
IHN Staff
We have a small but excellent team of staff, and are proud to be a Certified Good Wages Choice Employer. We value ensuring that our current and future employees have the resources they need to be successful inside and outside of the workplace. By providing healthcare and sustainable wages, we believe everyone benefits.

Megan Gendig
Cooking Matters Program Manager

Kate Howe
Executive Director

Caleb Kulinski
Director of Advocacy and Partner Engagement
Caleb Kulinski is Indy Hunger Network’s Director of Advocacy and Partner Engagement. He previously served as one of IHN’s VISTA members working on the Cooking Matters Program as part of their 2018-19 VISTA cohort. He is excited to be back with IHN and to continue supporting its vital mission in working to end hunger. Caleb has a B.A. in Political Science and International Studies from Coe College, and a Masters in International Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He comes to IHN with a strong passion for public service and having had experience working with a variety of community stakeholders across Marion County. Caleb coordinates the VISTA program and facilitates professional development programming for VISTA members.

Tom Lageveen
Community Compass Coordinator
Tom Lageveen is the Community Compass Coordinator for Indy Hunger Network. After working in the service industry for years, Tom took a certification in Informatics through Ivy Tech. Looking for positive ways to apply his new training, he found a VISTA position at Indy Hunger Network working with Community Compass. He now continues to work as the Community Compass Coordinator.

Alex Sindorf
Food Assistance Programs Manager
Alex Sindorf is the Food Assistance Programs Manager for Indy Hunger Network. While studying for a B.S. in Urban Community Development in Portland, Oregon, Alex took a class on food ethics and has been involved with farming and other food-related work ever since. In her role with IHN, Alex works with the Food Pantry Network, Food Drop, Community Compass, SNAP & WIC Marketing, and other programs.

Ann-Marie Valdez
Cooking Matters Program Assistant
Ann–Marie Valdez is the Cooking Matters Program Assistant for Indy Hunger Network. She moved to Indianapolis in 2018 from San Diego, California. Once settled, she started volunterring at a local elementary school garden to help teach children about growing food and the benefits of healthy eating. While part of this program, she learned about the food insecurities that afflict our community. Ann–Marie and her two young children took the Cooking Matters course and she was immediately moved by the impact that the program had on the local community and became a volunteer. Ann–Marie is an avid gardener and cook who is always working to create healthy, tasty, and budget friendly meals for her family of four.

Megan Gendig
Cooking Matters Program Manager

Kate Howe
Executive Director

Caleb Kulinski
Director of Advocacy and Partner Engagement
Caleb Kulinski is Indy Hunger Network’s Director of Advocacy and Partner Engagement. He previously served as one of IHN’s VISTA members working on the Cooking Matters Program as part of their 2018-19 VISTA cohort. He is excited to be back with IHN and to continue supporting its vital mission in working to end hunger. Caleb has a B.A. in Political Science and International Studies from Coe College, and a Masters in International Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He comes to IHN with a strong passion for public service and having had experience working with a variety of community stakeholders across Marion County. Caleb coordinates the VISTA program and facilitates professional development programming for VISTA members.

Tom Lageveen
Community Compass Coordinator
Tom Lageveen is the Community Compass Coordinator for Indy Hunger Network. After working in the service industry for years, Tom took a certification in Informatics through Ivy Tech. Looking for positive ways to apply his new training, he found a VISTA position at Indy Hunger Network working with Community Compass. He now continues to work as the Community Compass Coordinator.

Alex Sindorf
Food Assistance Programs Manager
Alex Sindorf is the Food Assistance Programs Manager for Indy Hunger Network. While studying for a B.S. in Urban Community Development in Portland, Oregon, Alex took a class on food ethics and has been involved with farming and other food-related work ever since. In her role with IHN, Alex works with the Food Pantry Network, Food Drop, Community Compass, SNAP & WIC Marketing, and other programs.

Ann-Marie Valdez
Cooking Matters Program Assistant
Ann–Marie Valdez is the Cooking Matters Program Assistant for Indy Hunger Network. She moved to Indianapolis in 2018 from San Diego, California. Once settled, she started volunterring at a local elementary school garden to help teach children about growing food and the benefits of healthy eating. While part of this program, she learned about the food insecurities that afflict our community. Ann–Marie and her two young children took the Cooking Matters course and she was immediately moved by the impact that the program had on the local community and became a volunteer. Ann–Marie is an avid gardener and cook who is always working to create healthy, tasty, and budget friendly meals for her family of four.
VISTA TEAM MEMBERS
Indy Hunger Network is proud to partner with AmeriCorps,
which provides funding to operate the AmeriCorps VISTA program.

Jack Hamilton
Jack Hamilton is the Development and Communications VISTA at Indy Hunger Network. Jack grew up in Franklin, Tennessee before moving to Indianapolis to attend Butler University, where he completed his bachelor’s degree in Strategic Communications. During college, he interned with the Butler College of Communications and worked with the Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee, which were experiences that led him to pursue communications opportunities in the nonprofit space. Jack is excited to serve his community with Indy Hunger Network to help make food accessible for all in the Indianapolis area. After AmeriCorps, he plans to seek out new experiences in one of the various fields of communications. In his free time, he enjoys watching movies, playing basketball, or just spending time with friends.

