Rippetoe is new board chair of San Diego Food Bank

Clifford “Rip” Rippetoe was recently elected board chair of The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank’s board of directors.

Rippetoe is president and CEO of the San Diego Convention Center Corp. and serves as a board member of several San Diegobased organizations, including the Downtown San Diego Partnership, the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl and Sports San Diego’s Advisory Board.

He is also a steering committee member for the Comic-con Museum and an advisor for the San Diego County Lodging Association and the San Diego Tourism Authority.

“The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank and San Diego Convention Center have fostered a decades-long relationship built on the shared goal of helping our neighbors who are facing hunger,” said Rippetoe. “We recognize the urgency and importance of solving food insecurity in our communities. As board chair, I look forward to championing innovative and effective ways of meeting San Diego’s evolving needs.”

Food Bank CEO Casey Castillo said the agency’s board and staff welcome Rippetoe’s appointment.

“Rip brings a breadth of knowledge and experience to this position having served in leadership positions on a host of boards and a range of community service organizations,” Castillo said. “We are honored to have such a widely respected community leader at the helm of our board of directors, and we look forward to working with him as we continue to strengthen our critical hungerrelief programs and services for the local community.”

The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank and its North County Food Bank chapter comprise the largest hunger-relief organization in the region. Last year, the Food Bank distributed 45 million pounds of food, the equivalent of 37.5 million meals to families facing food insecurity in communities throughout San Diego County.

The Food Bank feeds approximately 400,000 people per month, including working-poor families, seniors on fixed incomes, children living in poverty, low-income military families and the unhoused population.

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