Good Shepherd Food Bank announces new board members

AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food Bank, Maine’s largest hunger-relief organization, has named Claudette Ndayininahaze and Kate Rush to its board of directors.
Ndayininahaze is a business development consultant and cultural broker with extensive intercultural communication experience for both for-profit and nonprofit sectors. As executive director of In her Presence, she sits on multiple boards in Portland and is deeply connected to community-based initiatives across the city. As a community leader who has gone through the immigration process, she can anticipate challenges New Mainers face, and uses her professional expertise to empower people and communities. Ndayininahaze works for the Center For Grieving Children as an Intercultural Program Manager and is the Senior Consultant at Integrative Inquiry LLC. She is a graduate of the University of Burundi in Bujumbura, Burundi, with a bachelor of science in administration and management.
In her most recent role, Rush was Senior Vice President and Director of Community Relations at Bangor Saving Bank. Over six years with Bangor Savings, she led the technology and project management teams as well as worked in M&A and strategic planning. Before joining Bangor Saving Bank, Rush worked in the construction, renewable energy, and aerospace sectors.
Rush earned an undergraduate engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the University of Hartford. She has studied innovation at Stanford’s D. School and has a certificate in leadership from MIT. She volunteers as an advisor with the Olympia Snowe Leadership Institute and is a member of Newport’s select board. She’s been a member of the Natural Resource Council of Maine and Maine Community Foundation County Committee boards. She lives in central Maine with her family and is an avid reader, and loves adventure.
The board also includes Frank Pecoraro, Ben Sprague, Peter Richardson, Scott Maker, John Bennett, Bruce Daman, Jim Darroch, Peter Forester, Jason Fournier, Barbara Gagne, Michelle Hayes, Dora Anne Mills, John Nutting, David Reifschneider, Christopher Rogers, Victoria W. Rogers, Dyana Tull and Bill Williamson.