About the Taste! Central Florida Committee
Taste! Central Florida is made possible by the generous in-kind support of Orlando World Center Marriott.
An all-volunteer steering committee, more than 300 day-of event volunteers, tremendous in-kind support from a variety of local business partners, and the generous backing of Orlando World Center Marriott who donates the event space each year allows us to direct every dollar raised to our beneficiaries while generating profound awareness and relief for the children of Central Florida who face hunger on a daily basis.
Committee Contacts
Michele Byington, Co-Chair
Bill Sullivan, Co-Chair
Andrea Patenaude, Ticket Chair
Mimi Goss, Media Chair
Planning Committee
Andrea Patenaude, Thirty-One Gifts
Angel Tagudin, Tagudin Consulting
Betsy Dye, Second Harvest Food Bank
Brie Rios, Second Harvest Food Bank
Christina Nguyen, Vidi Global
Colleen Herrick, Career Choice
Dan Robertson, Entercom Radio
Dee Dee King, Regions Bank
Ed Nasser, BB&T
Erika Spence, Second Harvest Food Bank
Gary Appelsies, Mpact Orlando
Jen Vargas, Central Florida Top 5
Jenna Dunne, Cuba Libre Restaurant
Jennifer Landress, Second Harvest Food Bank
Jennifer Pence, Community Advocate
Julie Poluski, ABB Inc.
Katie Moore, Coalition for the Homeless
Kelly Hinkle, Coalition for the Homeless
Krista Logue, Hilton Grand Vacations
Maria Shanley, Second Harvest Food Bank
Mark Charlton, Charlton Investments
Mark Zickefoose, AT&T
Mary Deatrick, Deatrick PR
Maureen Mikel, Second Harvest Food Bank
Meredith Bekemeyer, Coalition for the Homeless
Michael Kennedy, Heart of Florida United Way
Mimi Goss, Disney Cruise Line
Monique Leroy, USF Credit Union (retired)
Morgan Donovan, Embrace Families
Nicole Spooner, Mpact Orlando Marketing
Paul Bodoia, Curtis 1000
Rebecca Leininger, Embrace Families
Ricky Ly, Jacobs Engineering
Shane Smith, LMG
Sherri Avara, Wyndham Vacation Ownership