Food Rescue Partnership Stakeholders nominate and elect Board members to oversee the continued efforts and mission of the FRP.

Chair

Christina McDonough works at the Scott County Health Department and has been involved with the Food Rescue Partnership since it’s onset in 2013. Each year, she helps the FRP establish a community action plan to promote rescuing food for its best possible use. Christina is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa where she majored in Health Promotion and is a Certified Health Education Specialist. Her passion for food rescue has carried over into her personal life, where her kids love “left-overs night” when they can put any combination of food together for dinner! She also started vermicomposting in July 2022.

 

Vice-Chair

Rachel Evans is the Communication Coordinator for the Waste Commission of Scott County. Rachel is a graduate of Valparaiso University (B.A.) and Drake University (M.P.A.). Rachel joined the Food Rescue Partnership in 2023, but has had a passion for food-related causes since volunteering at a food pantry in high school. Volunteering at River Bend Food Bank’s backpack parties reignited her interest in helping those facing food insecurity and sparked her interest in diverting food from the landfill. At home, Rachel uses her planning skills while deciding what meals to make each week to limit food waste in her own kitchen.

 

Secretary

Amy Schaefer is the Executive Director of YWCA QC’s Empowerment Center, where access to food is paramount to the success of clients. At the Empowerment Center, it is YWCA’s goal to ensure that each client who is served leaves feeling empowered and supported. Amy was connected to the Food Rescue Partnership in 2024 through a grant that YWCA was applying for, and quickly found like minded individuals to connect with! Her personal goals include reducing her own food waste, as well as across all YWCA programming. 

Treasurer

Larry Linnenbrink worked at the Scott County Health Department for 44 years in environmental health before retiring in 2015.  He became interested in the Food Rescue Partnership after attending an Iowa Environmental Health Conference where there was a session he attended on food rescue initiatives. He has been involved with the Food Rescue Partnership since then, and now serves as a community member. His interest is in seeing food rescued and delivered to those individuals who are food insecure.

 

 

Past Board Members

• Lindsey Adams, Outback Steakhouse – Vice-Chair (2015-2016) – Read Inaugural Member in Food Rescue: Outback Steakhouse to learn more about Lindsey’s food rescue efforts.
• Lea Hensel, Iowa Waste Reduction Center – Vice-Chair (2016-2017), Secretary (2019-2021)
• Liz Hogan Wells, Community Member – Vice-Chair (2017-2018)
• Mike Miller, River Bend Food Bank – Treasurer (2015-2018)
• Pete Vogel, Community Member – Chair (2015-2019), Vice-Chair (2019-2021)
• Cheryl True, True Lifestyle Medicine – Vice-Chair (2021-2023)
• Colleen Doak, St. Ambrose University – Secretary (2021-2024)
• Kristin Bogdonas, University of Illinois Extension – Secretary (2018-2019), Vice-Chair (2023-2025)