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12 PM | Working Lunch with Andrea Shapiro Chavez

November 5, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

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Grab lunch from your favorite local restaurant (or your kitchen) and join us on Friday from 12 – 12:30 PM on Facebook LIVE for a stimulating conversation with Creator and Manager of the Talley Farms Box Program, Andrea Shapiro Chavez and this week’s special guest host, Garret Olson, CEO of the SLO Food Bank.

 

Andrea Shapiro Chavez is the creator and manager of the Talley Farms Box Program — a direct-to-consumer produce box program that was started in February 2012. Shapiro Chavez has four decades of experience working at various levels in the produce business from Western Regional Sales Manager at Dole Fresh Vegetables to being a product broker to shipping produce all over the world.

Shapiro Chavez currently serves on the boards of the Arroyo Grande Community Hospital Foundation and the SLO Food Bank. 

Garret Olson is the current CEO of the SLO Food Bank and former SLO City Fire Chief — a title he retired in 2018. Olson spent the first 30 years of his professional life helping those in need through his career in fire service before being invited to join the SLO Food Bank as the temporary COVID-19 Emergency Operations Manager to help implement the organization’s new emergency and County feeding plans. 

In May 2020, Olson accepted the position of CEO and is working to help care for the community when need is at historic levels due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a past president of the Rotary Club of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa and graduate of  Leadership SLO Class 23. Olson holds a master’s degree in organizational management and uses that knowledge to present on various leadership topics including organizational relevance, leadership teams, internal communications, organizational health and customer service. He lives in San Luis Obispo with his wife of 29 years.

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Grab lunch from your favorite local restaurant (or your kitchen) and join us on Friday from 12 – 12:30 PM on Facebook LIVE for a stimulating conversation with Creator and Manager of the Talley Farms Box Program, Andrea Shapiro Chavez and this week’s special guest host, Garret Olson, CEO of the SLO Food Bank.

 

Andrea Shapiro Chavez is the creator and manager of the Talley Farms Box Program — a direct-to-consumer produce box program that was started in February 2012. Shapiro Chavez has four decades of experience working at various levels in the produce business from Western Regional Sales Manager at Dole Fresh Vegetables to being a product broker to shipping produce all over the world.

Shapiro Chavez currently serves on the boards of the Arroyo Grande Community Hospital Foundation and the SLO Food Bank. 

Garret Olson is the current CEO of the SLO Food Bank and former SLO City Fire Chief — a title he retired in 2018. Olson spent the first 30 years of his professional life helping those in need through his career in fire service before being invited to join the SLO Food Bank as the temporary COVID-19 Emergency Operations Manager to help implement the organization’s new emergency and County feeding plans. 

In May 2020, Olson accepted the position of CEO and is working to help care for the community when need is at historic levels due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a past president of the Rotary Club of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa and graduate of  Leadership SLO Class 23. Olson holds a master’s degree in organizational management and uses that knowledge to present on various leadership topics including organizational relevance, leadership teams, internal communications, organizational health and customer service. He lives in San Luis Obispo with his wife of 29 years.