Manna is thrilled to announce our new Executive Director, Niki Lankowski! This is a huge step for Manna and our community. Please wish her a warm welcome! Niki will be saying hello at our Thanksgiving meal and will officially start on December 3rd.

A note from Niki, 

Dear Manna Community, I am proud to join you in the coming days as Manna’s new Executive Director. Like you, I treasure Manna and its mission, and I’m honored to help steward this next chapter alongside our talented and devoted staff, board, and volunteers.

For the last decade, food access, or more simply, connecting people to food, has been at the heart of my work. Most recently, I was Grow Food Northampton’s Communications Manager, supporting the organization’s public-facing program work, storytelling, and fundraising. Before that, I managed Downtown Northampton’s Tuesday Market. Across both roles, connecting people with food and community has been central, and that foundation is something I’m excited to bring to Manna.

In my personal life, I love spending time with friends and family, keeping up with my young adult kids and their adventures, traveling and cooking. I’m always up to something in the kitchen, feel free to ask what I’ve been making!

I look forward to meeting you soon. I’ll be popping in to help with the Thanksgiving meal this week and officially starting on December 3. Please feel free to reach out- niki@mannanorthampton.org See you soon! 

          

Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving, 

Niki Lankowski

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