Jacqueline DeCarlo
Jackie’s professional background is in education and not-for-profit management, and she has promoted economic and social justice within communities around the United States, in Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Originally an elementary school teacher, Jackie became involved in international programming at the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), developing USCRI’s first overseas direct service programs in Croatia and Rwanda. Jackie directed an AmeriCorps program focused on pesticide safety for farmworkers in a dozen states and worked for eight years at Catholic Relief Services, leading its Fair-Trade program expansion in the United States and supporting anti-hunger work in Ghana, India, Madagascar, Nicaragua, and the West Bank.
Currently serving as Manna Food Center’s Chief Executive Officer, Jackie is responsible for the strategic development of the largest community-based organization in Montgomery County Maryland working towards “Food for All.” She leads a team of 50+ professionals sharing food, educating, and advocating across Montgomery County reaching more than 50,000 neighbors.
In March 2018 Jackie received the international Women Stop Hunger award from Sodexo in Paris, France, in recognition of her record of successful social entrepreneurship and the innovations launched with her team at Manna. In November 2020 Jackie was named by the Daily Record as one of Maryland’s Most Admired CEOs, and she was named Community Builder of the Year, May 2021 by the Montgomery County Literacy Council. In 2022 Jackie received the Executive Business Leader Award from University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC).
Jackie obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia, earned her M.S. from UMGC, and was awarded a scholarship to attend the Harvard Business School’s July 2016 Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management program, one of the highlights of her commitment to lifelong learning. Jackie’s ongoing commitment to economic justice and responsible consumption is nurtured through her place of worship, the Bethesda Friends (Quaker) Meeting. Jackie and her spouse, Kristen Moe, live in Kensington Heights, MD. In her free time Jackie enjoys yoga, gardening, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.