show bio Vicki Escarra

Vicki Escarra is president of Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization with more than 200 food banks and food-rescue organizations around the country. Prior to her involvement with Feeding America, Escarra was vice president and chief customer service officer for Delta Airlines where she developed programs and departments to expand revenue while also redesigning and reengineering Delta’s flight schedule following the attacks of September 11, 2001. She also serves on the boards of Health Net, Inc., A.G. Edwards, Inc., The Congressional Hunger Center and The Committee of 200.

Hunger Relief in the United States
Date: 5/1/2008

In the midst of rising global food prices, Vicki Escarra, President of America’s Second Harvest, discusses the impact of the current economy on hunger-relief throughout the country and how the rising prices affect more than poor people but also the middle class. Without speculating about the causes, Ms. Escarra discusses how America’s Second Harvest continues to support people through food distribution, food programs throughout the country, and public/private partnerships to search for ways to solve the problem.

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