Our History
Founded in 1996, the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana began serving our community from a small warehouse with a team of only two part-time employees and a volunteer director.
Today, we have expanded to a 35,000 square-foot warehouse with a dedicated full-time staff of 18 supported by a number of passionate volunteers, currently distributing over 8 million pounds of food to 60 partner agencies and programs.
Our Network
The Food Bank provides food to Community Partners located throughout 12 parishes.
These Community Partners operate 60 food pantries, soup kitchens and other hunger relief programs that serve their local neighborhoods.
The Food Bank is a proud member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, and Feeding Louisiana, the Louisiana Food Bank Association.
Meet Our Team
Jean Toth
Executive Director
Jean has served as the Executive Director of the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana since September, 2015. She has worked in hunger relief for almost 20 years, and believes that everybody should have access to enough healthy food in order to live their best life. Jean is proud to serve Northeast Louisiana alongside the community, ensuring the Food Bank is responsive to evolving needs and operates with compassion, dignity, transparency and efficiency. Jean holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Master of Arts degree in Applied Sociology from Northern Arizona University.
Our Staff
Jazmaigne Sears
Agency Services Manager
Sarah Hoffman
Director of Development
Lawrence Jenkins
Warehouse manager
David Kelly
operations supervisor
Jerllisa Elzy
Programs Manager
Eliza Elmore
Donor Relations Officer
Marissa Marancik
Agency Services Specialist
Taylor Costa
Marketing & Communications Officer
Justin Hale
Driver/Warehouse
Courtney Wilson
WAREHOUSE
Ronald Comanche
Warehouse
Taylor Yarbrough
CSFP Coordinator
