Barbara N. Grodd Joins Island Harvest as VP of Development

MINEOLA, NY, May 18, 2009 — Barbara N. Grodd, a resident of Port Jefferson, has joined Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization as vice president of development, according to an announcement by Randi Shubin Dresner, president and CEO.

In her position, Ms. Grodd will be responsible for designing and implementing a strategic fundraising plan and creating a major gifts campaign to improve funding resources to meet the increasing demand for food and services on Long Island. The strategic initiative will focus on programmatic needs to support the organization’s food rescue operations as well as fund growth for infrastructure and expansion of programs.