Dawn Pierce is a licensed practical nurse and certified hospice and palliative care licensed nurse. She is a community advocate who makes the connection between hunger and health in a personal way: she has told her story of losing her job and needing food stamps at Bread for the World’s National Gathering, in the Institute’s 2016 Hunger Report, and on a White House panel with Representative Jim McGovern. Pierce serves on the Alliance to End Hunger Advisory Council and the Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force board of directors, is a community advocate for the Idaho Food Bank, and is a former member of the RESULTS Experts on Poverty Cohort. She is Roman Catholic.
Boise, Idaho
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