EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Amy Colin was named Executive Director in October 2024. She has leadership experience in developing and executing strategic membership plans and maximizing program effectiveness. She was Interim Chief Operating Officer with Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri, an organization serving 25,000 members with volunteers and a staff of 67 employees. She also served as Vice-President of Mission Delivery, Senior Director of Membership, and Director of Membership and Volunteer Engagement with this organization.

Colin holds a bachelor of arts from the University of Central Missouri and a Certification of Volunteer Administration. She and her husband reside in Bluffton.

 DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR

Angelica (Angel) Marcinkoski joined Second Helpings in April 2023. She has more than nine years of experience in program development, customer service, training, and grant-writing, most recently with Beaufort County Government.

Marcinkoski holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food Science, a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Georgia Southern University, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Lander University. She and her family reside in Bluffton.

PRESIDENT

Mary Ann Bell joined the Second Helpings board in 2020 and has been Board President since 2022.

She is a CPA from Pittsburgh who spent 30 years at the H.J. Heinz Company, Kraft Heinz, and WESCO International in various finance leadership roles, including business planning, strategy, and investor relations. In 2016, she was honored by the Pennsylvania Diversity Council with a Most Powerful and Influential Woman Award, and in 2024, she was named the Beaufort Deanery Catholic Woman of the Year. 

 VICE PRESIDENT

Alan George joined the Second Helpings board in 2024. He is a retired marketing executive from H. J. Heinz and Brown-Forman, and has worked as a consultant specializing in strategic planning and organization development for consumer packaged goods companies and advertising agencies.
A native of West Virginia, George and his wife moved to Hilton Head Island in 2014, and he became a Second Helpings truck volunteer. He became the Hilton Head Friday day captain in 2022. He has also been a board member of First Tee and the Italian-American Club of Hilton Head, and is a current member of the Knights of Columbus at Holy Family Catholic Church.

TREASURER

Ted Stevenson has been the Treasurer of Second Helpings since 2015. He first joined Second Helpings in 2011 as a truck volunteer. He has made important contributions to the health and safety of our truck volunteers, implementing a process for timely fleet service and vehicle replacement and creating a new insurance program.

Prior to his involvement with Second Helpings, Stevenson volunteered with The Literacy Center, offering reading and math tutoring. He also participated in the United Way’s third grade reading program.

SECRETARY 

Patrick (Pat) Murphy was elected to the Second Helpings board in 2024. He was an attorney, mediator and arbitrator in private practice in South Florida and a member of the board of directors of the Deerfield Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Deerfield Senior Center For Aging and Alzheimer Day Care Center before moving to HHI.

Murphy has volunteered with Second Helpings since 2020. He has been affiliated with the Sea Pines Men’s Club, the 100 Men and Women Who Care, Safe Harbour, the  Lowcountry Legal Volunteers, and the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs of HHI.

Andy Cook re-joined the Second Helpings board in 2021 after previous terms as a board member from 2014 until 2019, including service as vice president from 2017-2019. He chaired the 2017 Second Helpings’ Share the Bounty fundraiser. Cook’s grandmother-in-law was the first executive director of Second Helpings, so he has a long-time association with the organization.

Cook is a financial advisor and Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley on Hilton Head, and was named to the 2024 Forbes Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisors Best-In-State Ranking. He is also involved with the Kiwanis Club of Hilton Head and The Deep Well Project.

Jeff Kravis joined the Second Helpings board in 2023. A retired Wells Fargo executive, Kravis has an MBA from New York University and more than 30 years of financial and analytical experience. He is a volunteer truck driver and a key member of Second Helpings’ Farmers Fresh produce initiative, developing relationships with local farmers to supplement rescued food.

Kravis and his wife moved to the Beaufort area from Charlotte, where he prepared and delivered food to the homebound. He also helped with food preparation and distribution at a food bank and shelter.

Kim Nicholson of Beaufort volunteers for Second Helpings at the Port Royal Farmers’ Market. She and her husband, Keith, are also Second Helpings truck volunteers. Nicholson recently retired from the agribusiness industry, where she achieved much success in strategy, general management, sales, operations, and marketing. She was most recently Vice President of Ag Technology and Innovation for The Mosaic Company. Nicholson has served on the board of Rantizo (provider of drone technology solutions for agriculture) and three venture capital firms. She is an advisory board member of the Cultivator AgTech Accelerator. She earned a Bachelor of Science, Soil and Crop Sciences from Purdue University.