Adriana Buck, MA
Adriana received her Bachelor's degree from Sonoma State University in Environmental Studies. Dedicated to educating and inspiring people, she pursued a Master's degree in Social Marketing, the promotion of behaviors as opposed to products. Realizing that the tools she acquired could be used to raise awareness of all kinds of issues, Adriana decided to put her skills to use in the nonprofit sector. While working on fund development for the Grassroots Leadership Network of Marin, Adriana joined the Beyond Hunger board to consult in matters relating to marketing and development.

Andrea DeLeo
Andrea has over 3 years of experience in nonprofit fundraising, most recently in healthcare. She works at St. Mary’s Medical Center Foundation, where she cultivates and stewards donors for various causes within the hospital. Andrea comes to Beyond Hunger with a journalism degree, which she decided to use in the nonprofit sector through various communication and development positions. Having dealt with body image issues since a young age and having overcome eating disorders in college/post-college, she is thrilled to be giving back and helping an organization that is so close to her heart. One of Andrea's dreams is to help people suffering from eating disorders see that they are beautiful inside and out and that there are plenty of resources to help them overcome their disorder.

Laurelee Roark, MA, CCHT, Co-founder of Beyond Hunger
Laurelee Roark, MA, CCHT, has facilitated support groups, workshops and lectured about eating disorders for more than twenty years. She is the co-founder of Beyond Hunger, and currently works for Beyond Hunger facilitating weekly groups and quarterly workshops, and training therapists. She also runs the peer education program, training teen girls to do prevention work by lecturing in the schools about intuitive eating, body image and emotional intelligence. She travels and lectures all over the country and has ßbeen featured on televisions, radio, newspaper articles and magazines as a specialist in the field of body image and eating disorders.

Laurelee is the co-author of "It's Not About Food"?�, Putnam,1999, which was re-issued in 2008. "It'?s Not About Food" is a compassionate, supportive book that can help women break the cycle of bingeing and dieting by going deep within, listening to the wisdom of the body and taking care of the self. She has also co-authored the book "??Over It, a Teens Guide to Getting Beyond the Obsession with Food and Weight"?�, New World Library, 2000. Specifically for teens, this book explores the behaviors that lead to eating disordered and the cultural, emotional and physical reasons girls obsess about food and weight.

Her be newest book, "Your Name Is Edith, A Mother and Daughter Love Story"?�, is now out and can found at your favorite bookstore. For more information please contact Laurelee at Beyond Hunger, 415-459-2270, www.beyondhunger.org, or call her directly at 415-497-8910 or www.laureleeroark.com.