Food Secure Nation

Dr. Phil Knight Gerry Brisson
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Food Secure Nation Hosted by award-winning radio hosts, Dr. Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson, Food Secure Nation explores each piece of the food security puzzle, how they connect, and where leaders, organizations, and everyday people across the country can create the most impact.

  1. Food Secure Nation with Kurt Reiber - Success and Significance

    Jun 13

    Food Secure Nation with Kurt Reiber - Success and Significance

    What happens when success is no longer enough? Retiring Freestore Foodbank CEO Kurt Reiber joins Dr. Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson to discuss leadership, legacy, and his journey from banking and law to nonprofit leadership. The episode also introduces Veera, Food Secure Nation's new AI Research Analyst, who explores research on the growing movement of business leaders pursuing purpose-driven careers in the nonprofit sector.

    42 min
  2. Food Secure Nation - Shaping Systems While Seeing People

    May 31

    Food Secure Nation - Shaping Systems While Seeing People

    Triada Stampas is a systems thinker who has high policy intelligence along with a strong desire to learn and that makes her a perfect candidate to help lead this work to the next threshold of food security.

    42 min
  3. Food Secure Nation - Leading Beyond Success

    May 18

    Food Secure Nation - Leading Beyond Success

    Food Security, Leadership, Success, Significance, 2nd Career - Purpose

    38 min
  4. Food Secure Nation_If We Are Serious About Outcomes, Partnership Isn't Optional

    May 3

    Food Secure Nation_If We Are Serious About Outcomes, Partnership Isn't Optional

    In this episode of Food Secure Nation, we sit down with Brian McGrain of Michigan Community Action to explore what it takes to move from disconnected efforts to coordinated solutions. Families don’t experience our systems—they experience whether life works. Real impact happens when organizations align their strengths, navigate the gaps, and work together to meet real-life needs.

    38 min
  5. Food Secure Nation with Jason Jakubowski - Competence Leads to Trust

    Apr 26

    Food Secure Nation with Jason Jakubowski - Competence Leads to Trust

    In this episode of Food Secure Nation, Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson welcome Jason Jakubowski, president and CEO of Connecticut Foodshare, for a conversation about leadership, trust, and the power of doing hard things well. Jason shares the story behind merging two legacy food banks into one unified statewide organization—an effort that strengthened efficiency, amplified impact, and created a single voice for fighting food insecurity across Connecticut. More than a story about structure, this episode highlights what happens when courage, competence, and mission come together to better serve families and communities.

    38 min
  6. Food Secure Nation: Leadership - Part Art, Part Science with guest Dan Flowers

    Apr 19

    Food Secure Nation: Leadership - Part Art, Part Science with guest Dan Flowers

    Leadership isn’t just about getting it right—it’s about how you show up when it matters most. In this episode of Food Secure Nation, Dan Flowers—CEO of the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank and one of the most respected voices in the Feeding America network—joins Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson for a candid, deeply human conversation about what it really takes to lead. With nearly three decades in the work, Dan unpacks the tension between conviction and collaboration, the power of relationships, and the courage required to navigate an increasingly divided world. If you care about leadership that lasts—and work that brings people together—this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

    38 min
  7. FSN_Funding Fuels the Mission, Innovation and Sustainability

    Apr 12

    FSN_Funding Fuels the Mission, Innovation and Sustainability

    Behind every meal served is a system most people never see. In this episode, Liz Lowe shares her journey from growing up in a food-insecure household to helping organizations across the country build sustainable funding strategies. Alongside Phil and Gerry Brisson, she explores how funding, relationships, and lived experience come together to shape what’s possible in the fight for food security.

    37 min

  8. Apr 4

    FSN_Know Better Do Better, LLC - Creating Connections to Drive Progress

    This episode goes beyond inspiration and gets to the real challenge at the heart of food security: not a lack of caring, not a lack of ideas, but a lack of connection. Dr. Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson reflect on decades of experience to unpack why so much good work struggles to scale, and why better frameworks, shared learning, and the Six Dimensions of Food Security may be the key to moving from isolated effort to real national progress. If you want to understand what connects the voices, vision, and momentum behind Food Secure Nation, this is the episode that brings it all together.

    38 min
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Food Secure Nation Hosted by award-winning radio hosts, Dr. Phil Knight and Gerry Brisson, Food Secure Nation explores each piece of the food security puzzle, how they connect, and where leaders, organizations, and everyday people across the country can create the most impact.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Phil Knight Gerry Brisson
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    Food Secure Nation

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