🏛️ Founders & Executive Leadership

📍Mike Castiglione – Board President & Co-Founder

• Active since: 2020 (one of the original founders)

• Efforts: Helped establish Feed-A-Friend at its inception, has provided long-term leadership, helped guide major decisions, supports strategic direction, and maintains connection to the community.

📍Kim Westrick – Treasurer & Co-Founder (with husband Aaron)

• Active since: 2020 (part of original founding group; officially joined board in 2025)

• Efforts: Financial oversight, helped with early development and organization structure, assisted with operations, bookkeeping, and long-term financial planning.

📍Aaron Westrick – Co-Founder (Not a Board Member)

• Active since: 2020 (foundational support from the beginning)

• Efforts: Supported startup efforts, contributed foundational encouragement, helped build early trust and backing for the organization.

📍Natasha Hizelberger – Executive Director

• Active since: 2021

• Efforts: Leads all daily operations, coordinates weekend food support services, organizes volunteers, delivers meals, creates programs, builds community partnerships, and drives organizational growth.

---

📋 Current Board of Directors (Began Serving as Board in 2025)

📍Scott MacKenzie – Vice President

• Active since: Advisor since 2022; joined the board in 2025

• Efforts: Guided Natasha and Feed-A-Friend through advisory support, encouraged long-term growth, advocated for sustainability, contributed leadership and direction.

📍Tom Parker – Board Member & Advisor to the Executive Director

• Active since: Volunteering since 2021; joined the board in 2025

• Efforts: Delivered meals, provided hands-on help, supports Natasha through guidance and feedback, contributed trusted operational advice.

📍Alex McCain – Accountant

• Active since: 2025

• Efforts: Brings professional financial structure, manages accounting, ensures responsible budget tracking, and financial reporting.

📍Brian Springett – Board Member & Grant Writer

• Active since: Advisor to Natasha since 2021; board member since 2025

• Efforts: Assisted Natasha with organizational strategy, writes and supports grant applications, works on funding strategies, and long-term sustainability.

📍Niki Shaw – Board Member

• Active since: Volunteer and supporter since 2020; board member since 2025

• Efforts: Delivered meals, helped raise funds, donated time at events, consistently stepped up where needed, brings community dedication.

📍Kelly Howie – Board Member

• Active since: Volunteer since 2021; board member since 2025

• Efforts: Helped with events, meal assistance, community support, contributes time, energy, and reliability to organizational activities.

📍Adam Kazanowski – Board Member

• Active since: Board member since 2025; known as a long-time active community supporter

• Efforts: Strong advocate for community needs, helps strengthen donor and community engagement, values doing what’s best for local families.

---

🤝 Community Partner

📍Susan Conklin – Community Partner (Good Neighbors Food Pantry)

•  

• Active since: Supporting Natasha personally long before Feed-A-Friend began; supportive of the organization when needed

• Efforts: Though not always directly involved in Feed-A-Friend operations, Susan has known Natasha her entire life and has been a trusted listening ear and encouragement source. She believes in Natasha’s ability to lead and grow the organization, and is always willing to step in with emotional or practical support when called upon.

•