Meet The Board

Ronit lives to help others. An enthusiastic gardener, a gifted artist in the kitchen, and an Agriculture Development Officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, Ronit’s work and passions have always centered on food and service. She is a dynamic, highly motivated development leader with over 16 years of experience in international agricultural development, sustainable urban communities, and food system transformation. 

Cooking, teaching and sharing food has been a central theme throughout Arielle’s career and life. With over 15 years of culinary experience, and a strong commitment to social justice, Arielle believes that food plays an essential role in bringing people together. Her background includes program development, fundraising, and volunteer management for a comprehensive after-school culinary arts non profit as well as catering, event planning, customer service, product development and sales with for profit culinary businesses.

As a successful entrepreneur and real estate developer, Glen brings a savvy business sense to the Stone Soup board. He is a founding partner of The Zipper and is no stranger to the deliciously complex world of Portland’s restaurant scene. Glen also served as the President of the Board of Trustees at Congregation Beth Israel.

Through almost a decade of work across Asia helping children in disadvantaged communities,

Rachel has seen first-hand how the power of community development can affect positive change. She is the Regional Partnership Director at Playworks Pacific Northwest, and brings a diverse background in partnership development, non-profit management, and law to Stone Soup.

After a successful career with Microsoft, Bruce was a founding board member of Catalyst Kitchens and also a board member of FareStart, the model social enterprise that Stone Soup is seeking to emulate. He has served as president of the Washington Trails Association board and a member of the Pike Place Market PDA Council. He brings tremendous non-profit board experience and social enterprise know-how to the table.

Bo An is passionate about helping organizations solve their toughest problems and thrives on opportunities to make a real positive impact. As a management consultant with a generalist background, Bo An brings experience spanning a broad range of industries including not-for-profits, retail, education, aged care, steel and energy. Bo An holds a BS degree in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney.

Jason is a partner at the law firm Foster Garvey, P.C.  He is passionate about his role as a deal-maker - creating solutions to join together great people, projects and capital.  Jason has previously served on the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters and Spokane Housing Ventures and was a mentor to start-up companies through Startup Spokane.

Caryl has three decades of nonprofit experience including zoos and aquariums, the arts, public broadcasting, and civic engagement.  Currently, she is a Consultant at Rose City Philanthropy, a  firm that specializes in leading nonprofits through feasibility studies, campaign planning, and board development.  A practitioner and educator, she has managed multi-million-dollar campaigns and taught nonprofit management and fundraising at Portland State University and University of Washington. Caryl is an avid Pinot Noir fan and you will often find her sharing this liquid magic in the Willamette Valley at Sokol Blosser Winery. 

Shawn discovered the power of food while standing on a stool with a wooden spoon next to her southern grandmother, creating lifetime food memories marked by the creativity of depression era cooking, the flavors of Mexico and traditional soul food.  Since her earliest days, she has relished hearing people’s stories through and over the food they love.  First as a lawyer and then a Health & Safety leader, most recently at Nike, Shawn has dedicated her career to providing people training and tools to keep themselves safe and healthy while they work. Knowledge empowers; the core of Stone Soup’s mission.