Subject: RE: Update/ FALL BD DATE
From: "Rick Leach" <[email-masked]>
To: "Kathryn Johnson" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "'Hunter Biden'" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:32:19 -0400

Kathryn - thanks for your message.  Concerning the date of the October board meeting, we can discuss the possible change of date at our upcoming meeting.  As you know, we have changed the date in the past two years to coincide with the award ceremony, so I expect board members to be open to doing the same this year.  Have a great weekend.
All the best,
Rick

From: Kathryn Johnson [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 5:58 PM
To: Rick Leach
Cc: 'Hunter Biden'
Subject: RE: Update/ FALL BD DATE

RICK,

Great report.  Eager to review the new ROADMAP....I do love this effort!

RE the OCT 3 date,  will we move the BOARD Meeting to accommodate (say OCT 4 vs the OCT 23rd)?

Thanks so much,

Kathryn

From: Rick Leach [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 1:33 PM
To: Amelia Shister; Anne Marie Person; Barbara Belmont; Bonnie Raquet; Brittany Schmidt; Carl Stern ; Dan Glickman; David Novak; Donna Hughes; Dr. Derek Yach; Dr. Marsha Dubrow; Frank Corso; George Economy; Hunter Biden; Joan Power; Jonathan Blum; Josie Kummer; Kathryn Johnson; Khaliah Ali; Kimberly Schmid; Laura Huber; Marshall Matz; Matthew J. Harrington; Rachel Reeve; Randy Russell; Rick Leach; Samuel "Sandy" Berger; Shannon Hiskey; Victor Latino
Subject: Update

TO:   Members of the Board
FR:   Rick
DT:   June 1, 2012
RE:   Update

The Roadmap
Please find attached, the Roadmap for Continued US Leadership to End Global Hunger.  This document builds upon the initial Roadmap to End Global Hunger that was released approximately 3 years ago with the endorsement of more than 40 NGOs, Members of Congress and the business community.  It set forth a comprehensive approach to address global hunger and offered a series of guiding principles and recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of US global hunger programs.

The Roadmap for Continued US Leadership assesses progress achieved since the initial document was released and offers new recommendations to enhance US global hunger programs.  WFP USA led the process to develop this document over the last six months in collaboration with the Alliance to End Hunger, Bread for the World, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Congressional Hunger Center, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Save the Children and Women Thrive Worldwide.  All of these organizations have endorsed the new Roadmap and are actively working to secure other organization's endorsement.  In addition to input from these organizations, we received input from USG officials (including unofficial comments from State Department, USAID, USDA and GAO officials), WFP and other experts.

We are also developing legislation to achieve some of the goals underlying the Roadmap.  We plan to release the Roadmap and launch the campaign to build support for the legislation in July with the goal of passing the bill in the next congress.  The campaign provides an invaluable tool to engage more people throughout the country and expand our base of support in Congress.

The Annual Award Ceremony
I am very pleased to inform you that we have secured the date for our annual award ceremony: October 3rd.  As you know, we have the great pleasure of honoring David Novak and Christina Aguilera at the ceremony.  The event will be convened at the State Department with the participation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  It will also provide an opportunity to pay tribute to Secretary Clinton for her extraordinary commitment to addressing hunger throughout her tenure at the State Department.

Supporting Innovations in Ecuador
WFP USA, in partnership with WFP-Ecuador, is supporting an integrated program that will provide food to malnourished children in schools that is purchased from local small scale farmers (who suffer from chronic malnutrition).  The program will provide a market for these farmers -thereby helping to lift them out of extreme poverty and hunger - and expand school feeding operations in the most impoverished areas of the country.  The Ecuadorean government has agreed to participate in the project as an important step towards establishing a national school feeding program.  In addition, an impact evaluation will measure, for the first time, the combined impact of all of the components of the project.  This data will play an important role in building broader international support for this type of integrated programming.  WFP USA is covering the cost of the food and the World Bank will fund the evaluation.  An overview of the project is attached.

I look forward to seeing you at the Board Meeting on June 14th.  Thanks again for your dedication and commitment to alleviating global hunger.

All the Best,
Rick

Richard Leach
President & CEO

World Food Program USA
1819 L Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
T 202.530.1694
F 202.530.1698
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