City Harvest’s Senior Team

City Harvest's work in New York City is driven by an experienced leadership team. Read on to meet City Harvest's senior staff.

Jilly Stephens - Executive Director

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 was key to the growth of City Harvest’s Nutrition Education program and launch of Fruit Bowl, which provides fresh fruit to preschoolers on an ongoing basis. 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.

Patricia Barrick - Vice President of External Relations

Patricia Barrick leads City Harvest’s fundraising as well as its marketing and communications strategy. She manages a portfolio of five key fundraising areas in City Harvest’s $19 million annual budget: institutional giving, major donors, direct mail, special events, and marketing, each of which has expanded under her charge.  Prior to joining City Harvest in 2000, Pat worked at TNT International Mail as Director of Marketing, Americas Region and has also held positions at The Hertz Corporation, Avon Products, and Doubleday & Co. Pat holds a BA in Sociology and an MBA from Hofstra University. 

Dick Batten - Vice President of Human Resources

As Vice President of Human Resources, Dick Batten ensures that City Harvest recruits, retains, and develops a staff able to carry out the organization’s mission in the most effective and efficient manner. Dick began his career as manager and CFO of a group of restaurants and bars in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During a 20-year career at Polaroid Corporation, he focused on leadership and team effectiveness, organization redesign, talent management and recruiting, and performance management to increase business success. Dick is an experienced speaker, designer of workshops and seminars, author of workbooks, facilitator of leadership events, and resourceful mediator in ownership issues. He is a Fulbright Scholar, and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston College and a MA from the University of Amsterdam. 

Mary Beth Henson - Vice President of Finance

Mary Beth Henson joined the City Harvest leadership team in 2008 and serves as the Vice President of Finance, responsible for organizational reporting and analysis, financial planning, special projects, and investment and cash management. Prior to City Harvest, Mary Beth was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Global Retailing Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch. She has 20 years of experience in finance, including work in investment and commercial banking, treasury operations, and structured finance. Mary Beth holds an MBA from New York University and a BA in Economics/English Literature from the University of Virginia.

David Levy - Vice President of Distribution, Transportation & Logistics

David Levy manages City Harvest’s Food Transportation and Distribution functions, from its fleet of 18 trucks and 3 bikes to establishing City Harvest’s new 45,400-foot food rescue facility in Queens. Levy has 16 years of experience in the food industry, with additional prior roles establishing and managing large-scale facilities. He has held significant facilities and supply chain executive level roles at United Natural Foods, where he transformed a Florida distribution fulfillment center and retail sales operation into a state-of-the-art LEEDS facility, and C&S Wholesale Grocers, where he oversaw design, construction, and relocation of best-in-class information technology and data management center. His early management training in distribution and material management took place at Johnson & Johnson and other brand name corporations. 

Jennifer McLean - Vice President of Programs

Jennifer McLean is responsible for City Harvest's Agency Relations, Healthy Neighborhoods and Nutrition Education programs, leading a team that supports City Harvest’s agency network and works to transform the food environment in high need neighborhoods. In her prior role as Vice President of Operations, she helped increase City Harvest’s total food deliveries from 20 million to 29 million pounds over five years, with an increased emphasis on the rescue and delivery of healthy food. Jennifer also created HarvestWorks, a City Harvest program which partners with farmers to supply agencies with fresh, locally grown produce. Jennifer has a background in sales and marketing, and worked at Estee Lauder corporate office in New York prior to joining City Harvest in 2000.

Matthew Reich - Vice President of Food Sourcing and Information Systems

Matthew Reich leads City Harvest’s Food Sourcing and Information Systems teams, responsible for helping City Harvest rescue over 30 million pounds of food from a variety of sources as well as optimizing the organization’s use of technology. Reich joined City Harvest after 15 years in leadership roles at Tom Cat Bakery. After over 13 years as Chief Operating Officer, during which he grew sales from $3MM to $32MM, Reich became President of Tom Cat in 2008, developing new retail and frozen sales channels and implementing co-packing and private label sales opportunities. He has extensive food business experience through prior roles such as COO for Terra Chips and founder and president of New Amsterdam Brewery. Reich began his career in corporate lending for Citibank in 1974 and also worked as a business manager for Hearst magazines.