STOP HUNGER NOW, INC.
RALEIGH, NC

Our Mission Rise Against Hunger is driven by the vision of a world without hunger. Our mission is to end hunger in our lifetime by providing food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable and creating a global commitment to mobilize the necessary resources. In 1998, envisioning a world without hunger, Ray Buchanan — a United Methodist minister — founded Stop Hunger Now. In 2017, Stop Hunger Now rebranded to become Rise Against Hunger. After enlisting as a U.S. Marine during the Vietnam War, Ray Buchanan quickly recognized that accomplishing a mission required “commitment to something larger than yourself.” Our third approach to eradicating hunger centers around grassroots community empowerment. Rise Against Hunger bolsters agricultural production and incomes through programs promoting improved agricultural methods, business skills, and market access. With training and access to quality seeds and fertilizers, farmers can increase production and harvest a variety of nutritious crops. By supporting the establishment of fish and livestock production, we also provide pathways to diversifying diets and improving nutritional outcomes. Robin received a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies with a core in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989, and a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Wake Forest University in 1992. Robin hails from Denver, North Carolina, and has been a resident of Winston-Salem, North Carolina for over 15 years. As part of Robin’s undergraduate studies, she participated in language programs in Quebec, Canada, and Bordeaux, France. Robin worked at Kokusai Securities in Tokyo, Japan as part of her graduate studies. Through studies, work, personal travel, and mission work, Robin has travelled to over 35 countries and territories, and currently serves on the Board of Advisors for UNC Global at Chapel Hill, and Forsyth Technical College. Robin’s personal interest include: being a private pilot, a Rescue Level scuba diver, mountain and road cycling. Robin is an active member of Maple Springs United Methodist Church where she serves on the Church Council and is the chairperson of the Discipleship Committee responsible for community outreach and missions. Mack has been self-employed for 22 years as a retirement planner where he represents Lincoln Financial Group, John Hancock Life and other companies. During the first 10 years of his career he worked in industry for two Fortune 500 Companies, namely, Celanese and Stauffer Chemical Company. These early years involved employment in marketing and sales and he covered areas in the eastern part of the United States and Canada. Mack has also taught courses in business and economics at the college and community college level. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro. He earned a Master of Business Administration Degree in finance from the University of New Haven in West Haven, Connecticut. Mack has been married to Wanda for 35 years. She is a project leader at Duke Clinical Research Institute, part of Duke University Health Systems in Durham. They have two daughters, Alysia (husband Cornelius) and LaTosha; and one granddaughter, Cynthia. Alysia is a Certified Nurse Midwife and LaTosha is an educator, currently teaching U.S. and World History in Antigua, an island in the Eastern Caribbean. LaTosha is a Peace Corps Alumna, as she served two years in South Africa. Mack’s hobbies include scuba diving, snow skiing, golf, tennis and walking. Mack has held leadership positions in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. This includes serving as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the United Methodist Retirement Homes, Inc. Under Mack’s leadership, the Board authorized the building of a $15 million continuing care retirement center to replace an aging facility in Lumberton, North Carolina. He was a delegate to the 2000, 2004 and 2008 General Conference and the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. The General Conference is the law making body of the church, and the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference elects the Episcopal leaders. He is the Southeastern Jurisdictional Representative to the General Commission on United Methodist Men. He is a past conference president of the United Methodist Men. As a native North Carolinian, Richard grew up in Hertford, North Carolina and graduated from North Carolina State University in 1987 with a B.S. in Applied Sociology. He is a Project Manager at Allscripts. Prior to joining Allscripts, Richard has also worked with the North Carolina Medical Society, the Durham-Orange County Medical Society, GE Capital Mortgage Insurance and Capitol Broadcasting Company, where he held various positions in Sales, Marketing, Project Management and Business Development. Richard has over 25 years of professional management experience that includes business development, project and account management, marketing, fundraising and leadership development. One of his areas of expertise focuses on building successful internal and external relationships. Don Wight is an operational sales leader with a proven track record of revenue creation and successfully scaling a sales organization in hyper-growth phase. Don focuses on scaling the Demandbase organization through improved sales process, laser focus on delivering more new customers and extending the company’s rapidly extending partner ecosystem. Wight is a dynamic leader, whose success is attributed to a collaborative approach, inquisitive nature and a commitment to deliver success through hard work and focus. Prior to this role, Wight held leadership roles at Power Reviews (acquired by Bazaarvoice), Jaspersoft, Open Harbor and Netcentives, Inc. In these roles he was responsible for creating scale through growth, for dramatically increasing revenue and the customer-base, and for extending operations from North America to EMEA, LATAM and APAC. Don holds a BA in International Business from the University of California at Berkeley.