Executive Committee
and Governing Board

Food Yoga International

Staff

Paul Rodney Turner

Co-founder and Executive Director

President

Mr. Turner co-founded Food Yoga International, formerly Food for Life Global in 1995. He is a former monk, a veteran of the World Bk, entrepreneur, holistic life coach, a vegan chef and author of 6 books, including, FOOD YOGA - Nourishing Body, Mind, and Soul and the Food for Life Training Manual. Turner has traveled to 72 countries over the last 40 years helping to establish Food for Life projects, train volunteers, and document their success.

Nobuko Yoshida Bernard

Bookkeeper

Bookeeper

Josefina Ramirez

Assistant to Director

Administrative assistant to the executive director. Josefina provides numerous services, including, email management, data entry, donor relations management, online research, volunteer recruiting, calendar management and social media management.

Juliana Castaneda

VP and Affiliate Manager

Vice President and International Affiliate manager for Food Yoga International Director and co-founder of Juliana's Animal Sanctuary, a non-profit charity teaching equality for all animals through direct interaction and education.

Josefina Ramirez

Customer Service

Her work at the organization includes email management, live chat, contact center (phone), data entry and donor relations management.

Rodion Mamin

SEO Manager

SEO management, SEO marketing, and technical support

Stuardo Rodriguez

Web Server Admin

Stuardo is a blockchain and PHP developer and manages our AWS sever.

Leila Hanley

TikTok Ambassador

Managing our TikTok account

Felipe Castaneda

Social Media Manager

Managing our social media accounts, including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Linda Ekizian

‎Business Development Specialist

Cultivates partnerships, secures funding, and spearheads strategic initiatives to further our mission and broaden our reach.

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Food for Life Global

Board of Directors

Paul Rodney Turner

Board Member

Mr. Turner co-founded Food Yoga International, formerly Food for Life Global in 1995. He is a former monk, a veteran of the World Bank, an entrepreneur, holistic life coach,, vegan chef and author of 6 books, including, FOOD YOGA, How to Build a Successful Food Relief and the Food for Life Training Manual. Turner has traveled to 72 countries over the last 40 years helping to establish Food for Life projects, train volunteers, and document their success.

Juliana Castaneda

Board Member

Director and co-founder of Juliana's Animal Sanctuary, a non-profit charity teaching equality for all animals through direct interaction and education.

Luz Stella Rodriguez

Board Member

Luz is a copy editor, translator, and social entrepreneur.

Rupal Mehta

Board Member

Analysis & accounting professional. Rupal is also a Classical Feng Shui and Vaastu Expert.

Food for Life Global

Advisory Board

Dr. Ravi Khatanhar

Dr. Ravi Khatanhar is responsible for the operations of the Trust and is the National Managing Program Director for Food for Life Annamrita that serves over 1.3 million meals daily in India. He has qualified as a Dental Surgeon from Nair Hospital Dental College, University of Bombay and was in private practice from 1969 to 1986. He was President of Lions Club of Vile Parle East in 1980.

Pietro Paolinelli

Founder and Director of Food for Life Vrindavan a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the poorest women and children in the Vrindavan, India (120 Km south of New Delhi). The charity offers education, medical service, and meals to over 1500 of the poorest children in India, as well as social development, environmental services, and cow protection.

Danijela Milicevic

Also known as Dahani devi dasi, she has been working for Food for Life Serbia since the 1990s. She is a mother, an English language teacher, a translator and a sociologist with a special interest in the sociology of religion. She is a member of several NGOs in Serbia. With the new team of FFL Serbia, she has been working since October 2015.

Dr. Alice Schumann

As a social pedagogue, Dr. Alice Schumann does integration work for migrants and teaches German language in schools. She founded the public charity Food for Life Deutschland e.V. and supports emergency relief in different countries through fundraising and sponsorships.

Mitja Bitenc

Also known as Mrgendra das, Mitja is the manager of Govinda’s Vegetarian Restaurant in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He also runs regular cooking courses and his restaurant provides free meals for the underprivileged every day of the week.

David Reynolds

Mr. Reynolds is the director of PAWS, a non-profit based in Perth, Australia offering relief services for humans and animals. He also runs a successful vegan catering service called Prasadam that serves hundreds of thousands of meals annually.

Kosa Ely

Kosa Ely Is an award-winning artist and author of books for children, as well as a successful entrepreneur in the health and wellness industries. She is founded the Arts of Vaishnava Culture, an educational non-profit to support the arts and artists of the Vaishnava tradition for generations to come. She also owns her own Health and Nutrition products and services called Purium.

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Volunteer

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Food for Life Global is a 100% voluntarily funded organization

Keeping Things Transparent

Food for Life Global is a 100% voluntarily funded organization. For every $1 you give, 70 cents goes directly to programs supporting food relief. Of the remaining funds, 10 cents helps run Food for Life Global, including advocacy, training, education, and 20 cents goes towards raising the next $1 to help us continue our important work.