Jilly Stephens

Jilly Stephens leads City Harvest in fulfilling its mission to feed hungry New Yorkers. Since becoming Executive Director in 2006, Jilly has overseen City Harvest's efforts to meet the rising demand for emergency food while putting in place long-term initiatives to address the health and nutrition needs of low-income communities in New York City. Jilly joined City Harvest as Senior Director of Program Development in 2004, where she played an important role in developing the organization’s expanded community services and programs, that evolved into City Harvest’s Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative. Prior to joining City Harvest, Jilly served as the Vice President of Program Operations at ORBIS International, an $80+ million nonprofit organization dedicated to the elimination of avoidable blindness through hands-on surgical training and education.