Our board of Directors has experience with operations of food banks and distribution and we have a retired CPA on our board. We are deeply committed and aligned to serve school children and families Jefferson County School Districts Community.
We serve head start, elementary, jr. high, and high school Title One and other students. We support Metro West Housing Section 8 communities and other nonprofits needing supplemental foods.
MARY HEALE, CPA (Ret.) – Fruita, Colorado – M Heale Corp, Accountant
Mary Heale is treasurer for Jeffco Eats and is retired from M Heale Corp. She studied at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and has a BS in accountancy from Carroll University. She currently lives in Fruita, CO, and was married to Dave Heale who is deceased.
BARBARA B. MOORE – Lakewood, Colorado – Executive Director
Barbara Moore is the founder and Executive Director of Jeffco Eats. . She has a degree from the University of Colorado Boulder in business and education and attended the American Graduate School of International Management Glendale, AZ. Barb also received an MDiv from Denver Seminary. She was the owner of Harvest Mountain Farm Gardens and is an affiliate professor of urban agriculture at Metro State Denver. Barb has been happily married for 36 years. Her daughter Kaitlin and her husband Jeff are Lakewood residents.
Kaitlin is a proud forever Buff, product of the Jeffco school system, and all-around Colorado native. She currently runs a business development organization for Sales Force out of the Denver area. She lives in Evergreen, CO with her husband and two dogs.
A graduate of Brown University (BA Economics 2004) and University of Virginia (MBA 2011), Matt is a classically trained CPG marketer and general manager. Post undergraduate, Matt successfully started and sold two Boston area fitness clubs. Post MBA, Matt lead and launched brands and teams at Kraft Foods Group, Ferrara Candy Company, Wilton Brands and as a consultant or equity partner for various FMCG startups. Matt has 10 years of experience in the areas of new product development; in store and trade marketing; brand marketing (pack graphics, digital, print, and TV advertising); consumer research; category management and POS analytics; e-commerce (DTC and Amazon); retailer partnerships and sell- in; and leading small and large teams. Matt is a rare mix of operator/GM and marketer with deep experience working with partners in all areas of CPG from supply chain to sales broker partners and everything in between.
State Farm Agent (Lakewood, CO) :Denver Metropolitan Area, Current: Business Owner at ZULLY9 Insurance & Financial Services, LLC . Sr VP and CFO of Western Area Power Administration.
Founder of KickedLoad, a Produce Marketing & Brokerage company.
