'Disgusting': Minnesota Lawmakers Probe Outgoing Food Bank CEO's $721 Thousand Salary as Residents Face Hunger

‘Disgusting’: Minnesota Lawmakers Probe Outgoing Food Bank CEO’s $721 Thousand Salary as Residents Face Hunger


The CEO of a nonprofit that helps feed people in Minnesota is under the microscope for the salary she reportedly earned in one year.

The issue surrounds Second Harvest Heartland CEO Allison O’Toole, who apparently raked in $721,000 in 2022, Alpha News reported on Wednesday.

The article said her earnings came as the nonprofit lobbied for taxpayer funds and issued warnings about the problem of people going hungry across the state.

In January, a study — conducted by Second Harvest Heartland with a research organization — found that one in five households in Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) Minnesota are food insecure, per Fox 9.

“Second Harvest Heartland said this is the first time it has ever conducted its own statewide hunger study,” the article

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