Podcast appearances and mentions of troy innovation garage

Food insecurity is rising even as household budgets stretch thinner, and food banks have become core infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of families. On this episode of the Charity Charge Show, Tom Nardacci, CEO of the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, breaks down how his organization feeds roughly 350,000 people each month across 23 counties, and what nonprofit executives can learn from how he runs it. The conversation covers local food sourcing, leadership lessons from the for-profit world, and how to build funding resilience when federal support is unpredictable.Quick SummaryThe Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York distributes about 50 million pounds of food annually through nearly 1,000 partner agencies across 23 counties.Its Agricultural Hub initiative connects local farms directly to food pantries, with a goal of growing farm and produce distribution to 30 million pounds per year.Nardacci applies for-profit team-building and accountability practices to nonprofit operations, treating the food bank like a logistics company.Funding volatility, especially around SNAP, makes diversified revenue and strong funder relationships essential for any nonprofit.About the Guest: Tom NardacciTom Nardacci has served as CEO of the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York since August 2023. Before moving into nonprofit leadership, he founded and ran Gramercy Communications, a public relations firm he led for more than 15 years, and launched the Troy Innovation Garage, a business incubator in the Capital Region.His connection to food access runs deep. His grandparents operated Nardacci's Broadway Food Mart in Rensselaer, New York for 50 years, and he grew up watching them quietly feed neighbors who could not always pay. Today he leads one of the oldest food banks in the country, an organization that operates like a major grocery wholesaler with a fleet of trucks, warehouse operations, and thousands of volunteers.

The Buttonista is coming to you from the Box at the Troy Innovation Garage for today's show:- How often do you wash your mask?- 3 days out from a successful Sober October / celebration plans- the Buttonista's peculiar go-to work snack- Turtle neck season is the reason...- What the Buttonista would wear if she were President- Voting pressure and the issues with this election on social media Brought to you by the Albany Times Union

Today we get to know Nicole Manupella of Troy Innovation Garage. Troy Innovation Garage offers members of our community access to a hospitality-oriented, hyper-charged entrepreneurial ecosystem featuring open coworking spaces bustling with energy, private office suites, semi-private huddle spaces, group meeting areas and conference rooms. To support the Women in Tech podcast go to https://www.patreon.com/womenintech - tweet @womenintechshow and @EspreeDevora. https://twitter.com/troyinnovation http://twitter.com/womenintechshow https://twitter.com/espreedevora

Tom Nardacci said it best during the pod --- “Like a lot of entrepreneurs, I got bored and wanted to do something else”. That sums up Tom’s career to this point with his most recent accomplishments being Grammercy Communications and two co-working spaces – Troy Innovation Garage and Bull Moose Club in Albany. Listen to two “idea guys” talk about business, entrepreneurship and more in this 25 minute conversation.

Listen to Anastasia Lewitinn discuss Butterfly Wings with Robert Braathe, recorded at Troy Innovation Garage.  Recorded in February 2017

Listen to Robert Braathe's interview of startup attorney Eric Leander of The Wagoner Firm, recorded at the Troy Innovation Garage on March 17, 2017 The Wagoner Firm

Robert Braathe interviewed Rick Conlee of Action Spec in February 2017 at the Troy Innovation Garage. ActionSpec has operated in the small business space since its inception in 2014. This experience in small business has given us the edge in the marketplace over our much larger institutionalized rivals. Our staff members have no fewer than 15 years of experience working in all aspects of the IT space, which give us a unique, well rounded insight into the challenges of small businesses and startups. http://actionspec.com

Listen to Robert Braathe's talk with Jennifer Harris from February 2017 at the Troy Innovation Garage. Inspect Point is a cloud based solution which facilitates NFPA inspections. The Inspect Point backend, combined with the Inspect Point iPad mobile application, provides companies with the capability to perform and manage their inspection business. http://www.inspectpoint.com/ Jennifer Harris on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferdharris/    

Source of Innovation's very first guest, Jesse Gardner of PlasticMind, spoke with Robert Braathe on February 3, 2017 at the Troy Innovation Garage. Plasticmind Design - UI/UX design, brand/identity design and strategy, creative direction, and sentence fragments.