Carrie Kirk
亚特兰大
新利luckENR 8/22-29/15 p。18
Kirk expanded design-based anti-hunger nonprofit from its North American base to a global presence.
Cheri Melillo及其设计管理协会的同事于1992年创立了Cantruction。该慈善机构以使用罐头食品为结构元素的设计比赛的启发。该慈善机构展示了工程和建筑领域的人才和创造力，从而使食品银行受益。
By the time Melillo succumbed to brain cancer in 2009, her volunteer efforts as president and executive director had grown the nonprofit organization’s presence to cities across the U.S. and Canada. Her extended family wanted to make sure her good works continued, so her husband’s nephew, Nick Telesca, stepped in as the organization’s executive director. Telesca, a real estate developer, quickly realized that the job required full-time commitment, so he handed the reins to his wife, Carrie Kirk.
柯克（Kirk）出售了她的电信塔业务，“股市开始滑行大约一个月。我基本上只是在照顾自己的投资，”她说。她很快发现，坎建筑是一种令人钦佩，高可见的努力，不幸的是，这是不可持续的。“ Cheri基本上将它从她的家中跑出来，几乎是一个单身女子的表演。她跑了一艘紧身的船，但罐头结构是爱的劳动，而不是现金流阳性。”
柯克（Kirk）在为纳尔科（Nalco）和运营商（Nalco and Carrier）工作之前获得了塔尔萨大学（Tulsa）的机械工程学位，他开发了她的企业家技能，建立了一家回收公司和两家电信公司。她认为，罐头结构是重塑和重组的好处。
The organization moved from New York City to Atlanta, hired a staff, commissioned a new logo, overhauled the participation structure and implemented new competition guidelines. “We were cash flow-positive within a year,” Kirk says.
Extending Canstruction’s reach meant more people in more countries. The organization boasts some 10,000 volunteers across some 30 countries since 2010. “In 2015, food banks hosted 51% of our efforts,” she says.
