Shawn Powers

Shawn graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College with a degree in economics.  He served for three years as director of Williams Recovery of All Perishable Surplus (WRAPS), which distributes surplus dining hall food to agencies serving the needy in northern Berkshire County, Massachusetts.  Shawn also organized and led alternative spring break trips to Vanceburg, Kentucky and Washington, D.C., and served as community service coordinator for the Newman Catholic Association.  He completed a Winter Study in Haiti, where he helped repair dirt roads and conducted research on agricultural cooperatives.

Field placement: Food Bank of Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska

Policy placement: Food Research & Action Center

Washington, D.C.