Erik Hicks
CEO-Integrator
Erik Hicks steers Metro Caring’s efforts to combat hunger and advance food justice. With a strong background in youth and community development, Erik leads systems-level strategies to ensure equitable access to nutrition and long-term economic stability.
As Metro Caring’s CEO-Integrator, Erik oversees the operations of the organization, prioritizes ideas, executes the strategic plan, manages staff, and supervises financial management and revenue generation. Erik first joined Metro Caring in October 2017 as the Chief Development Officer and quickly began putting his fundraising knowledge to work, managing all individual, corporate, and foundation opportunities, as well as community outreach and public communications.
Previously, Erik served as the Manager of Volunteer Services and Individual Giving at Growing Home in Westminster, CO where he managed over 1,000 volunteers over the organization’s three programmatic areas. While at Growing Home, Erik also built a strong portfolio of individual and corporate donors further developing the organization’s goal to financial sustainability. Prior to Growing Home, Erik worked with the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Denver, where he gained insurmountable experience in youth development while working in Denver’s inner city. Erik has a deep passion for anti-poverty work and believes in Metro Caring’s mission of offering comprehensive programming to break the cycle of food insecurity, ultimately ending hunger at its root.
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Erik Hicks
As Metro Caring’s CEO-Integrator, Erik oversees the operations of the organization, prioritizes ideas, executes the strategic plan, manages staff, and supervises financial management and revenue generation. Erik first joined Metro Caring in October 2017 as the Chief Development Officer and quickly began putting his fundraising knowledge to work, managing all individual, corporate, and foundation opportunities, as well as community outreach and public communications.
Previously, Erik served as the Manager of Volunteer Services and Individual Giving at Growing Home in Westminster, CO where he managed over 1,000 volunteers over the organization’s three programmatic areas. While at Growing Home, Erik also built a strong portfolio of individual and corporate donors further developing the organization’s goal to financial sustainability. Prior to Growing Home, Erik worked with the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Denver, where he gained insurmountable experience in youth development while working in Denver’s inner city. Erik has a deep passion for anti-poverty work and believes in Metro Caring’s mission of offering comprehensive programming to break the cycle of food insecurity, ultimately ending hunger at its root.
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