Our Team

Ben is passionate about technology and helping others, with extensive experience running his own IT company in Australia. He has previously led and managed numerous teams and venues within the IT and hospitality sectors and was the former IT manager for one of the largest accounting firms in Australia. His love for using tech to solve problems fuels his dedication to making a difference in people’s lives. In his downtime, Ben enjoys spending time with his wife and two toddlers, running with his Kelpie dog “Bonnie”, playing guitar and baking.

Lynn lives in Alpharetta, GA and is a hopelessly devoted wife, mom, grandma, friend and volunteer! She says that her life changed on September 28, 2020 when she saw a story about Lasagna Love on the Today Show. She joined, began cooking and delivering meals and found a meaningful new focus in her “senior” life! She soon took on outreach leadership positions in GA and MS, a volunteer support inbox responsibility, and whatever else she could do to help Lasagna Love grow. Her husband of 50 years, 3 kids, 3 kids-in-love, and her five grandsons are the center of her universe and inspire her every day. Her main focus right now is Lasagna Love and everything outreach!

A volunteer since 2021, Jennifer lives in Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and dog. She works in television as a sales director.  Looking for a volunteer opportunity, she learned about Lasagna Love during the pandemic and thought it was a perfect way for her to help out in the community as well as spend time doing something she loves, which is cooking.  When the opportunity came to take on this new responsibility, she happily accepted because she feels strongly about the mission Lasagna Love is on.

Dore joined Lasagna Love as Social Media Director in December 2023 after having served as a volunteer chef since 2020. Dore brings her expertise with social media to the team to grow the organization’s reach and visibility and to engage new audiences of volunteers, recipients and partners. Living in the NYC metro area with her family, she is a passionate home cook who believes food is love. She has catalogued her family’s Southern Italian recipes on a food blog and related social channels.

When Amy isn’t baking lasagna, she loves to go camping, bike, tap dance, and MacGyver creative solutions. Her simple pleasures include wool socks, sticky note checklists, and sunlit porches. Formerly a middle school math teacher, Amy is now a software engineer in Boston.

When Kristi heard about Lasagna Love at the end of 2020, she immediately signed up to be a chef. Food is her love language, and it is a great opportunity to serve others in her community. A few months later, she offered her programming skills and joined the portal team and has loved helping the website grow. When Kristi isn’t eating, cooking, or programming, she loves to read and watch college football.

Since May 2022, Krissy has generously contributed her culinary expertise as a volunteer chef in Delaware, creating meals that nourish and comfort her community. Her professional talents extend to her pivotal role on the Operations Team, where she excels in enhancing website design and analytics, ensuring optimal user engagement. Driven by a commitment to service, Krissy consistently leverages her skills to make a meaningful impact, embodying the spirit of community involvement in her professional endeavors.

Wendy joined Lasagna Love in September 2021. She works as a financial analysis and planner for a security door company. In her spare time she likes to travel, cook, and adventure with her two dogs Cooper and Ringo. She lives in Idaho Falls, ID.

Ashley joined Lasagna Love in October 2020 as a volunteer, moved into the role of Local Leader of Fort Worth shortly after and is now the Regional Director of the Southwest. She currently lives in Dallas, Texas with her wonderful husband and fun loving daughter and has worked in compliance and risk management for various financial service firms. When she is not helping support our organization, the leaders and volunteers in her region and spreading kindness through delivering lasagnas, she loves traveling, watching and attending sporting events and spending time with family and friends.

Jeff joined Lasagna Love in September 2020 as a volunteer and Local Leader. He works in vendor risk management for a financial services company and in his spare time likes to travel, cook, ski in winter and hike in summer. He lives with his partner and four miniature dachshunds, (Ollie, Wally, Thor & Zeus) in Evergreen, Colorado.

Kas recently moved to Portland Oregon from San Francisco with her little family. She started with LL organization end of 2020 and loves to cook, garden, and has a wild amount of houseplants.  “I love being involved with the community in any way I can. So happy to be apart of a wonderful, supportive organization like lasagna love!”

Andrea has been with Lasagna Love since September of 2020. Andrea lives just north of Boston with her teenage son and his dog. Andrea spends her days as a family partner at a local human service agency and her free time is spent with family, reading, or spreading the good word about Lasagna Love. Andrea is passionate about spreading kindness in communities, uplifting families, and reducing the stigma of asking for help, all reasons she loves Lasagna Love!

