Cheryl Schondek

Cheryl Schondek is the former Chief Operating Officer at The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB). In this role, she oversaw the food acquisition and distribution of all healthy food, as well as management of the entire warehouse & logistics operation, building, facilities, member agencies, volunteers, The Takeda Center for Health and Nutrition and oversight of the sixth annual Statewide Hunger Study. During her thirteen-year tenure, she and her team tripled the volume of healthy meals for clients in eastern Massachusetts. Prior to joining GBFB in 2013, 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, Navy Civilian Recognition Award, The Griffin Report, Women of Influence, and the Massachusetts Food Association Community Service Award.

She is an executive board member of the New England Food Foundation, serving as a past 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. She is proud to be a member of the Board of Directors for Hope and Comfort Hygiene Hub, a local nonprofit with a mission to supply health and personal care items to families in need. She also serves on the board of the Trucking Association of Massachusetts, the Newmarket Business Association and the Red Cross Heros Council. 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 taught eighth grade math in a public school, and they have two lovely daughters, Angela, a graduate of Smith College and Boston College, and Christine, a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Pepperdine University. Cheryl and her husband Peter are active in their local community. She is inspired every day to do good things in the community and embraces the mantra of ‘be the reason someone smiles today.’