OUR TEAM
SLICE OUT HUNGER IS A SMALL YET MIGHTY TEAM
As a volunteer-powered organization, we’ve been able to do #pizza4good all over the US.
Founder/Director (he/him)
Scott’s love for pizza began in suburban New Jersey, where weekly pizza runs created a subliminal dietary requirement. A simple love of pizza turned into obsession as he realized the history, science, and culture of pizza were responsible for the various methods and styles. When he started making expeditions to historic pizzerias, family and friends requested to tag along. These adventures grew into Scott’s Pizza Tours, a tour company based in NYC.
Slice Out Hunger emerged from the understanding that not everyone can afford to treat food as entertainment. It all started in 2009 with a $1 Pizza Party in NYC. Pizzerias donated their food and Scott’s team sold it for $1 per slice, with all proceeds benefitting a local hunger relief organization. This event set up the road map for several future Slice Out Hunger events and projects, leading to incorporation and 501(c)3 status in 2015.
With his understanding of pizza as the perfect community food, Scott wants Slice Out Hunger to provide a network of like-minded pizzerias so they can remain independent while enjoying the support of their peers.
Go-To Pie: Simple cheese or Margherita
Director of Operations (she/her)
Erin began working with Slice Out Hunger as a volunteer in Spring of 2020 as a volunteer for our Pizza Vs Pandemic campaign and came on as our Director of Operations shortly thereafter.
She hails from Buffalo, NY (home of the cup-and-char pepperoni and City of Good Neighbors) where she learned the role that pizza plays in a community in bringing people together. She currently lives in the neighborhood of Astoria after relocating to NYC in 2016. Her apartment so full of books that it’s a small wonder that Harrow, her black cat, doesn’t go on strike.
At Slice Out Hunger she has her hands in all sorts of different (pizza) pies, but she loves the variety and wouldn’t have it any other way. Her vision is for Slice Out Hunger to become the household name for good work in the social sector in the pizza world.
Go-To Pie: Grilled peaches & smoked mozz drizzled with hot honey or a classic Detroit-style
Development + Strategic Partnerships (she/her)
Lauren is the newest member of the Slice Out Hunger team, bringing 15 years of fundraising and strategic planning experience to the table.
Lauren grew up in small-town Mississippi with one goal: a fierce desire to make the world a better place. She majored in International Studies with a focus on human rights and got her start in fundraising at The Carter Center, where she worked with President and Mrs. Carter.
Inspired by their commitment to public service, Lauren returned to Mississippi and spent the next decade fundraising for racial and economic justice at a homegrown public interest law firm. She worked with law firms, corporations, and individuals across the country and had the opportunity to work with civil rights icons like Congressman John Lewis and Myrlie Evers-Williams.
More recently, Lauren has focused on improving the lives of children in foster care, securing multimillion-dollar investments in trauma-informed care initiatives that help kids heal and build brighter futures.
Lauren is excited to join Slice Out Hunger and help the organization grow, ensuring more people have access to a warm meal and a vibrant community that cares.
In her free time, Lauren can be found eating her way across New Orleans with her miniature poodle, Luvi, or cheering on Ole Miss.
Go-To Pie: Margherita, but she can easily be persuaded to try the house special.
Carys Mullins
Social Media & Marketing (she/they)
Andrew Fuentes
Brand Strategy (he/they)
Mike Vandervoet
Volunteer Lead (he/him)
Martine Kercelin
Volunteer Lead (she/her)