Kathy Goldman, a longtime community activist, is a trailblazer in the area of food, hunger and poverty in NYC.

Kathy started her work as a parent organizer with United Bronx Parents in 1965. It was in this role that she learned about the critical importance of school meals programs for families in the South Bronx.

Years later, as the founder and Executive Director of the Community Food Resource Center, Inc. (CFRC), Kathy gained national recognition for addressing issues of food injustice in New York City. From 1980 to 2003 she led CFRC, which was a leading public policy organization that also had a robust array of direct service programs serving hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers.  CFRC focused on federal food and income support programs, food stamps and child nutrition, public assistance, and the Earned Income Tax Credit — by helping low-income New York City residents gain access to and fighting to eliminate unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles to income and food security. CFRC also provided food directly in low-income communities through one of the City’s largest soup kitchens in Harlem, and through two senior dinner programs utilizing public school facilities after school hours. Kathy also started the City’s first EITC project, which facilitated income tax refunds to working poor families.

In 2010, Kathy Goldman joined together with Agnes Molnar to found CFA, a legacy organization of CFRC.

Kathy was honored by President Obama at the White House in 2012 as a “Champion of Change” for her tireless efforts strengthening food security. Her reputation, pathbreaking accomplishments and guidance continue to inspire generations of advocates.

Kathy has a Masters degree in Urban Planning from Queens College. She currently lives in Manhattan and is the proud mother of three, grandmother of five and great grandmother of two.