A New York-native, Barbara Bronstein has called Houston home for over 40 years. After graduating from Tufts University, she earned an MBA in Marketing from New York University. After a successful career marketing some of America's leading brands for Unilever, Mars, and Coca-Cola, Barbara founded Second Servings. Under her pro bono leadership, Second Servings has become one of the city’s fastest-growing nonprofits.

Barbara has been honored with the City of Houston’s “Hadassah Women Who Do” proclamation, Houston Woman Magazine’s “Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women” Award, the Houston Business Journal’s “Women Who Mean Business” Award, the “Mayor’s Proud Partner” Award, the Houston Humanitarian Award, the “Compassionate Action Leader” Award, and was named a “Houston Hero” by the Houston Chronicle.