People in Business
Share welcomed two new board directors in September: Carlos Rodriguez-Vega, independent owner/operator of the Orchards Grocery Outlet, and Nolan Yalos-Gonzalez, senior project manager at Workforce Southwest Washington.
“We are honored to welcome Carlos and Nolan to Share’s board of directors,” said Amy Reynolds, executive director. “We believe their leadership skills and dedicated service will help to empower our organization as we envision a community where all people have safe and affordable housing, enough nutritious food to eat, equitable access to education, employment and health care services to enhance their quality of life and where diversity of people and ideas are respected, with equity, inclusion and dignity for all.”
Rodriguez-Vega’s career with Grocery Outlet dates to 2003 when he was the co-manager at Oregon City Grocery Outlet before moving to the Hollywood Grocery Outlet. After 12 years in management, he, along with partner Ken Cole, became an independent owner/operator of Vancouver Grocery Outlet in 2015 and then of Orchards Grocery Outlet in 2021. Rodriguez-Vega, Cole and their team have supported Share for the past eight years helping to raise more than $70,000 in financial donations and nonperishable food donations through the annual Independence from Hunger drive.
Yalos-Gonzalez has been a senior project manager at Workforce Southwest Washington since July 2022. Previous work experience includes seven years at Washington State University Vancouver as a senior manager, experiential learning and community engagement; senior manager, business growth MAP; assistance manager, Student Resource Center; and lead career counselor.
