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LAS VEGAS, NV – (April 15, 2025) – Three Square Food Bank has announced Elizabeth Hunterton as Chief Development Officer and Lisa Segler as Chief Operations and Strategy Officer, bringing their extensive expertise to help the nonprofit in its mission of fighting food insecurity in Southern Nevada for a hunger-free community.

Formerly serving as Three Square’s interim Chief Development Officer since December 2024, Elizabeth Hunterton has become a permanent member of the leadership team. As Chief Development Officer, she is responsible for annual budgeting and enabling continued operational growth to close the meal gap in Southern Nevada. In addition to philanthropy and grants administration, Hunterton oversees marketing, communications and brand awareness for Three Square.

“These reductions don’t just affect people facing hunger — they also hurt the retailers, farmers, and businesses that supply fresh, local food to our region,” says Beth Martino, CEO of Three Square Food Bank in Southern Nevada.

NBC News, Apr. 9, 2025 — As President Donald Trump’s administration attempts to lower inflation by reducing government spending, Americans are finding out the very programs putting healthy, affordable foods on their plates are on the chopping block.

A pair of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs — one that funds the purchase of local farm-fresh foods for school cafeterias and another that funds much of the product available in food banks — were cut for 2025, amounting to more than $1 billion in purchasing.

LAS VEGAS, NV – (Jan. 14, 2025) – Three Square Food Bank has announced the hiring of Brian Rice and Marissa Shoop to its leadership team, bringing decades of collective business, development and advocacy experience to the nonprofit as it continues its mission to provide wholesome food to hungry people, while passionately pursuing a hunger-free community.

Brian Rice is now Vice President of Operations, responsible for overseeing and optimizing the organization’s food procurement and warehousing as well as assuring the quality of food distributed to agency partners.

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 5, 2024 – Through a partnership with MGM Resorts International (MGM Resorts) and Nevada Public Radio, Three Square Food Bank can distribute 90,000 additional meals to Southern Nevadans experiencing food insecurity.

During Nevada Public Radio’s 2024 Fall Membership Campaign in September, members had the option to donate meals to Three Square in lieu of receiving traditional thank you gifts when they made their pledge of support. Their generosity raised a value of nearly 61,000 meals for hungry neighbors in the community. Additionally, MGM Resorts went above and beyond, graciously covering the value and donating even more to create 90,000 meals through this initiative. Three Square is Southern Nevada’s only food bank, providing food assistance to the residents of Lincoln, Nye, Esmeralda and Clark counties.

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