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Executive Team

The Greater Boston Food Bank is led by a five-person executive team.

Catherine D'Amato, President and CEO

As President and CEO of The Greater Boston Food Bank, Catherine D'Amato runs New England's largest hunger-relief organization as an extremely efficient and effective nonprofit food distribution business. She has relentless compassion for those she serves and galvanizes others in the corporate and civic communities to partner for an important cause.

D'Amato has been a tireless advocate for the hungry for more than 25 years. She assumed her leadership position at The Greater Boston Food Bank in 1995 after heading up the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and, before that, the San Francisco Food Bank. Under D'Amato's vision and leadership, The Greater Boston Food Bank has been transformed into a nearly $63 million charitable business, an organization that now leads the region in providing nutritious food to nearly 600 hunger-relief organizations. These agencies annually serve more than 394,000 hungry residents of the nine counties and 190 cities and towns of eastern Massachusetts. The Greater Boston Food Bank distributes more than 31 million pounds of food and grocery products annually.

D'Amato currently serves on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Boston Foundation, the Massachusetts Food Association, and Basic Health International. She was named vice chair of the Boston Foundation's board of directors in 2009. She also serves on the Pinnacle Leadership & Team Development Advisory Board and is a guest lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Simmons College, and UMass Boston.

She has in the past served as a board member of Feeding America, the Massachusetts Nutrition Board (as co-chair), the Newmarket Business Association, the Boston Public Market Association, and the Human Rights Campaign.

D'Amato has received numerous honors and awards for her leadership role in the fight to end hunger, including, in 2009, the first ever Community Service Award given by the Massachusetts Food Association, a 2008 Pinnacle Award from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Newbury College; "Woman of Influence in the Food Industry" from the Griffin Report; the "Women's Business" Hall of Fame, Non-Profit/Professional; the New England Women's Leadership Award; the Paul Tsongas Award for Community Service; the "Heroes Among Us Award" from the Boston Celtics; and the "Hunger's Hope Award" from Feeding America. She was also listed as one of the top 50 most powerful people in Boston in the May 2008 issue of Boston magazine and was profiled in the magazine's June 2009 issue.

D'Amato earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from the University of San Francisco and Business Management Certificates from Harvard University and Smith College.

Carol Tienken, Chief Operating Officer

Carol Tienken has been Chief Operating Officer of The Greater Boston Food Bank since 1999. Prior to joining The Food Bank, Tienken was at Polaroid Corporation in Domestic and International Marketing for 18 years. She also was an employee member of the Polaroid Foundation for five years, working on grant responses for the Boston-Area Community Committee. She serves on the board of directors of the Newmarket Business Association and is an active member of its Issues Committee. Tienken grew up in Sub-Saharan Africa as the daughter of an American diplomat and received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and MSJ in Magazine Editorial from Northwestern University.

Kathleen Marre, Chief Administrative Officer

Kathleen Marre became The Greater Boston Food Bank's Chief Administrative Officer in 2009. In this capacity, Marre directs the

Member Services, Programs, Administration, Human Resources, and Volunteer Departments. Marre joined The Food Bank in 1997 as the Director of Human Resources and Administration. Prior to joining The Food Bank, Marre was Director of Human Resources at Mac-Gray Company, a commercial laundry firm, and Human Resources Manager for Aldrich Eastman Waltch, a real estate advisory firm. Marre also served as a staff accountant for Jung/Brannen Associates, an architectural engineering firm. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Boston State College, with a double minor in English and Law Enforcement.

David Noymer, Chief Financial Officer

David Noymer joined The Greater Boston Food Bank as Chief Financial Officer in July 2009. In this role, he is responsible for Finance and Accounting, along with Information Technology. Prior to joining The Food Bank, Noymer served as CFO for several different service sector companies over the past 22 years. Most recently, he was CFO at Accounting Management Solutions. Previously, he served as CFO at Feinstein Kean Healthcare, Information Mapping, and Clinical Data. Noymer also served as a Director for the Boston Chapter of Financial Executives International from 1999 – 2001. He earned a BSBA in Accounting from American University, and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts. Noymer is a CPA in Massachusetts.

Paul Swindlehurst, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Development

Paul Swindlehurst joined The Greater Boston Food Bank as the Executive

Vice President of Marketing and Development in 2007. Swindlehurst leads

The Food Bank's $35 million capital campaign, "Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope," which funded the construction of a new facility that will double the organization's capacity to feed the hungry people of eastern Massachusetts. He is also responsible for building and managing The Food Bank's Marketing and Development Departments with the goal of increasing long-term public support and awareness. Previous to joining The Food Bank, Swindlehurst served as Chief Advancement Officer for the Rashi School, Newton, Mass., where he oversaw the school's $30 million capital campaign, external communications, public relations and parents' programs. He also held the posts of Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass.; Executive Director of Development/Chief Development Officer at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass.; and Director of Alumni Development, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. Swindlehurst began his career in executive and program leadership positions with the YMCA.