1:23pm | The board of directors for Long Beach-based nonprofit Food Finders Inc. recently announced that it has selected Patti Larson to serve as the organization’s interim executive director.
Food Finders founder and former Executive Director Arlene Mercer retired on June 10, and Larson, who formerly headed the organization’s Marketing and Public Relations Department, was appointed to fill Mercer’s shoes effective June 30.
Mercer retains the title of executive director emeritus, according to the organization.
Larson was part of the team that updated the nontraditional food bank’s website and streamlined its operation by using social media to market the nonprofit, its various fundraisers and furniture sales at the organization’s thrift store, Finders Keepers.
Larson is overseeing the day-to-day operations of Food Finders until a permanent executive director is hired.