2027 Board of Directors Election

As a Bread for the World member, you are entitled to vote in the Board of Directors election.

The Board of Directors represents a range of geography, faith traditions, expertise, and perspectives reflective of Bread for the World’s membership and strategic vision. This year’s candidates were selected for the gifts they would bring to our shared mission of ending hunger. 

One-third of Bread’s Board of Directors is elected each year. Elected members will join current board members listed at bread.org/board.

Please vote below.

The deadline is Friday, October 2. 
 

Eddy Alemán

Rev. Eddy Alemán is general secretary of the Reformed Church in America (RCA), where he is responsible for casting a vision for the denomination and overseeing the implementation of its mission. He originally joined the RCA’s denominal staff as director of strategic leadership development and coordinator of Hispanic ministries, where he oversaw the leadership priority of Transformed & Transforming, the RCA’s 15-year ministry plan, and worked with pastors and churches to identify and train leaders. Before that, he served churches in Canada, California, and Michigan. As a teenager, Alemán fled the civil war in his home country of Nicaragua and moved to Canada as a refugee; that move changed the trajectory of his life and gave him a new perspective and a new opportunity. Alemán holds a Master of Divinity from Western Theological Seminary in central California and a Master of Arts in New Testament from Fresno Pacific University Biblical Seminary. He is Reformed Church in America. Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Max Finberg

Max Finberg is Vice President for Government Affairs at Chobani. He has more than three decades of experience working to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and around the world. Prior to Chobani, he was President and CEO of Growing Hope Globally. He has also served as director of the United Nation’s World Food Programme, inaugural executive director of the Alliance to End Hunger and program director of the Congressional Hunger Center. Finberg has held positions with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of State, AmeriCorps VISTA, and the U.S. Congress. He is currently on the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty’s board of advocates. Finberg credits his attempts to follow Jesus of Nazareth and small-town roots for his deep commitment to building community and relationships. He holds a master’s degree in religious studies from Howard University’s School of Divinity and a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from Tufts University. He is a minister at Third Street Church of God (Anderson, IN). Takoma Park, Maryland.

Kirsten Guidero

The Rev Kirsten Guidero, PhD, is the Director of Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations for The Episcopal Church. Guidero was previously a theology professor with two decades of program leadership experience in academic and ecclesial settings, including priest associate for formation at Trinity Episcopal Church in Indianapolis and associate professor of theology and scholar-in-residence at Marian University. She currently also serves as an affiliate professor of theology at Bexley Seabury Seminary in Chicago. Guidero was a member of the contact group facilitating full communion between The Episcopal Church and the Church of Sweden; served twice as a General Convention deputy; chaired the theology subcommittee of the church’s Standing Commission on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations; and won grants for research into science-engaged theology through the University of St. Andrews-John Templeton Foundation New Visions in Theological Anthropology initiative. Guidero holds a master’s degree from Wheaton College and a PhD in systematic theology from Marquette University. She has been ordained in The Episcopal Church since 2020. Brooklyn, New York.

John Hendrix

John Hendrix a long-time Bread for the World supporter. He recently retired from his role as managing director in the Financial Services Investment Banking Group at Piper Sandler & Co, where he specialized in providing strategic advice to insurance brokers, underwriters, and service providers. He has more than 30 years of experience as an investment banker to the financial services industry. Hendrix is a second-generation Bread for the World member. He has served on the Advisory Committee for Bread’s New York Gala to End Hunger since 2011 and is active with Bread in prayer, advocacy, and giving toward the end of hunger. Hendrix graduated cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and holds a Master of Business Administration from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is Presbyterian. New York, New York.

Sandra Joireman

Dr. Sandra Joireman is a political scientist specializing in property rights, customary law, and return migration after violent conflict. At the University of Richmond, she is the Weinstein Chair of International Studies, Professor of Political Science, and Interim Chair of the Department of Computer Science. Her research agenda draws on extensive fieldwork in Africa and the Western Balkans, supplemented by quantitative and special analysis. Joireman has been a Research Fellow at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, a Fulbright scholar at the American University of Kosovo and the University of Addis Ababa, and a visiting researcher at Makerere University in Uganda with the Makerere Institute for Social Research and with Queen Elizabeth House International Development Centre at Oxford University. Joireman is a long-time Bread for the World supporter, and previously served as Chair of the Board. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis and Master of Arts and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California in Los Angeles. She is Mennonite. Richmond, Virginia.

Dave Miner

Dave Miner leads Bread for the World activities in Kentucky, including the development of new advocates. Miner helmed production of The Working Hungry, a 30-minute documentary about hunger in Indiana, and a sequel called Food, Insecure. He has led efforts to increase the number of living wage jobs in Indianapolis. Miner has been a grassroots activist for four decades. He was founding board chair of Indy Hunger Network and volunteer executive director of the Interfaith Hunger Initiative. He retired from a senior executive role for Elanco animal health after 28 years with Eli Lilly. Miner is a member of Bread’s New Century Council. In a previous term on Bread’s Board of Directors, Miner served as Board Chair. He has also served as Board Chair for the Alliance to End Hunger. Miner is Christian Church (Disciples). Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Claire Raskob

Claire Raskob is a strategy and operations consultant, specializing in the successful adoption of new technologies with a focus on responsible innovation and the human side of change. Claire has worked in both the public sector and private sector, including as a consultant to clients such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of the Interior with PwC, and in-house with the International Monetary Fund. Claire has also been a member of the Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities for 16 years, where she has served in a variety of leadership positions and currently sits on the Board of Trustees. Through the foundation, she participates in grantmaking guided by Catholic Social Teaching and the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Claire is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Raskob is Catholic. Seattle, Washington.

