North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 511)
Kyle Waide, President and CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, joined host John Ray on this edition of North Fulton Business Radio to discuss ACFB and its work across 29 Georgia counties. Kyle shared his background and the passion he developed at an early age for fighting food insecurity, the widespread support ACFB receives from corporate, small business, and individual donors, news of a $200,000 grant from Kroger to improve the organization’s technology capabilities, and much more.
North Fulton Business Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Atlanta Community Food Bank
Atlanta Community Food Bank works with more than 700 nonprofit partners—including food pantries, community kitchens, childcare centers, shelters, and senior centers—to distribute over 67 million meals to more than 1 million people estimated to be food insecure due to COVID-19 in 29 counties across metro Atlanta and north Georgia.
They are a member of Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity.
Atlanta Community Food Bank partners with food pantries, community kitchens, childcare centers, night shelters, and senior centers that receive food and goods from us. In turn, these partners provide food and other critical resources for the more than 1 million people estimated to be food insecure due to COVID-19 in their service area who suffer from hunger and food insecurity.
Atlanta Community Food Bank’s mission is to fight hunger by engaging, educating, and empowering its community. While their core work is food distribution, their efforts extend far beyond that. Their mission is lived out every day by engaging, educating, and empowering both people in need and those who want to help. From volunteering to assisting people in finding economic security, the Atlanta Community Food Bank covers a wide range of opportunities for people to learn and get involved.
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Kyle Waide, President and CEO, Atlanta Community Food Bank
As President and CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Kyle Waide oversees the distribution of nearly 75 million pounds of food and grocery products each year through a network of 700 local and regional partner non-profit organizations that feed those in need across 29 Georgia counties.
Prior to being named CEO in June of 2015, Kyle served for three years as the Food Bank’s Vice President of Partner Operations, leading the organization to record-breaking years of food distribution to the hungry. Prior to joining the Food Bank, Kyle held several management roles at The Home Depot Inc. in disaster relief, corporate responsibility, community affairs and store operations. He also previously served as part of the management team that created and launched Charity Navigator, the nation’s premier charity evaluation service. Kyle is a graduate of Harvard University.
He currently serves as the Chair of the Southeast Regional Cooperative and the Vice Chair of the Georgia Food Bank Association. Kyle also is a member of the National Affiliate Council and the Policy, Education and Advocacy Committee for Feeding America, for which he also chairs the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee. He serves on the boards of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Goodwill of North Georgia. He is a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2015, the Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Community Advisory Board for The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc., the Super Bowl LIII Host Committee Advisory Board, and the Committee For A Better Atlanta.
Kyle resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Christina, and their three children.
Questions and Topics in the Interview:
- Who ACFB serves
- The demand on the Food Bank as need increases
- Kyle’s journey to ACFB
- How the Food Bank and regional organizations intersect
- Kroger’s involvement and their recent contribution
- Georgia Accounting Food Fight
North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.
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Special thanks to A&S Culinary Concepts for their support of this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. A&S Culinary Concepts, based in Johns Creek, is an award-winning culinary studio, celebrated for corporate catering, corporate team building, Big Green Egg Boot Camps, and private group events. They also provide oven-ready, cooked-from-scratch meals to go they call “Let Us Cook for You.” To see their menus and events, go to their website or call 678-336-9196.