Laney joined Lasagna Love in 2020 when she was looking for a charity to do with her children during the pandemic. The organization was brand new to Sioux Falls, South Dakota with only two volunteers! She has made her involvement a family project and way of life; her two kids, Annabella and Alexander, prepare the lasagnas, and her husband helps navigate the deliveries. She loves to play sports, travel, work out and bike with her family.

Kristen joined Lasagna Love in November of 2020. Previous to living in Florida, she co-ran an organization feeding those in need in Buffalo, NY. Kristen is a stay at home mom who enjoys playing at the beach with her kids, a good book, trying out local restaurants, and traveling. Her true passion is helping others and she is so excited to continue to pursue that passion with Lasagna Love.

Deea loves sharing kindness in the form of a homemade lasagna with her community. She signed up to volunteer the very day she heard about Lasagna Love from one of her real estate clients. Deea has since recruited friends and family in 5 states to volunteer. Delivering a lasagna isn’t an act of charity, it’s an expression of unity. Deea delivers her lasagnas to families with a message that they are not alone, we’re all in this life together. Her hobbies include stirring large pots of homemade lasagna sauce and shredding mozzarella cheese. Deea is a full time real estate agent in Utah.

Micala Teetzen started as a volunteer in 2021. After delivering 2 lasagnas, she was hooked and agreed to be the local leader for central Kansas. She is currently serving as the Regional Director for Kansas and Nebraska. Micala has been a zookeeper at Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, KS for 18 years. Other hobbies include visiting other zoos (currently at 69 and counting!) and attending zoo conferences, volunteering with various church efforts, gardening, bike riding and contradancing. She has 3 cats who are honorary volunteers because they insist on attending most Lasagna Love Zoom meetings!

Karyn lives in Centreville, VA with her husband and daughter. She enjoys reading, gardening, the beach, and volunteering in her community. She spent most of her career in the IT field, leading a customer support team. She joined the Lasagna Love team as a volunteer in October of 2020, became a Local Leader in December of 2020, and most recently the Regional Director of Virginia and D.C. in 2022. She is excited to help spread the word throughout the state.

I live in NH with my husband and mother and my three kids are grown and out on their own. I learned of Lasagna Love from a friend of mine, and I immediately signed up. I love helping others and I’m excited to continue spread kindness with Lasagna Love in this new role.

Michelle joined LL in December 2023 and was very impressed with the work LL was doing. She could see the need for this type of kindness in communities right across Australia. Michelle signed on as the Local Leader for Queensland quickly after joining and in June 2024 became the Regional Director for Australia. Michelle has been making Lasagna since she was a teenager (many years ago) and has always relied on Lasagna to nourish the body of soul of those she loves. In fact, it was the first meal she made for her husband. She recently adopted Jerry, a 5 year old Labrador who is the bestest boy.

Angela runs a small bakery out of her home and is a substitute teacher. When she is not volunteering at church or leading her Girl Scout troop she is cooking for others. Food is totally her love language and Lasagna Love is a perfect fit. She started with Lasagna Love in Feb. 2021 as a volunteer and became the local leader of Alabama in April 2021. She loves being able to pour love back into the same communities that have poured love into her all these years.

Melissa has a love for cooking and social work; volunteering for Lasagna Love was a perfect fit.  She began as a volunteer, then a Local Leader, and now Regional Director.  Melissa is looking forward to growing Lasagna Love even more throughout Western Canada.

Angie is orginally from Maine and after 20+ year “extended stay” in Boston, has returned home to central Maine with her family.  A trained social worker turned HR professional, she enjoys working with people, creating spaces that foster a sense of belonging, and finding solutions to complex problems.  In her free time, Angie enjoys yoga, communicating via gifs, exploring the coast of Maine, and spending time with her loyal sidekick, Larry the Velcro Dog.

Megan is originally from Illinois but now resides in the St. Louis area with her family, including her husband who’s retired from the Air Force. She now lives in  She has 3 children (1 in Heaven and 2 that are Earthside). Megan loves her Chicago sports teams, especially the Chicago Blackhawks. She finds great joy in helping others, which is why she absolutely loves volunteering with Lasagna Love. Megan also volunteers as a Key Spouse for her husband’s squadron and helps with her daughter’s Girl Scout troop.

Seth joined Lasagna Love as a lasagna chef at the end of 2022 and quickly fell in love. In the short time since, he has raised through the ranks first as a local leader and now as a Regional Director. When he is not spreading love through lasagna, he is most likely working his full time job in disaster relief.

