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NRA executive delivers business skills to Meals On Wheels

Chief Innovation and Member Advancement Officer Phil Kafarakis helps steer struggling nutrition charity from seat on board Kafarakis The National Restaurant Association wasn't the only organization looking for Phil Kafarakis' management skills when he retired early from spice company McCormick in 2013. Nearly as soon as Kafarakis, 56, signed on to a newly created senior executive position at NRA later that year, he volunteered to help another nonprofit: The Meals On Wheels Association of America. "I had a deep interest in being involved with two constituencies—the elderly and kids," Kafarakis told CEO Update. NRA CEO Dawn Sweeney had drawn the 33-year food industry… Read More