Cheryl Schondek

Cheryl Schondek is the Chief Operating Officer at The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB). In this role, she oversees the food acquisition and distribution of all healthy food, as well as management of the entire warehouse and logistics operation, building, facilities, member agencies and volunteers. Since joining GBFB, she and her team have tripled the volume of healthy meals for clients in eastern Massachusetts. Prior to joining GBFB in 2014, she had a successful corporate career at Shaw’s/Star Market Supermarkets for more than two decades, managing perishable, nonperishable, private brands, supply chain, and product management departments. Cheryl has received numerous recognitions for her many accomplishments throughout her tenure in food retail including the Griffin Report, Women of Influence, and was recently awarded the Massachusetts Food Association Community Service Award in 2022.

She is highly active in the food industry, chairing the GBFB Food Industry Committee. Cheryl is an executive board member of the New England Food Foundation, serving as President, a former board member of the New England Region of the Network of Executive Women and a founding board member of the New England Produce Council. Cheryl was a member of the Supervalu Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Board and was the president of the Shaw’s Affinity Group – MESA, founded on Mentoring, Encouraging, Supporting and Achieving. In addition to Hope & Comfort Hygiene Hub, she also serves on the board of the Trucking Association of Massachusetts, the Newmarket Business Association, and the Red Cross Boston Heros Council. As part of the Feeding America network, Cheryl is an active member of the New England- New York (NERO) Council which consists of executive officers of the nineteen food banks. Cheryl has a passion for learning, with degrees from the University of Vermont and Bridgewater State University. She has completed course work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Executive Supply Chain session and Cornell University,Produce Program.

Cheryl resides in Raynham, Massachusetts with her husband, Peter, who teaches 8th grade math in a public school, and they have two lovely daughters.