Maria Poveromo

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, founded in 1974, is one of the largest food banks in the nation, providing healthy groceries to those in need through a network of 310 partners at 1,000 sites in and counties. The private company is based in San Jose, CA. The organization is a trusted leader in ending local hunger and helps to keep people healthy by providing enough nutritious food for more than 58 million meals a year, half of which is fresh produce. Second Harvest also connects people to federal nutrition programs and other food resources, and advocates for anti-hunger policies on the local, state, and national levels. The CEO of the company is Leslie Harless Bacho.