黛比·埃斯皮诺萨 (Debbie Espinosa)，MPS，CNP

Debbie 致力于家庭、社区和关心有需要的人的文化根源是她热衷于在非营利部门工作的基础。作为一个菲律宾移民家庭的女儿，她将自己内在力量和性格的基础归功于从她的家人到美国的旅程中吸取的教训。 2018 年 2 月，黛比成为沙漠地区食品银行 FIND 食品银行的总裁兼首席执行官，坚信美国梦可以通过努力工作、毅力和关心他人来实现。

With over 30 years as an experienced Non-profit professional, Debbie’s 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, 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. Debbie also actively engages in the advancement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Recognized for her work in nonprofit management, hunger relief, and DEI, 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 贝勒大学商业评论 for her “hard-core business acumen” in cross-sector management of both Non-Profits and For-Profits. In 2017, she was a nominee for the Independent Sector’s 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 国家文章 以表彰她让 FIND 为超过 190,000 名粮食不安全的人提供服务的能力（超过 110% 增加人数) within 6 weeks of the onset of the covid pandemic. And most recently, in 2022, she was awarded the Mary T. Roche Award from the Woman’s Leaders Forum of The Coachella Valley.

Debbie currently, holds 2 National positions in the Feeding America (FA) Network. She is the immediate Past Chair of the FA National Council, serving as the first person of color as the Chair of the highest elected body in the US, focused on overall strategy and innovation of the 200 Feeding America Network food banks in the US. She is also as member of the National Feeding America Strategic Framework Planning Council, whose goal is to establish the national 2030 Strategic Framework for the Feeding America network of food banks. She is a member on the Non-Profit Leadership Alliance National Board, and the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) Riverside County Board. She has also served as a Board Member on the Feeding America National Board of Directors which is currently the largest non-profit organization in the US.

Debbie 在华盛顿州的 Puyallup 长大，大学毕业后搬到加利福尼亚。她很自豪能将太平洋西北部和加利福尼亚都列为她的家。她的教育包括国际学士学位课程，罗克赫斯特大学文学学士学位，主修比较宗教和社会学，辅修人类服务，宾夕法尼亚州立大学社区和经济发展专业研究硕士学位，并获得认证非营利专业人士 (CNP)。

Most importantly, Debbie has two wonderful daughters who are both in college and, a one-eyed Shih Tzu named Pabu (“Paw-boo”).  And, 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’s “Living the Dream” every day.