Our Mission
Community Food Share’s mission is to eliminate hunger in Boulder and Broomfield Counties through engagement, collaboration, and leadership.
Our Values
Through our pillars: feeding, sustainability, community, and hunger education, we are dedicated to being a lifeline for those facing food insecurity. Ensuring that no one in our community goes to bed hungry.
Chief Development Officer
Community Food Share, the Feeding America food bank serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties, provides access to fresh, nutritious food to neighbors experiencing food insecurity, and local partners fighting food insecurity. We are looking for a charismatic, collaborative fundraiser to join our diverse team and lead our fundraising efforts, to support our mission of feeding people in the Boulder and Broomfield communities.
The Chief Development Officer (CDO) serves as a senior leadership team member and an active participant in making strategic decisions affecting Community Food Share. The ideal candidate is skilled at working in a team environment and fostering a culture of strategy execution, collaboration, and open communication.
This position is responsible for developing and implementing fundraising strategies to support Community Food Share’s current and long-term strategic objectives. The Chief Development Officer leads the development and execution of fundraising strategies and oversees both the fundraising and marketing teams. The Chief Development Officer works closely with the CEO and other key stakeholders to build sustainable, authentic relationships with funders and the public to support Community Food Share’s work and mission
To apply for this position, please submit a current resume and cover letter detailing your qualifications and interest in this position to careers@communityfoodshare.org.
Employee Stories
See first hand what makes working at Community Food Share special from the words of a few dedicated staff members.
Hope Ludvigsen
Working at Community Food Share has opened the door to meeting so many great people – from staff, to volunteers, to local businesses, there are so many great people I have met. It’s a great feeling to know you’re working with people who all share one common goal: to help our community in the fight against hunger.
Adam Deal
Community Food Share allows me, as an individual, to thrive! It allows my passion, skills, personality, and work ethic to shine through. It fills me up every day and gives me that feeling of accomplishment when I go home. It gives me the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than myself each and every day. Best of all, it allows me to share these feelings with others, who want to make an impact in their community.
Jessica Valle Ruvalcaba
Working to serve and give back to the community that helped shape me is an honor. I am incredibly grateful to work with such an amazing team. The relationships I’ve built with community members are truly priceless, and seeing the positive impact we make together is deeply fulfilling. Every day, I am inspired by the resilience of our neighbors, and it motivates me to continue serving with dedication and passion.
Team Culture
Feeding People
As a Feeding America food bank, we will serve those in need by efficiently providing food to our program participants and partners while maintaining the highest standards of food safety.
Community
We will challenge ourselves to adapt to the changing needs of our community, collaborating with our partners to find new ways to ensure food security and provide access to services that address the underlying causes of poverty.
Education and Evaluation
We will engage our partners and the broader community with hunger awareness outreach, promoting the conviction that together, we can reduce — and eventually eliminate — hunger.
Sustainability
We will prioritize efforts to rescue and distribute surplus food, minimize our environmental impact, and increase our operational efficiencies in support of our community’s social, economic, and environmental health.
