William Carnegie

CEO

Bill Carnegie has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, since January 2006.  He has over 20 years’ experience in food banking, previously working in South Bend, Indiana and Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Bill served in the United States Coast Guard as a Finance Officer, retiring in 1990 after a twenty-year career.  He is currently the Board Chairman of the Tucson Together Fund and sits on several local area nonprofit boards of directors.  He holds a B.S. in Marketing from Hawaii Pacific University and a Masters in Nonprofit Administration from the University of Notre Dame. Bill is currently taking Executive Education courses at Harvard University.

Daniel P. Walters

Chief Financial Officer

Dan started with the Community Food Bank in March, 2002.  In addition to his experience in the not for profit sector, Dan has worked 7 years for international public accounting firms and as CFO in the retail, real estate and personal service sector.  Born and raised in Seattle, Washington he graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in accounting.  He has served on not for profit and for profit boards and is a veteran.  Dan’s responsibilities primarily are in management of the accounting and technology side of the Community Food Bank.

Pauline Hechler, CFRE

Chief Development Officer

Pauline joined the Community Food Bank in 2006.  In addition to overseeing fund development, she is responsible for the food bank’s communications and marketing efforts.  A professional fundraiser for 22 years, she has worked for a community foundation, a state-wide ballet company, a community hospital system and an independent school.  Pauline has a degree in English Literature from the University of Washington.  This year, she is the recipient of the Outstanding Fundraising Professional Award, given by the Association of Fundraising Professionals – Southern Arizona Chapter.

Eric Hitzeman

Vice President of Operations

Eric brings over 30 years experience in food related operations and warehouse management. He has been an employee with the food bank since 1993. Previously he spent 12 years as a production supervisor with Dubuque Packing/Hormel Foods and Swift, Eckrich, Butterball in the Midwest.

In addition to overseeing the daily operations of the food bank, Eric represents the food bank on the Southern Arizona Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster Relief (So. AZ. VOAD) and is an active member of Feeding America’s National Disaster Relief Team. He was deployed to help support efforts with Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, working with affiliate food banks, and FEMA.

Robert Ojeda

Vice President, Community Food Resource Center

Robert joined the Community Food Bank in April of 2010. He was born in Peru and came to the United States in 1989 to pursue his college education. He has a wide range of experience, having served in the Peace Corps in Honduras; as Civics and Citizenship Program Manager/Instructor, Pima Community College Adult Education; and as Program Manager-English Language Acquisition for Adults Program, Literacy Volunteers of Tucson.

Robert has a master’s degree in international agriculture and rural development from Cornell University. He is completing his doctoral degree from Cornell, in adult and extension education, focusing on leadership and community development. He provides training on leadership and culture through the workshops he leads at the University of Arizona Western Hemisphere Institute.

Joy Tucker

Senior Vice President of Facilities Management

Joy was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela and is bilingual in English and Spanish.  In addition to her years of volunteer work in Venezuela, Mexico, and locally her in Tucson, she has worked as News Director for a Spanish-speaking radio station, Office Director for the Adoption Information Center, Student Advisor for the Latin American Area Center at the University of Arizona and in various capacities with the multicultural educational organization “Up with People”. Joy obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama and her Master of Arts from the University of Arizona.

She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Abbie Loveland Tuller School and The Academy of Tucson, Kidline Advisory Board, the El Rio Health Center Board of Directors, and Borderlands, a group of professional women with interest in issues regarding the Mexico/USA border.  She was a Commissioner with the Tucson Women’s Commission, a 1991nominee YMCA “Women on the Move” award.  Joy has worked for the Community Food Bank since 1986.

During her 25 years with the Community Food Bank she has served in various capacities: Program Coordinator, Program Manager, Deputy Director, Interim Director and most recently as Senior VP of Facilities Management overseeing six facilities of the Community Food Bank. She also manages the daily operations of the Food Plus Program, the Punch Woods Multi-Service Center and operations at the Caridad Community Kitchen.  She supervises a staff of seventeen.