Change Agent: Ellen Gustafson

• Website: http://www.feedprojects.org/
• Biography: Ellen Gustafson is the President and Co-Founder of the FEED Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to the vision of a sustainable food system and a well-nourished world. She is also co-Founder and Executive Vice President of FEED Projects, LLC, a charitable company that creates good products that help better the world. For each FEED Bag sold, a measurable donation is given to support school-feeding programs for hungry children. Working together the FEED Foundation and FEED Projects, LLC have provided close to $6 million to UN World Food Program school-feeding operations since April 2007. Previously, Ellen was a Public Information Officer and Spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), where she directed projects in the New York Communications office and met WFP Honorary Spokesperson and FEED co-Director, Lauren Bush. At WFP, Ellen managed U.S. media relations, launched the 52-school Universities Fighting World Hunger initiative, and oversaw U.S. celebrity outreach. Before joining WFP, she was a Production Researcher for the ABC News Investigative Unit, where she wrote and edited pieces on international terrorism for Senior Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross. Ellen also worked at the Council on Foreign Relations, the foremost US foreign policy think-tank, as a Military Research Associate, acting as the sole researcher for four senior military officers, and as a Communications Associate. Ellen has a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University and is pursuing a Masters in Food Studies at New York University.
• Specialty: charity, food, hunger

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