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One Meal at a Time-
The Mission of Fighting Hunger

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Featured Speaker:
Kristin Warzocha
President and CEO, Greater Cleveland Food Bank

Windows on the River
2000 Sycamore Street
Cleveland, Ohio

Food is a central part of life- sharing meals with family and friends, celebrating milestones around a table and building connections through making recipes that have been passed down for generations. For many though, food insecurity is a harsh reality and a daily struggle to put food on their table.

In her 20 years with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, where she has served as President and CEO since November, 2014, Kristin Warzocha (John Carroll University ‘93) has dedicated herself to being a champion and advocate for the hungry. Kristin will share her story, the reality of hunger in our communities, how the Greater Cleveland Food Bank has evolved, changed and grown to meet the increasing demands and how her Jesuit education has been a central ingredient in her mission to put food on the tables of those in need.

Program Details
11:15 a.m.–Registration and Networking
11:45a.m.–Seating for Program Introduction
1:15 p.m.–Conclusion

Speaker Bio
Kristin Warzocha (JCU ‘93) is the President and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, Northeast Ohio’s largest hunger relief organization. The Food Bank relies on community support to fulfill its mission of ensuring that everyone in our communities has the nutritious food they need every day.

She directs the organization’s efforts to provide nutritious food and support to more than 1,000 partner agencies and programs and champions the organization’s mission. She has led the Food Bank’s new strategic work, ensuring its partner agencies are prepared to provide more nutritious meals to those in need and shorten the line at local hunger programs in the future.

Warzocha has been with the Food Bank since 2000. She served as Vice President of External Affairs, overseeing fundraising, communications, advocacy, SNAP outreach and volunteer resources.

She is a Board Trustee for the Cleveland Leadership Center and the Ohio Association of Food Banks, and is also on the Board of Visitors for Tri-C’s Workforce Development School. She is a graduate of John Carroll University, and has also participated in the elite Harvard Business School Executive Education programs in Governing for Nonprofit Excellence (GNE) and Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM).

Warzocha lives in Lakewood with her husband, Christian, and daughters, Samantha and Ryan.

Registration closes October 9, 2025.

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CONTACT
Nora Dabrowski
ndabrowski@jesuits.org