LEADERSHIP
Linda Bergholz
Executive director
Linda Bergholz has a long history as a director of non-profit organizations. Founder and CEO of Junior Music Experience in 1982, she was Executive Director of JME until 2013, when she dissolved the organization to take over as Executive Director of the Loveland Inter Faith Effort LIFE Food Pantry. Linda is Co-Owner and Managing Partner of Loveland Music Academy, supervising 29 instructors and teaching 45 private students.
Board member since 2013
LIFE Volunteer Experience:
• Filling client orders
• Stocking
• Pantry Lead
• Community connection for Student LIFE Shop
• Inventory and Purchasing Teams LIFE Holiday Giving Shop
• Pass It On committee/Thanksgiving Baskets
Duties as Executive Director:
• Keeping the Pantry stocked by purchasing and procuring food
• Collaborating with Board Officers, Members, and Committees to ensure programs operate within the stated mission of LIFE
• Handling phone calls, reports and documents
• Develop and publish a quarterly newsletter
• Yearly Freestore Foodbank Management Training
• Bi-yearly Safe Food training and testing
• Attend events as the spokesperson for LIFE
• Assign duties for operating roles such as Volunteer Coordinator, Inventory Manager, etc.
• Act as an “umbrella” overseeing all groups and committees—these include but are not limited to Student LIFE Shop, Thanksgiving Baskets/Pass it On, Financial Assistance, Monthly volunteer meetings, Holiday Giving Shop, Holiday Food Baskets, Special Projects, Voice of the Client, S.W.O.T., Feed the Hungry Campaign, Business and Congregation relations Marketing/Community Partner Development
• Seek and coordinate grant writing and submission
• Keeping media sites maintained and current by working with the Marketing/Community Partner Development lead
• The Executive Director will be the Statutory Agent for LIFE and will receive communications from the Ohio Secretary of State
• The Executive Director will file a Statement of Continuing Existence with the Ohio Secretary of State every 5 years
• This person will report directly to the President and will be expected to sign the LIFE Code of Ethics and LIFE Confidentiality Policy