Staff & Board
Staff
Our small but mighty team
River City Food Bank is a grass-roots community effort, but these professionals make sure that our program is run with integrity and efficiency.
Eileen Thomas
Executive Director
Eileen has deep roots in the Sacramento community, as a fourth generation resident. After serving as the admissions director for a local Catholic girls’ high school, Eileen joined RCFB as its executive director in 2003. Eileen sees the executive director position as a way to use her professional skills, and serve others in need.
Steve Anderson
Program Director
Since 1998, Steve has run the day-to-day operation of River City Food Bank, overseeing the process of client intake (to verify eligibility), food distribution and other services. Steve has a deep understanding of the reasons people need help from organizations like RCFB, having served as an RCFB volunteer before being invited to become a staff member.
Edith Martinez
Food Stamp Outreach Coordinator
Edith grew up in the Bay Area and attended UC Davis, where she became involved in a clinic serving the uninsured population of Sacramento. Upon graduation, she sought to continue to serve the Sacramento community. As Food Stamp Outreach Coordinator for River City Food Bank, her goal is to reach out to families and individuals in need and to help those who are eligible for Food Stamps enroll and access healthy food for their families.
Paula Jenkins
Administrative Assistant
Paula meets so many of our growing organizational needs as our administrative assistant. She came to us with eighteen years experience in the banking industry and most recently worked as an office manager for a construction firm. Besides organizing and overseeing our day to day office and operation needs, Paula works with our growing volunteer base that is the heart of RCFB. Paula not only appreciates the importance of volunteers at the food bank, she also makes time in her own life to reach out and help others, most notably by volunteering for the Sacramento Jazz Festival.
Amy Dierlam
CalFresh Outreach Assistant
Amy has strong roots in social service which help her to be especially sensitive and helpful to people needing Calfresh assistance. Before coming to Sacramento, she was a social worker for a foster care agency in Butte County, and then transitioned to work for the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California coordinating youth and young adult ministry. Having a desire to help people, Amy also found time to work an intake desk at River City Food Bank for a year before accepting the CalFresh outreach assistant position in the summer of 2011.
Board of Directors
Officers
Jordan Blair, President
Jesuit High School
Doug Bayless, Vice President
Bayless Properties, Inc.
Diane Cummins, Treasurer
State of California (retired)
Kevin Davis, Secretary
BoutinJones, Inc.
Board Members
Garry Cox
Westminster Presbyterian Church (retired)
Matt Decker, J.D.
Downey Brand
Susan Doris
Results Marketing and PR
Joe Mendez
Goodwill Industries of Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada, Inc.
Jiwon Jeong
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Britt Olson (TRC), Secretary
Episcopal Diocese of Northern California
Kiren Rizvi, M.P.A.
Sutter Medical Foundation
Chris Swanson
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
Susan Timmer, PhD
UCD Medical Center
Marion Welch
DCA Board of Barbering & Cosmetology
Tony Whittaker
CB Richard Ellis
Virgil Pacheco
Wells Fargo Bank
Paula Desideri
Lionakis
