All Faiths Food Bank Announces 2024 Board of Directors

February 28, 2024 – Sarasota

All Faiths Food Bank, guided by its expert senior leadership team and dedicated volunteer board of directors, is committed to meeting immediate needs as well as bringing attention to – and working to break down – the social and systemic barriers that contribute to food insecurity. All Faiths is pleased to announce its 2024 board of directors, who will help to support and continue the organization’s decades of service as a trusted organization committed to bettering the community.

New to the board this year is David Nichols, a retired financial professional with national public accounting and healthcare experience. Nichols spent 26 years with Dental Care Alliance, being promoted to CFO, then co-CEO and CFO (during this period, in 2014, the Tampa Bay Business Journal named Nichols “CFO of the Year”), before his retirement in January of 2018. He then served as a board member from 2018-2023. Prior positions include VP of finance for Biodynamics in Tampa and VP of finance for Central Park Lodges.

The former CPA has significant community service to his credit, including the Sarasota County Industrial Development Bond Advisory Board (2001-present), Sarasota County Public Facility Financing Board (2001-2003), treasurer for South County Habitat for Humanity Catholic Charities (2021), and Van Wezel Foundation Society member (2017-2022). He began volunteering with All Faiths Food Bank in 2018.

All Faiths Food Bank’s 2024 officers of the board are: Terri Vitale, chair; Patricia Courtois, vice chair; Rich Cautero, treasurer; and LaShawn Frost, secretary. Nichols joins fellow directors Dennis Doughty, Ben Hanan, Ron Jadin, Mitch Olan, Lisa Keverian-Press, Barton Lowther and Elton White.

The board’s immediate priorities are to continue implementing and fine-tuning the organization’s five-year strategic plan – which provides bold new ideas, approaches and partnerships to address not just food insecurity, but its systemic, root-level causes – and supporting the continued seamless leadership transition, with new President & CEO Nelle S. Miller having assumed her role on January 2 of this year.

“All Faiths is fortunate to have board members with experience in a wide variety of fields, and having someone with David’s professional expertise is essential in helping to oversee our annual budgets and ensuring our assets are properly maintained,” said Miller. “We are very pleased to welcome David to our board and are confident he will contribute significantly to helping us carry out our strategic plan, support our culture, and connect us with others in the community.”

For more, visit allfaithsfoodbank.org or call 941.379.6333.