Lauree joined Lasagna Love as a volunteer in Nov 2020 and quickly realized she wanted to be more involved.  She became local leader of Hartford County, CT and is now the regional director as well for all of Connecticut.  In a former life, Lauree was an actuary turned reinsurance broker but enjoys her current career at home with her wonderful and supportive husband and three children who keep her busy.  When not cooking or baking, Lauree enjoys playing lots of tennis, golf, gardening, and spending time with family.

Kathy is a Pennsylvania native who has lived in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband for the past 20+ years. She joined Lasagna Love in December 2020 after seeing a Facebook post that spoke to her heart. She took on the Omaha Local Leader role in August 2022 and the Hawaii RD role in June 2024. In her spare time, you can find her running, reading, gardening, researching her family tree, cheering on Philadelphia sports teams, or walking her rescue dogs. Her other volunteer engagements include delivering for Meals on Wheels and coaching for Girls on the Run.

Kim lives in Greenville NC with her husband Bill and two furbabies Monty and Lulu. She has a passion for feeding people and serving the community and this opportunity was a perfect fit for both. This is a family effort as she and her husband have committed to making and delivering Lasagnas together. She works for a non-profit as the Operations Director. She has been with Lasagna Love since November 2020.

Jenny couldn’t sign up for Lasagna Love fast enough when she first heard about it, as it combined two of her passions, cooking and volunteering. After starting in February 2021, she quickly realized she wanted to do more so she signed up to be a Regional Leader, eventually becoming Regional Director for Michigan and Indiana She lives outside Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband and 18 year old son and is an avid Michigan Sports fan (Go Blue!) who also loves to read, hike and relax near water of any kind (lakes, rivers or oceans). Jenny works in health service research for the VA Hospital as a data manager.

Melanie found a volunteer opportunity that combined so many of her favorite things and she was thrilled to join Lasagna Love in September 2021. A Knoxville native, she currently lives in Murfreesboro with her partner and lasagna chauffeur, Rick, and their rescued cats. Melanie works in the health care industry as a technical product manager. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, spending time in nature, reading, attending live theater performances, trying out new restaurants, and doing what she can to make the world a better place. She got the love of cooking from both of her grandmothers and remembers them fondly every time she’s preparing a meal for others.

Jennifer joined in October 2020 as a local volunteer and quickly loved the concept of LL. In December 2020, she became a local leader and is now a Regional Director for DE, MD, WV and Australia. Jennifer is also part of the volunteer support team and enjoys helping our recipients and volunteers . Jennifer is a mom to a grown daughter and son, nana to a perfect grandbaby, and 3 dogs. A self admitted animal lover and people person who has never met a stranger. Volunteering with LL has helped to fulfill her passion for helping others.

Maureen is a Michigan native, delighted to be serving in her community.  She loves to give back while incorporating things that bring her joy – like cooking, and knitting (she knits for charities as well).  Maureen joined Lasagna Love as soon as she heard about it in 2022, and when the opportunity arose to take on a Local Leader role, she leapt at the chance.  She is closing in on 50 deliveries and is excited to be taking on RD responsibilities in Kentucky.

Allie joined LL in March of 2022 after a loss in her family that encouraged her to start volunteering. Combining her joy of cooking and serving others, LL was exactly what Allie was looking for. Shortly after joining as a volunteer chef, Allie became the Local Leader for her area in Vermont. In February 2024 she jumped at the opportunity to be the Regional Director for VT. Allie is a homesteader who enjoys developing recipes, hiking, yoga, serving others, camping, foraging, and hanging out with her many animals.

Michela’s Jamaican-Italian heritage taught her from very early to share kindness with others through her love language of food. This led her to joining Lasagna Love in October 2020, where she was the Local Leader for Dallas, TX in 2022. She currently assists the e-commerce department with logistics and has recently been made the Regional Director of OK. In her “spare” time, she is a full-time Chief of Staff, a mom to 3 furbabies, stepmom to a beautiful daughter, and a wife to her favorite “Recipe-Guinea-Pig”.

I’m a resident of Niagara Falls, NY, and full time employee of DHS. Being part of something that enriches lives in my community makes my heart smile. I’ve been involved with Lasagna Love for nearly 3 years. I love that my daughter can help me when I’m cooking up a meal.

Steph is a wife and mother who lives in Easley, SC with her 2 sons and husband. Her family is also very excited to be in the process of adopting a 3rd child! She enjoys reading, cooking, and serving her community whenever possible. For a creative outlet, she also designs custom invitations. Steph joined Lasagna Love in 2020 as a volunteer, and quickly developed a passion for the mission. She assumed the responsibilities of a Local Leader in 2021, and then the Regional Director for the state in 2022.