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Debbie Espinosa, MPS, CNP<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Las ra\u00edces culturales de Debbie de dedicaci\u00f3n a la familia, la comunidad y el cuidado de los necesitados han sido la base de su pasi\u00f3n por trabajar en el sector sin fines de lucro. Como hija de una familia de inmigrantes filipinos, atribuye la base de su fuerza interior y car\u00e1cter a las lecciones aprendidas del viaje de su familia a los Estados Unidos. Sobre la base de su creencia de que el sue\u00f1o americano se puede lograr a trav\u00e9s del trabajo duro, la perseverancia y el cuidado de los dem\u00e1s antes que de uno mismo, en febrero de 2018, Debbie se convirti\u00f3 en presidenta y directora ejecutiva de FIND Food Bank, el banco regional de alimentos del desierto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With over 30 years as an experienced Non-profit professional, Debbie\u2019s both planned and serendipitous path has afforded her experiences at the regional, national, and international levels. These include Director of Programs for the Contra Costa and Solano area (overseeing a 16 county food bank in Northern, CA), the Compliance and Capacity Development Manager for 37 food banks in the Southwest Sector of the US at the National Office of Feeding America, Special Assistant to the CEO of Fair Trade USA and Branch Executive for the Oakland YMCA, and the Strategic Programs and Operations consultant for the Global Food Banking Network and Walmart Mexico y Centro America. There she supported the development of the first national food banking networks in Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Recognized for her work in nonprofit management and hunger relief Debbie has keynoted and led workshops at 5 national conferences in these subjects. From 2015-2017 she served as the National President of the Association of Certified Non-Profit Professionals. In 2015, she was featured in the Revisi\u00f3n de negocios de la Universidad de Baylor <\/strong><\/a>for her \u201chard-core business acumen\u201d in cross-sector management of both Non-Profits and For-Profits. In 2017, she was a nominee for the Independent Sector\u2019s NexGen award and was presented with a national Non-Profit Leadership Award by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. In 2021, she was featured in multiple local, state, and articulos nacionales<\/strong><\/a> por su capacidad de pivotar FIND para servir a m\u00e1s de 190,000 personas con inseguridad alimentaria (m\u00e1s de un 110% aumento de personas<\/strong><\/a>) within 6 weeks of the onset of the covid pandemic. In 2022, she was awarded the Mary T. Roche Award from the Woman\u2019s Leaders Forum of The Coachella Valley. In 2024, she was awarded the Women in Leadership Award for Non Profits<\/a> by Palm Springs Life Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debbie currently and has served in national positions in the Feeding America (FA) Network, the largest nonprofit in the United States.\u00a0She is a member and Past Chair of the FA National Advisory Council, which is one of the top decision making bodies for the network, focused on overall strategy and innovation of the 200 Feeding America Network food banks in the US. She has also served as a member of the\u00a0Feeding America Contract Task Force, the National Feeding America Strategic Framework Planning Council, whose work established the national 2030 Strategic Framework for the Feeding America network of food banks, and the Feeding America National Board of Directors. Additionally, she currently serves on the Non-Profit Leadership Alliance National Board, and the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) Riverside County Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debbie creci\u00f3 en Puyallup, WA, y se mud\u00f3 a California despu\u00e9s de graduarse de la universidad. Ella se enorgullece de reclamar el noroeste del Pac\u00edfico y California como sus hogares. Su educaci\u00f3n incluye el Programa de Bachillerato Internacional, una Licenciatura en Artes de la Universidad de Rockhurst con una doble especializaci\u00f3n en Religi\u00f3n y Sociolog\u00eda Comparada con una especializaci\u00f3n en Servicio Humano, una Maestr\u00eda en Estudios Profesionales en Desarrollo Comunitario y Econ\u00f3mico de la Universidad de Penn State, y est\u00e1 certificada Profesional sin fines de lucro (CNP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most importantly, Debbie has two wonderful daughters, a college student and a recent college grad, and a one-eyed Shih Tzu named Pabu (\u201cPaw-boo\u201d).  Because of her passion for feeding people combined with her love for the Arts and all things outdoors (gardening, golfing, hiking, skiing, basking in the sun), the beautiful Coachella Valley makes her feel like she\u2019s \u201cLiving the Dream\u201d every day.  <\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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