Our Executive Team

Rae Hollenback | Executive Director

With 30 years of Child Nutrition experience in small, medium and large school districts in Florida (Palm Beach, Martin, Leon and Osceola) and Georgia (Area Specialist for the Georgia Department of Education).

  • Helped form the P.O.W.E.R. Buying Group in 1999/2000. Has held numerous positions within the group from Committee Chair to Group Chair.

  • Bachelors Degree in Dietetics from Florida State University.

  • Masters Degree in Administration and Supervision from Florida Atlantic University.

  • SNS certified since 2006.

  • Retired as Director of School Nutrition Services for the Osceola County School District in Kissimmee, Florida, November 2018.

Contact Information
Email – powerbuyinggroup@gmail.com

Our Executive Structure

  • Executive Team Members must be active P.O.W.E.R. Buying Group members and play a key role in guiding the group’s purchasing decisions and standards.

  • Executive Board Members are authorized to vote on the approval or denial of awarded food and supply products, as well as on policies and procedures established for the benefit of all members.

  • Executive Committee Members support this process by contributing subject-matter expertise related to the products, operations, and processes reviewed by the Executive Board, helping ensure informed, strategic decision-making across the organization.

PBG Group Executive Committe

  • Director Food and Nutrition School Board of Highlands County, FL

    Central Florida Sysco Division

  • Assistant Director School Way Cafe School District of Volusia County, FL

    Jacksonville Sysco Division

  • Director of School Nutrition Walton County School District

    Gulf Coast Sysco Division

  • School Nutrition Services Supervisor Osceola County School District

    Central Florida Sysco Division

  • Food and Nutrition Services Walton County School District

  • Registered Dietician Food and Nutrition Services Charlotte County School District

  • Food Service Supervisor Food and Nutrition Services Indian River County School District

Sysco Divisions

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Our Members

  • Baker County School District Logo with a shield with 4 icons. A Graduation cap and a rolled diploma. Herme's Winged Foot. A stringed instrument. Scroll with a feather quill.

    Baker County School District

    Sysco Division: Jacksonville

    SNS Director Tonya Tarte

    Product Review Kristie Shook

    Student Enrollment: 4,500

    Number of Schools: 6

  • Calhoun County School District Logo with a tree inside a circle

    Calhoun County School District

    Sysco Division: Gulf Coast

    SNS Director Debbie Williams

    Product Review Yolanda Pittman

    Student Enrollment: 2,000

    Number of Schools: 4

  • Charlotte County Public Schools 1921 Logo with the state of Florida and an open book.

    Charlotte County School District

    Sysco Division: West Florida

    SNS Director Chef Bill Siebert

    Product Review Allison Harris

    RD Chelsea Payne

    Student Enrollment: 20,000

    Number of Schools: 20

  • CCPS Collier County Public Schools Logo with a blue and green open book

    Collier County School District

    Sysco Division: West Florida

    SNS Director Elizabeth Alfaro

    Product Review Irina Ghviniashvili

    Student Enrollment: 46,538

    Number of Schools: 54

  • Gadsden County School District FL with an open book and an apple surrounded by a circle

    Gadsden County School District

    Sysco Division: Gulf Coast

    SNS Director Samuel Burgess

    Product Review Lisa Chavers

    Student Enrollment: 4,397

    Number of Schools: 11

  • Hardee County School District Logo with an open book with a human figure reaching for a star

    Hardee County School District

    Sysco Division: Central Florida

    SNS Director Leigh LaJeunesse

    Product Review Leigh LaJeunesse

    Student Enrollment: 5,000

    Number of Schools: 6

  • Highlands County School District logo with a human figure reaching for a star

    Highlands County School District

    Sysco Division: Central Florida

    SNS Director Tim Thompson

    Product Review Sheryl Wilson

    Student Enrollment: 12,200

    Number of Schools: 16

  • Indian River County School District Logo with a schoolhouse icon with the slogan Stronger Together

    Indian River County School District

    Sysco Division: Southeast Florida

    SNS Director Mr. Shawn O’Keefe

    Product Review Mellisa Toperzer

    Student Enrollment: 14,320

    Number of Schools: 21

  • Liberty County School District Logo with a gold and silver shield

    Liberty County School District

    Sysco Division: Gulf Coast

    SNS Director Stacie Fant

    Product Review Stacie Fant

    Student Enrollment: 1,145

    Number of Schools: 4

  • Osceola County School District logo with a florida native american on a seal beside the words The School District of Osceola County, Florida. Every day is day one!

    Osceola County School District

    Sysco Division: Central Florida

    SNS Director Judith Gordan

    Product Review Hilary Pouin

    Student Enrollment: 67,000

    Number of Schools: 68

  • St. Lucie Public Schools An A Rated Destination District with a stylized A in front of a yellow, orange, and blue circle

    St. Lucie County School District

    Sysco Division: Southeast Florida

    SNS Director Deborah Wuest

    Product Review Curtis Chambers

    Student Enrollment: 55,000

    Number of Schools: 49

  • True North Classical Academy with a classical column in front of a purple half oval.

    True North Charter Group

    Sysco Division: Southeast Florida

    Consultant Carol Chong

    Student Enrollment: 1,800

    Number of Schools: 4

  • Volusia County Schools Logo with a graduation cap placed on top of the O in Volusia.

    Volusia County School District

    Sysco Division: Jacksonville

    SNS Director Heather DeMeola

    Product Review Valerie Hansen

    RD Karen Mazza

    Buyer Dana Self-Gross

    Student Enrollment: 60,148

    Number of Schools: 68

  • Walton County School District logo with a graduation cap with a big W

    Walton County School District

    Sysco Division: Gulf Coast

    SNS Director & PBG District Rep Robert Martin

    Product Review Tricia Owens

    Student Enrollment: 11,500

    Number of Schools: 17