Food Bank of Delaware
Ed Matarese is an experienced professional with a background in both food sourcing and commercial real estate. Currently serving as the Food Sourcing Manager at the Food Bank of Delaware since February 2007, Ed Matarese focuses on increasing food donations from national accounts and resolving issues with underperforming accounts. Prior to this role, Ed Matarese spent 24 years in commercial and industrial real estate sales and leasing, including positions at The Buccini Pollin Group, The Concord Group, and Cushman & Wakefield. Ed Matarese holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Delaware, completed in 1975.
Food Bank of Delaware
The Food Bank of Delaware, a member of Feeding America, formerly America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network, is a statewide nonprofit agency whose vision is a community free of hunger. Originally founded in 1981 as the Food Conservers, Inc., the Food Bank of Delaware has provided food assistance to Delawareans at risk of hunger for more than 25 years. Our vision is a community free of hunger. We work to achieve this by: - Providing low- and no-cost food to qualified feeding programs throughout the greater Delaware region; - Informing the greater Delaware community about hunger issues and food security; - Mobilizing support for anti-hunger efforts; - Training and empowering under- and unemployed individuals to fill needed positions within the food service industry; - And developing and implementing statewide feeding programs to assist low-income families, individuals and children.