Chelsea Consalo

Chelsea Consalo serves as Chief Development Officer for the Vineland Soup Kitchen, Spirit and Truth Ministries, a nonprofit organization based in Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey. In this role, she manages fundraising efforts, oversees donor relations, and handles all marketing for the organization, which serves meals, toiletries, and clothing to the food insecure and homeless population. Consalo began her involvement with the organization as a volunteer approximately five years ago, later joining the board of directors for four years and serving as vice president before transitioning to a full-time staff position in January. Prior to this, she worked for 11 and a half years at her family's local produce business, Consolo Family Farms, where she became actively involved in industry boards, including as Secretary of the North American Blueberry Council Executive Board. She is a member of Women in Development, the New Jersey industry board, and the International Fresh Produce Association, for which she served as a career ambassador and student mentor. Consalo graduated from High Point University in 2014 with a business major, an entrepreneurship concentration, and a finance minor. She was her high school valedictorian and among the top 35 students in her class, and she received the Ollie Bienemie Jr. Endowed Scholarship for the best student in the School of Business. She also attended an agribusiness seminar at Harvard University.