in Des Moines, which serves 55 of the 99 state counties. Nielson has been with the company for nearly 9 years.
The Iowa Meals Financial institution distributes greater than 27 million meals kilos yearly via about 700 members all through the state. Nielsen says that Iowa’s challenges with meals insecurity are usually not unsurpassed, however proceed to develop.
A report final 12 months of Feeding America discovered that just about 11% of all Iowans and greater than 15% of Iowa kids face meals insecurity. That interprets into 344 thousand Iawans, together with 110 thousand kids, who have no idea the place they are going to discover their subsequent meal. Nielsen is the fourth chief of the Meals Financial institution since its basis 43 years in the past. She occurs to Michelle’s e book, who retired on the finish of 2024.
(Pat Powers, KQWC, Webster Metropolis)
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