Adrienne Shields

Adrienne Shields is the Director of Public Policy and Engagement at Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN), where she assists state governments with improving their policies and processes in determining eligibility and administering benefits for programs such as Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Prior to joining DSN, Ms. Shields dedicated 18 years to public service with the State of Indiana, including as Deputy Director of the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services, Deputy Director of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction, and, most recently, Director of the Division of Family Resources. Her tenure spanned three gubernatorial administrations and eight State of Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) secretaries. Shields is a two-time recipient of the Governor's Public Service Achievement Award, being honored by Gov. Mitch Daniels in 2011 and Gov. Eric Holcomb in 2023, and received the Distinguished Hoosier award. Shields is a leader of Bread for the World’s Indiana Bread Lead Team and Vice Board Chair of the Indy Hunger Network. She serves on the boards of Radiant Health Community Mental Health Center and Dream Center Indianapolis. Naperville, Illinois.

Grace Shim

Rev. Grace Shim is Executive Minister of Serve Globally, overseeing missional efforts for Covenant World Relief and Development, Merge, Paul Carlson Partnership, and more than 100 global personnel and ministry partners who advance the Covenant’s mission in more than 50 countries. In this role she provides leadership to international missional efforts and initiatives, emphasizing partnerships with national churches and organizations, as well as mobilizing engagement and support among local Covenant congregations in the U.S. and Canada. Shim has ministered in a variety of multigenerational, cross-cultural contexts. She has served in the Covenant since 2003, and before that worked as a licensed counselor and the executive director of a counseling center in Thailand. Shim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Math Education from Virginia Polytechnic and State University and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Trinity International University. She has been ordained to Word and Service. Shim is Evangelical Covenant Church. Villa Park, Illinois.

Karen Smith

For nearly thirty years, Karen Smith has shaped the media content (magazines, books, videos, and websites) of three award-winning Catholic publications: as editorial director of America, the national Jesuit review of faith and culture; as editor of CHURCH, the journal for pastors and parish staff published by the National Pastoral Life Center; and as associate editor of Commonweal, an intellectual lay Catholic journal of opinion. She also served as a consultant to the Catholic Health Association of the United States. Karen is a long-time Bread for the World member and social justice activist. She has served on the Host Committee for Bread for the World and Alliance to End Hunger’s Annual Gala to End Hunger held in New York. Smith is an active member of The Church of St Ignatius Loyola, where she recently coordinated the Women’s Voices project and is co-coordinating the Courageous Women of Faith project. She holds a Master of Arts in Theology from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. Before obtaining these degrees, she was a partner at Koinonia Farm, Americus, Georgia an interracial Christian community founded in 1942 by Clarence Jordan.  She is Catholic. New York, New York.

Lori Tapia

Rev. Lori Tapia is the first female and first Mexican American to serve as National Hispanic Pastor for the Disciples of Christ (Christian Church). In this role, she works with more than 170 Hispanic churches across the United States and Canada, with members representing every state in the U. S., every Latin American country, and several countries in the Caribbean and South America. Tapia has more than 20 years of experience in family and community programming, administration, and program development. She seeks to create relevant and innovative environments that foster growth and multiplication for the Kingdom. Tapia has contributed to Bread for World’s bilingual Latino devotional, Finding Hope, Ending Hunger on Both Sides of the Border and was a keynote speaker at Bread’s 2023 Advocacy Summit. She also joined the Circle of Protection’s Unity Declaration on Racism and Poverty. Tapia holds a Master of Divinity from Claremont School of Theology. She is Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Chandler, Arizona.

 

Corey D.B. Walker

Rev. Dr. Corey D. B. Walker is Dean of Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and Director of the Program in African American and African Studies. He is an acclaimed scholar, academic leader, and public intellectual committed to a broad and inclusive vision of human flourishing. He was named 2023-2024 Phi Beta Kappa Frank M. Updike Memorial Scholar, becoming the first Wake Forest University professor selected as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, and was named the Sterling A. Brown ’22 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Africana Studies at Williams College for the spring of 2026. Prior to these roles, Dean Walker served Vice President, Dean, and Professor of Religion and Society at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University; founding Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, Business and Education and inaugural John W. and Anna Hodgin Hanes Professor of the Humanities at Winston-Salem State University; and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Brown University, where he was also a tenured professor and faculty affiliate in the department of American Studies, department of Religious Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and Committee on Science and Technology Studies. A native of Norfolk, Virginia and an ordained American Baptist clergyperson, Dean Walker holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Norfolk State University. After a successful career in the financial services industry, he earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology of Virginia Union University, a Master of Theological Studies degree from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in American Studies from The College of William and Mary. He also holds a Master of Arts degree, ad eundem, from Brown University. He is Baptist. Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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