Welcome Casey Carr, COO
We are pleased to announce the hiring of Casey Carr as our new Chief Operating Officer. Casey will join our leadership team and help guide organizational strategy, internal operations, and program integration during a season of continued growth and deepening community impact.
Casey brings more than a decade of leadership experience in nonprofit management, philanthropy, fundraising, and organizational development. Most recently, she served as Chief Operating Officer at Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation, where she led strategic planning, managed organizational growth, and strengthened systems supporting staff, programs, and long-term sustainability.
“Casey brings a rare combination of operational excellence and deeply relational leadership,” said C.J. Sentell, CEO of The Nashville Food Project. “She understands that healthy systems are ultimately about people, about creating the conditions where trust can grow, teams can thrive, and mission can flourish. We are grateful to welcome her to The Nashville Food Project.”
Founded in 2011, The Nashville Food Project brings people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in Nashville. Through urban agriculture, scratch-made meals, and collaborative food access programs, we work toward a vision of vibrant community food security in which everyone has access to the food they want and need through a just and sustainable food system.
Casey’s experience spans operations, fundraising, people management, and community engagement. Across her career, she has focused on building organizations where mission and culture reinforce one another, aligning systems, strategy, and relationships in service of lasting impact.
“The Nashville Food Project models a kind of community our city deeply needs,” said Carr. “Food has the power to connect people, restore dignity, and cultivate belonging. I’m honored to join an organization so committed to hospitality, justice, and shared stewardship, and I look forward to supporting the staff and community partners who make this work possible every day.”
In her role as Chief Operating Officer, Casey will oversee key internal operations and support collaboration across our programs, people, and strategic initiatives.
As Nashville continues to face growing challenges around food access, housing instability, and economic inequity, we remain committed to building a more connected and resilient food system, one relationship, one meal, and one neighborhood at a time.
