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About Us

Neighbors Feeding Neighbors, Every Day.

Flagstaff Family Food Center hasn’t missed a single hot meal since 1991!

Our Story

Over 30 years ago, local businessman and philanthropist George McCullough would give his business card to any person he met on the street who needed some help and tell them to head over to the Grand Canyon Cafe for a hot meal and use his business card as payment at the end of the month, he would square up with the restaurant owners, Fred and Tina Wong. McCullough’s generosity became well known around Flagstaff and eventually evolved into a soup kitchen, first opened in the basement of his church.

More and more community members became drawn to the mission of feeding those in need and on Christmas Day 1991, the Flagstaff Family Food Center officially opened its doors. The Center’s merger with Northern Arizona Food Bank in 2013 led to our new name of Flagstaff Family Food Center: Food Bank and Kitchen, and widened the scope of our services to include emergency family food boxes.

And that’s how a community built the Flagstaff Family Food Center: Food Bank and Kitchen.

Our Leadership

Ethan Amos

Ethan Amos

President & CEO

Ceara Chirovsky

Ceara Chirovsky

Vice President

Tim Joyce

Tim Joyce

Facilities & Operations Director

Luke Lasiloo

Luke Lasiloo

Sr. Warehouse Manager

Amy Ververelli

Amy Ververelli

Executive Assistant

Summer Grandy

Summer Grandy

Client Advocacy Manager

Lisa Aguinaga

Lisa Aguinaga

Kitchen Manager

Jason Ibe

Jason Ibe

Assistant Warehouse Manager

Max Faull

Max Faull

Assistant Kitchen Manager

Our Great Staff

Flagstaff Family Food Center

Board of Directors

  • Sylvia Johnson, Chair (FUSD, Retired) 
  • Eric Boatner, Vice Chair (Allstate Insurance) 
  • Carol Dykes, Secretary (United Way of Northern Arizona)
  • Savannah Torkelson, Treasurer (Account For It All LLC)
  • Rommy Sekhon, Member (Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona)
  • Alan Chan, Member (Babbitt Ford)
  • Sedric Cade, Member (Edward Jones)
  • Kyle Darden, Member (City of Flagstaff)
  • Lori Pearlmutter, Member (NAU)
  • Jeff Shiffman, Member (W.L. Gore & Associates)
  • Tony Ward, Member (Canyon Coolers)

Legacy Members

  • Joel Rohrbough (Northern Arizona Orthopedics)
  • Tim McCoullough (NFP Insurance)
  • Chris Budwig (FFFC)
  • Kristen Downs (Northern AZ Ear, Nose & Throat)
  • Jim Dykes (W.L. Gore & Associates)

Daily, Hot Meals Served Last Year

Children Learned to Love Reading Last Year

Individuals Served Through Our Emergency Food Box Program

Pounds Provided to Local Non-Profits Last Year