The Giving Kitchen has a new executive director. The nonprofit, which supports Atlanta restaurant workers facing unanticipated crises, has hired Bryan Schroeder to helm operations.
Schroeder comes to the Giving Kitchen after a decade working for the Georgia Conservancy, a nonprofit focused on protecting and conserving the state’s natural resources. Most recently, he served as the organization’s senior director of development and marketing.
Credit: Ligaya Figueras
Credit: Ligaya Figueras
Schroeder replaces Stephanie Galer, who served as executive director for the Giving Kitchen for the last three years. Galer announced her resignation in February.
“Providing a safety net for the men and women who quite literally serve the metro-Atlanta area means a great deal to me,” Schroeder said. He called the Giving Kitchen, now in its fourth year, a “trailblazer in the industry nationwide” for its work in serving restaurant employees and their families.
In his new position, Schroeder will oversee a staff of six and will put into action the three-year strategic plan recently devised by the Giving Kitchen’s 12-member board.
The Giving Kitchen's for-profit subsidiary is Staplehouse, a restaurant located in the Old Fourth Ward . All of Staplehouse's net profits are channeled back to its nonprofit parent. Another stream of financial support comes through fundraisers. Giving Kitchen's largest annual fundraiser, Team Hidi , netted more than $400,000 this year. Among upcoming fundraisers is the Waiters' Race Atlanta that will see waiters and waitresses carrying trays loaded with glasses and bottles running a course around The Shops Buckhead on July 14.
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