Maximillian Kim
Maximilian Kim is the Food Assistance Programs Coordinator VISTA at Indy Hunger Network. Max grew up in Maryland and went to school in Virginia where he gained his degree in International Politics and Government from George Mason University. Max has had a keen interest in working in the nonprofit sector for some time now and is looking forward to working at the Indy Hunger Network. Max has never been to Indiana before and is looking forward to moving there at the end of May. Max hopes to take his degree and make the world a better place and hopes VISTA and Indy Hunger Network are the next step in accomplishing this goal.

Emily Patterson
Emily Patterson is the Cooking and Nutrition Education Coordinator VISTA at Indy Hunger Network. She recently graduated from IUPUI with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health and minors in Health Education, Spanish, and Hospitality Management. Emily also works professionally as a cook, and has spent the last 3 years working at multiple Patachou, Inc. restaurant concepts. She has also volunteered with Cooking Matters since 2018, and interned with the program in the spring semester of 2022. Emily discovered her love for Cooking Matters while volunteering through a public health class; the program brought together her biggest passions – cooking, fighting food insecurity, nutrition education and community organizing. The Indianapolis native hopes to bring her experience with the program combined with her Spanish language skills to make the most of her VISTA term and expand the Cooking Matters program throughout her hometown. After completing her VISTA term, she plans on continuing to fight food insecurity and other societal inequities that many communities face through community organizing. In her free time, Emily enjoys going to the gym and spending time with her family and friends playing tabletop games, video games, and watching TV and movies.
AMERICORPS ALUMNI
Maura Broderson
Second Helpings, 2017-2018
Design Strategist, WFYI Public Media
Azaria Brown
Westminster Neighborhood Services, 2019-2020
Freelance Copywriter, A Brown Creative LLC
Stasy César
CICOA, 2017-2018
Assessment & Referral Clinician, Hendricks Behavioral Hospital
Claire Crosby
Indy Hunger Network, 2020-2021
Medical Student, Louisiana State University
Mackenzie Dafferner
CICOA, 2017-2018
Program Manager, American College of Surgeons
Gabe Eckler
Westminster Neighborhood Services, 2021-2022
Baili Gall
Indy Hunger Network, 2017-2018
Graduate student at the University of Alabama: Biocultural Medical Anthropology
Cassandra Goodman
CICOA, 2021
Pursuing M.P.A. at IU-Bloomington
Adaline Heitz
Indy Hunger Network, 2019-2020
Medical Student, Indiana University School of Medicine
Maria Hinojosa
Indy Hunger Network 2021-2022 Nutrition Program Coordinator, Community Health Network
Hannah Hurt
Indy Hunger Network, 2020-2021
Urban Beekeeper, Alveole
Lisa Joseph
Indy Hunger Network, 2019-2020
Pursuing M.S. in Health Promotion Management
Program Coordinator, American Society of Clinical Oncology
Emily Korte
CICOA, 2022
Graduate student at Northern Illinois University:
Nutrition and Dietetics
Caleb Kulinski
Indy Hunger Network, 2018-2019
Director of Advocacy and Partner Engagement, Indy Hunger Network
Tom Lageveen
Indy Hunger Network 2021-2022
Community Compass Coordinator, Indy Hunger Network
Joel Landis
City of Indianapolis, 2018-2019
Planner, Maricopa County
Grant Moran
CICOA, 2021-2022
Becca Olson
CICOA, 2020-2021
Development & Database Coordinator, Nourishing Hope
Mary Owen
Gleaners Food Bank, 2021
Marion County Public Health Department
Ephraim Sy Palmero
City of Indianapolis, 2021-2022
Assistant Program Officer – Food Systems with LISC Indianapolis
Alyssa Parker
Gleaners Food Bank, 2021-2022
Graduate student at the American University:
Global Environmental Policy
Kristin Phillips
CICOA, 2021-2022
Stay-at-home mom
Grace Powers
CICOA, 2019-2020
Thrive to 5 Coordinator, Community Development for All People
Angela Richie
Indy Hunger Network 2021-2022
Graduate student at Ball State: Sociology
Abby Rolland
Second Helpings, 2016-2017
Grants & Communications Manager, The Presser Foundation
Skylar Rueff
City of Indianapolis, 2020-2021
Indy Food Council Program Officer, City of Indianapolis

Robyn Rowe
CICOA, 2019-2020
Care Manager, CICOA
Kathryn Slomski
Westminster Neighborhood Services, 2020-2021
Development Office, Massachusetts General Hospital
Megan Songer
Indy Hunger Network, 2017-2018
Cooking Matters Program Manager,
Indy Hunger Network
Katherine Starr
CICOA, 2020-2021
Graduate student in Economics at West Virginia University
Madeline Steck
Indy Hunger Network, 2018-2019
Program Analyst Trainee, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jessica Sullivan
Indy Hunger Network, 2016-2017
Practice Innovation Manager,
Elation Health
Sarah Wewe
Gleaners Summer Associate, 2022
Graduate student at University of Indianapolis:
Public Health