Our Leadership Team
Meet Our Officers
Stephen Davis
President and CEO
Stephen Davis serves as the President and CEO of Harvesters. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Harvesters for seven years. Prior to Harvesters, he worked nearly 11 years with the Blue Valley Unified School District in Overland Park, Kansas as the Director of Budget and Business Operations. Prior to that, Stephen served more than eight years in the school food service industry as Director of Food and Nutrition Services and then later as Area Manager for Sodexho Management Services at facilities in Oregon, Nevada and California.
Stephen earned his MBA at Mid-America Nazarene University and a bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition from Washington State University. While at the Blue Valley School District, Stephen was a member of the Kansas Association of School Business Officials, serving as Vice President, President-Elect and then President in the 2014-2015 school year.
Stephen has served on many Feeding America national network committees, including: Co-Chair of the Disaster Response Advisory Council, Carbon Offset Task Force, Connect (IT) Council, Annual Leadership Conference Planning C-Suite Steering Committee, Member Engagement (Better Together) Committee, Contract Task Force Sub-Committee, Food Packing Task Force, Mid-West Regional Disaster Response Committee, USDA/TEFAP Task Force, and the Operations Technology Consortium.
Stephen was elected to the National Advisory Council (NAC) for Feeding America. He will take his seat in January 2025 to serve his initial 3-year term. There are 14 food bank CEOs who serve on the council to represent the 200 food banks in the network. Stephen is also a Board Member of Feeding Missouri and serves as a CEO leader in the Mountain Plains Feeding America Region Committee.
His community involvement includes time as a board member and board president of the Blue Valley Industrial Association and a board member for the Kansas City Industrial Council. He has also served on other community nonprofit boards in the Kansas City region and other ad hoc advisory groups within the region.
Robin Potts
Chief Financial Officer
Robin Potts is a financial professional with more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit and public accounting sectors. Currently, Robin serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Harvesters, where she oversees our organization’s finance and technology functions.
Robin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, and she was licensed as a CPA in 2001. After college, she worked in the public accounting industry for CBIZ, a position that was foundational in her training and prepared her to move into the nonprofit sector.
In her present role in the food banking industry, Robin serves on the Feeding America National Financial Leaders Steering Committee, a committee that addresses financial matters impacting the nation’s food banks. She is a past chair of this committee. Robin is an alumna of the Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She has been honored by CBIZ in their Women Transforming Business awards, and she has been recognized by the Kansas City Business Journal as a CFO of the Year.
Monic Houpe
Chief Operating Officer
Monic J. Houpe joined Harvesters in August 2021. She first served as Director of Agency Partnerships and Capacity and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2022. Monic oversees the operational, partner agency, and programmatic activities of the organization including the areas of Community Impact (Partner Relations, Food Security Programs, and Government Programs), Operations, and Food Sourcing & Inventory. Previously, Monic advanced through roles of increasing responsibility in Product Development/Brand Management and Information Technology at Hallmark for more than 21 years. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Webster University.
Monic is a servant leader who has made significant contributions to the local community. Currently, she serves on the board of directors for Reconciliation Services and works on several teams for her local church. She also previously served on the board of High Aspirations, the American Jazz Museum, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City’s Emerging Leaders Council. She acted as the volunteer BackSnack program leader for a decade and a half at Hallmark. Throughout her career, she has been a strong advocate for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Serving on multiple diversity councils including Executive Sponsor of Harvesters Diversity Council, as member coordinator for Hallmark’s inaugural African American ERG, and as a recruiter for diverse talent, she has dedicated her life to invoking change for others.
Monic represents Harvesters on the Feeding America Mid-West Disaster Preparedness Cohort, Operations Technology Consortium (OTC), COO Round Table, Kansas City local VOAD, Kansas VOAD, and Blue Valley Industrial Association. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration majoring in management information systems from Iowa State University. She also earned a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from the Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University.
Elizabeth Keever
Chief Resource Officer
Elizabeth has served as a member of the Lawrence Emergency Planning Committee, The Lawrence Community Shelter, Vice-President of the Douglas County Policy Council, Chair of LiveWell Lawrence/Douglas County, and Vice President of K-State Research and Extension.
Elizabeth Keever serves as Harvesters’ Chief Resource Officer, where she oversees fundraising, communications, volunteers, food drives and advocacy. Previously, Elizabeth was Chief Development Officer at Heartland Community Health Center in Lawrence, Kansas, from 2022 to August of 2024.
For nearly a decade, Elizabeth worked at Harvesters’ valued partner agency, Just Food, where she successfully orchestrated the launch of major fundraisers, notably the Kansas Food Truck Festival which drew a crowd of more than 5,000. Elizabeth’s drive to make a difference saw her expand the organization’s staffing, donations and capacity. As the Executive Director, she amplified Just Food’s outreach, initiating numerous essential programs and fostering key partnerships, including the collaboration with Heartland Community Health Center for the Care Cupboard project.
Elizabeth began her career as Finance Director for the Kansas Democratic Party, playing a pivotal part in the 2010 and 2012 election campaigns. She graduated from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies. In 2020, she received a Food Systems Leadership Certification from Iowa State University.
She is a graduate of the Leadership Lawrence and Leadership Kansas programs. In 2016, she was awarded the Don Volker Leadership Award from the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and in 2019 was included in the list of “Hawks to Watch” from the University of Kansas.
Angela Holcomb
Chief Human Resource Officer
Angela Holcomb is Chief Human Resource Officer at Harvesters where she plays a key role in shaping the organization’s people strategies. Prior to assuming the Officer position, Angela served as Director of Human Resources at Harvesters since 2016. Angela is also the former President of HR Forum, a leadership position that reflects her deep commitment to advancing the HR profession.
Angela studied psychology and public administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Bloch School of Business, which laid the foundation for her career.
Between undergraduate and graduate school, she worked with adults with developmental disabilities at Community Living Opportunities (CLO). It was here that Angela discovered her passion for helping people while improving environments to give individuals the chance to find their best selves.
