A new CEO with a background in international relief services has been named to head the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.

Elizabeth "Liz" Pfifer will join the Food Bank in November as chief executive officer and president. She replaces Mike Manning who announced plans to retire in December after more than 20 years of leading the organization.

Pfifer worked for more than two decades with Catholic Relief Services, in the U.S., Africa and Asia. Most recently, she served as the organization's director of workforce development, for a workforce of approximately 6,000.

During her work in Africa, Pfifer tackled a number of issues including reducing food insecurity in Madagascar, providing emergency assistance for a food crisis in Niger, dealing with the South Sudanese refugee crisis and serving as

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