Dr. Dawn Opel is the Food Banks Vertical Lead at RKD Group, where she shapes fundraising and marketing strategy for the sector and works with food banks across the Feeding America network. Before joining RKD, she was President and Chief Innovation Officer at the Food Bank Council of Michigan. There she helped grow food-as-medicine programs and strengthen collaboration among the state's food banks. Dawn is a lawyer and researcher whose work connects hunger relief, healthcare and public policy.