Richard Lackey, the CEO of the World Food Bank, is delighted to announce the appointment of Scott Brown to the role of President of the World Food Bank. Scott brings more than 30 years of executive leadership experience in engineering, banking and microfinance to the World Food Bank team. Through his role as President, Scott […]
The World Food Bank is headed to East Africa this coming January, and we’re inviting individuals who are interested in social impact investing – particularly investors and advisors – to join us! On this two-week trip, we will tour WFB operations in 3-4 countries, including Uganda, Ethiopia, and Kenya, and we will be taking a […]
Happy Holidays! We hope you are enjoying this wonderful time of the year, thus far. As we near the end of 2017, we want to take a moment to thank all of our partners, investors and supporters for your interest in and involvement with the World Food Bank. We have achieved a great deal this […]
Video calls. Smart refrigerators. Flying taxies. Not so long ago, these were things you’d only find in futuristic space cartoons. Today they’re a real part of our world. Change and amazing technological advancements are occurring rapidly across our planet, yet some of our most basic human challenges persist, most notably in the areas of […]
Recently, Richard Lackey, CEO and Chairman of the World Food Bank, traveled to Rwanda to meet Dr. Gerardine Mukeshimana, the Rwandan Minister of Agriculture, to discuss future endeavors with the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture. In addition to receiving a warm and hearty welcome from Dr. Mukeshimana, the outcome of the meeting was successful in identifying […]
The World Food Bank’s Chairman and CEO Richard Lackey was honored to recently present to several distinguished guests at the United Nation’s Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA) High Level Event. In his presentation, Chairman Lackey discussed the World Food Bank’s initiatives to improve access to food commodities across the globe, bolster economic conditions for […]
The World Food Bank (WFB) is pleased to announce that Mr. Vincent Ssempijja, the Cabinet Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in Uganda, recently signed a resolution to work with WFB and the National Crop Resources Research Institute, a division of MINAGRI (the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources) to promote and educate farmers […]
