Pat Nicklin
Managing Director
Share Our Strength
Pat oversees programs, operations, and finances of Share Our Strength. She leads the strategic planning for the organization, including that of its childhood hunger strategy. Working with anti-hunger leaders across the country, she developed Share Our Strength’s focus to end childhood hunger in the United States.
Pat earned her B.A in English Literature from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia’s Darden School. Nicklin lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband and son.
Posts By Pat Nicklin on Strength.org
- Maryland Lt. Governor, Sodexo Foundation and MD No Kid Hungry Campaign commit to closing the summer meal gap. What is your state doing? [ 1 comment]
- February 3, 2011
The Partnership to End Childhood Hunger in Maryland hosted the Maryland Summer Meals Planning Conference and brought together a diverse group from across the state, including Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, to begin preparations for launching the state’s summer meals program.
Tags: childhood hunger, maryland, partners, Sodexo, summer meals - The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act is Now Law! [ No comments]
- December 13, 2010
Share Our Strength Managing Director Pat Nicklin attended this morning's signing of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Hear about the event and learn why
Tags: Child Nutrition Reauthorization, no kid hungry - In a Bog With Martha Stewart [ 3 comments]
- October 20, 2010
Pat Nicklin, our Managing Director, shares her experience wading into a cranberry bog with New York City kids and Martha Stewart to promote No Kid Hungry with our partner Ocean Spray.
Tags: corporate giving, new york city, no kid hungry - Poverty and Child Nutrition [ No comments]
- September 17, 2010
On September 15, the U.S. Census Bureau confirmed that the ranks of the working- poor have climbed to the highest level since the 1960s.
Tags: Child Nutrition Reauthorization, no kid hungry, poverty - Nourishing Communities with Creative Approaches [ No comments]
- June 23, 2010
Read about organizations that unite communities by establishing partnerships and broad networks to connect hungry kids with food--part of the final group of nominees for Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Innovation Awards.
Tags: afterschool programs, Innovation Awards, No Kid Hungry, school breakfast - Beyond the Lunch Line: Feeding Kids When School Is Out [ No comments]
- June 2, 2010
Hunger in America’s Classrooms: Share Our Strength’s Teachers Report (Nov. 2009) revealed how deep and pervasive the problem of childhood hunger is our schools. According to the national survey, 64%...
Tags: Innovation Awards, No Kid Hungry, summer meals - Shared Strengths, Shared Stories on Walk to End Childhood Hunger [ No comments]
- May 11, 2010
Managing Director Pat Nicklin walked in New York City on Mother’s Day as part of O Magazine’s Live Your Best Life Walk. She helped lead Share Our Strength’s Team No...
Tags: childhood hunger, no kid hungry, oprah - Helping Other Mothers This Mother's Day [ No comments]
- April 21, 2010
My son Thomas and his friend Swep have always been good sports about joining me for Share Our Strength fundraising events. Somehow, when they were 10 years old, I got...
Tags: childhood hunger, No Kid Hungry, oprah - Join Oprah and Support Share Our Strength [ No comments]
- March 17, 2010
Share Our Strength is proud to announce that O, The Oprah Magazine, has selected us as one of 10 charities to benefit from their “Live Your Best Life” Walk on...
Tags: childhood hunger, childhood hunger strategy, No Kid Hungry, oprah - The Hunger-Obesity Paradox [ 1 comment]
- March 4, 2010
Last week I appeared at the Fun and Fit Symposium, part of the Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Joining me on the panel entitled No Kid Hungry,...
Tags: change, child nutrition act, childhood hunger, childhood obesity - Child Nutrition Reauthorization [ No comments]
- February 9, 2010
Yesterday, when the big snow in Washington cancelled USDA’s press conference, Secretary Tom Vilsack released the Obama White House’s legislative priorities for Child Nutrition Reauthorization. The eight priorities focus almost...
Tags: Child Nutrition Reauthorization, childhood hunger, childhood hunger strategy
