Meet the Team

Board of Directors 2025-2026 

Cathy Zollinger  Executive Director

Carol Schuler  President

Linda Samuels  Treasurer

Linda grew up in Corvallis but now enjoys living in rural Benton county. After graduating from Oregon State, she worked for many years as a pharmacist and pharmacy instructor at the Student Health Center at OSU. Working with and for college students was wonderful. Her time at the food bank began with the crew from her church that helps receive the LBFS orders. Linda joined the board in 2018 and was asked to work with the then treasurer as she wanted to reduce her time and eventually retire from the board. She has helped food bank shoppers in the past and is now also enjoying being part of the Tuesday restocking team.

Nancy Gill   Assistant Treasurer 

Jean Spicher  Secretary

Jean, along with her spouse, recently moved to Oregon from Colorado to live in a place that’s easier to grow a larger variety of food.  She’s a retired RN and spent the last part of her working life on the prevention side of healthcare; educating people about disease prevention through lifestyle changes.  Because of her desire to connect with her new community and her experience seeing how food impacts people’s health that she ended up volunteering at the foodbank. In her free time, she enjoys exploring the PNW, mushroom foraging, and hiking with friends.

Corinne Butzin  Board Member

Corinne is a native Oregonian, raised on a fruit orchard.  She learned to share and give to others through her parent's and church guidance.  She has been a volunteer at the South Corvallis Food Bank  for 18 years.  It's always great for her to see the teamwork of the staff and volunteers that make the food bank successful.  As well as the smiling clients as they leave with their bags and boxes of food.  

Jana Compton  Board Member, Internship Coordinator

Jana Compton, scientist by training, has been working at South Corvallis Food Bank for over two years.  She started working check in with her daughter during the pandemic and immediately saw the importance and impact of the work here.  Now helps prepare the newsletter and works with interns. 

Kelly Honeychurch  Board Member

Shelby Sprague  Board Member

A lifelong volunteer, Shelby began tutoring international students while in college. After graduation, she joined the Peace Corps and served two years teaching English in Botswana. When she returned, Shelby attended graduate school, married a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer and started a family. In 2012, her family moved to Corvallis and she became an active volunteer in her children’s schools, the South Corvallis Food Bank, the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center and served on the Benton Community Foundation Grants & Scholarship Committees. A recent empty nester, Shelby is eager to devote more time and energy to her work at the food bank, in addition to pursuing her interests in creative writing and travel.