Sally Yan
About Sally Yan
Sally Yan serves as the Manager of Member Grants at Feeding America, where she has worked since 2021. She holds a Master of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and has extensive experience in public health and nutrition.
Current Role at Feeding America
Sally Yan serves as the Manager of Member Grants at Feeding America, a position she has held since 2021. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing grant management and ensuring that member organizations receive the necessary funding to support their initiatives. Her work focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of grant programs and fostering partnerships within the community. She operates in the Washington DC-Baltimore area, contributing to Feeding America's mission to alleviate hunger across the nation.
Previous Experience at Feeding America
Sally Yan previously worked at Feeding America in two capacities. She served as a Member Grants Specialist for nine months in 2021, where she focused on grant management and support for member organizations. Prior to that, from 2015 to 2017, she was part of the Child Hunger Corps in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota area. In this role, she worked on initiatives aimed at reducing child hunger and improving food access for vulnerable populations.
Education and Expertise
Sally Yan holds a Master of Science in Public Health with a concentration in Human Nutrition from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which she completed from 2017 to 2019. She also earned a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology and Human Biology from Emory University, where she studied from 2011 to 2015. Her academic background equips her with a strong foundation in public health and nutrition, enhancing her effectiveness in her current role.
Professional Background
Before her current position, Sally Yan gained diverse experience in public health and project management. She worked as a Project Manager of Data and Evaluation at the Family League of Baltimore from 2019 to 2020. Additionally, she served as a Research Assistant at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from 2017 to 2019. Earlier in her career, she was a Global Health Assistant at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for three months in 2014 and completed an internship at Write2Market during the same year.