Introducing our Director of Development

Name: Wendy Kohn

Your role at Foodshare: Director of Development.  I lead the fundraising team, and we raise the money to make sure Foodshare can provide 12 million meals to people in need, and operate all of the great programs we have in place to help people get back on their feet.

How long have you been with Foodshare? Almost a year

Hobbies: gardening, filmmaking, roller derby, working on the house/farm, reading… many more things than I have time for!

Why I do what I do: to do my small part in making the world a bit better for everyone

Most recent accomplishment: getting up in the morning (I am most definitely NOT a morning person)

A personal/professional goal: I want to live in more places in the world. There are so many things to see and experience, and traveling gives you an amazing perspective on your own culture and ideas. It’s humbling and fascinating.

Something about me that few people know: I created a documentary film about domesticating African elephants, filmed in Zimbabwe.

If you were an animal what kind would you be?  Why? It would be incredible to experience being an elephant. Their society and family structure is complex and deep, and I would love to know how they think and what they feel about the strange naked ape that has influenced so much of the planet. Or what would it be like to be an earthworm? What do they feel, and do they have what would seem like “thoughts” to us? Or maybe a bird… wouldn’t it be cool to just be able to launch yourself into the air and see things from a totally new perspective? Or how about…. OK, I’ll stop now.

If you found out you only had a few months to live, what would you do with the time? I would spend time with family and friends (both two and four-legged), in the outdoors, on our farm, enjoying the time I have.

Anne Frank once said that in spite of everything, she believed people were basically good. Do you agree or disagree? Why? I think people are basically good, and I look for the good in everyone. My dad taught me that. I’ve met a few bad people in my life, but if you treat everyone as if they are one of the good ones, in the end, they turn out to be just that.