Erica McCoy

Hailing from Carthage, Mississippi, Erica graduated from Stanford University in 2017 with a degree in earth systems with a concentration in sustainable food and agriculture and a minor in art practice. She is passionate about issues surrounding food systems including sustainability and food justice. While at Stanford, Erica explored these issues through course work as well as internships. In 2015, she was a summer farm intern in Tuscany, Italy, with the Spannocchia Foundation where she was able to observe a sustainable food system in practice in another country. Erica also participated in the FEED Collaborative Innovation Fellowship through the Stanford Haas Center for Public Service. During her fellowship, she worked with the Stanford FEED Collaborative and Sage Center to help San Mateo County, CA, create a vision for a local food and farm bill.

Field placement: Oregon Food Bank

Portland, Oregon

Policy placement: Alliance to End Hunger

Washington, DC

Hunger Free Community Report

In her Hunger Free Community Report Erica outlines her vision for the Ambassadors Program, which includes recommendations to address staff capacity, collaboration efforts, expansion, and overall structure. The report served as a guide for Oregon Food Bank to reference for the remainder of the 2017-2018 programmatic year as well as 2018-2019 cycle. Erica’s desire was to build a strong foundation for the program; with that achieved, she feels the potential of the program is limitless.