Author and CHC board member Al Franken chats with Sen. Tom Harkin
Ambassador Tony Hall and Rep. Frank Wolf
"The Fellows inspire hope that a new generation of passionate and thoughtful leaders are emerging to fight against hunger and poverty. With over 800 million hunger people around the world, we believe that the Leland and Emerson Fellowships can mobilize creative new solutions to work alongside the poor and hungry and eventually wipe out the scourge of hunger."
Charles Sandefur, President, Adventist Development and Relief Agency International
Honoree and former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman and Rep. James P. McGovern
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Honoree Sen. Elizabeth Dole
Amina Dickerson, Kraft Foods Inc.
"The success of the Fellows Program is possibly the most evident in the success of the program’s graduates. In our experience, the Hunger Fellows program is truly fighting hunger by developing leaders."
Vicki B. Escarra, President and CEO, America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network
CHC Board Member
CHC board member Mary Catherine Toker, General Mills, Inc. chats with then-USDA Secretary Mike Johanns
Emerson and Leland hunger fellows and alumni come together at the Gala, representing more than 500 anti-hunger leaders trained by the CHC
