Staff List

With a small but very dedicated staff, the Nutrition Consortium of NYS works to fight hunger throughout the state. Here is a list of the entire staff (in alphabetical order by name), their titles and a brief review of their background and responsibilities.

Linda P. Bopp
Executive Director

As Executive Director, Linda is responsible to the Board of Directors for the future direction and for the maturation and growth of the Nutrition Consortium, including staffing, negotiating and implementing all contract responsibilities, public policy development and fundraising.

Linda came to the agency from the Rensselaerville Institute, a Capital Region-based think tank that helps organizations to develop outcomes approaches and tools. Ms. Bopp trained and consulted with a wide-range of human service organizations, applying an investment and results focus to program development, design, delivery, management, and evaluation. Prior to that she held various program management, policy, and legislative analysis positions in NYS Government.

Linda has a BA in English from Siena College, and she took additional graduate courses at RPI, SUNY at Albany and Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Linda became Executive Director of the Consortium in 2006.

Linda’s e-mail address is HungerNYS@aol.com

Elizabeth Chiera
Fiscal Assistant

As assistant in the fiscal office Liz assists in the review of NOEP subcontractor vouchers for completeness and accuracy. Liz has been with the Consortium since October 2004.

Liz has many years of experience as a senior account clerk with the NYS Department of Taxation.

Liz’s e-mail address is HungerFisc3@aol.com

Gail A. Cooney
Fiscal Associate

As assistant to the Fiscal Director, Gail reviews NOEP subcontractor vouchers for completeness and accuracy and works on Consortium payroll and grant records. Gail has been with the Consortium since May 2003.

Gail came to us with more than 13 years of fiscal administrative experience, including account reconciliation and interactions with the public.

Gail’s e-mail address is HungerFisc2@aol.com

Mark T. Denley
Fiscal Director

As Fiscal Director, Mark is responsible for overall operation of the fiscal transactions of the organization, including all accounting, bookkeeping, budgets, fiscal reports. He has been with the Consortium since February 2003.

Mark holds a BS degree from RPI in Management, with a concentration in Finance and has six years of non-profit fiscal and business management.

Mark’s e-mail address is HungerFisc@aol.com

Casey Dinkin
Child Nutrition Outreach Coordinator

Casey works to increase access to child nutrition programs in NYS through outreach, policy work, and advocacy.

Casey has a B.A. in Communication from SUNY Geneseo, with minors in Musical Theater and the College Honors Program. She joined the Consortium staff in September 2004.

Casey’s e-mail address is HungerCNOut@aol.com

Carrie Jackson
Sr. Accountant

Carrie assists the Fiscal Director on NOEP fiscal administration, including budgets and vouchers, and has responsibility for NOEP accounts and fiscal reports. Carrie has been with the Consortium since February 2004.

Carrie brings ten years of non-profit accounting experience to her new position, along with another ten years of experience in the corporate world, working at Morgan Stanley. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration/ Specialization Finance from Mercy College.

Carrie’s e-mail address is HungerFisc1@aol.com

E. Yvette James
Director, Outreach & Education

Yvette is the lead person responsible for coordinating the agency’s NOEP field work, including communications with all 46 NOEP subcontractors and coordinating NOEP training and the statewide NOEP conferences we hold each year. Yvette supervises the other NOEP Program Facilitators and provides technical assistance and support to the NOEP staff and agencies. She has been with the Consortium since 1997.

Yvette has an extensive background in advocacy and negotiations, having worked for the City of Albany for 9+ years on federal labor standards, Fair Housing and affirmative action issues. She has worked for various not-for-profit agencies in the areas of community organizing and client advocacy, and has a B.A. in Sociology, with aminor in Community Organization.

Yvette’s e-mail address is HungerNOEP@aol.com

Misha R. Marvel, M.S.W.
Program Analyst

Misha is the lead contact on senior nutrition program issues and provides this support to our Nutrition Outreach and Education Program subcontractors. She is also responsible for the agency’s sponsorship of the Senior Nutrition Assistance Program Workgroup. Currently working part-time, she has been with the Consortium since January 2003.

Misha came to us with two years of experience as a policy analyst and advocate with an anti-poverty/anti-hunger organization, and a strong commitment to social justice issues and holds a BA and an MSW.

Misha’s e-mail address is HungerSR@aol.com

David R. Reynolds
NOEP Program Facilitator

David is a full time field representative for many of the Nutrition Outreach and Education Program subcontractors. He has been with the Consortium since February 2006.

David came to the Consortium with a B.A. in Philosophy. His immediate work history includes three years as a case manager technician for a community based human services organization and his prior experience with non-profits included project planning and development.

David’s e-mail address is HungerNOEPfr3@aol.com.