Tracy Weatherby

Tracy Weatherby joined Second Harvest of Silicon Valley in 2018 as Vice President of Strategy and Advocacy and was named the organization’s first Chief Impact Officer in 2025. Over the years, Tracy has tirelessly collaborated with agencies, community partners and governmental partners at all levels to advocate for policies and solutions to end hunger in our community. Tracy led Second Harvest to be an early advocate for Universal School Meals — paving the way for California to become the first state in the nation to ensure that every child can get both breakfast and lunch at school.

Under Tracy’s leadership, the Impact Team, which includes staff who work most directly in the community to end hunger, drives solutions that create access to nutritious food through community partnerships for food distribution, outreach, nutrition education, and policy and advocacy efforts. Tracy’s work with the food bank’s Programs and Services teams focuses on strategies that better serve clients and help the organization collaborate more deeply with its partners and volunteers to better understand the unique needs of the community. Her analytics team builds and utilizes consistent, actionable analytics about the organization’s work.

Tracy spent most of her career focused on strategy, impact, and business models. She founded Active Ingredient, a consulting firm whose client base included startups, non-profits, and Fortune 500 companies. Tracy also served as an Executive Fellow at the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University where she worked with dozens of global social entrepreneurs solving issues of poverty. She designed and delivered the curriculum for mission, impact models, impact metrics and business models.

Tracy’s steadfast commitment to creating lasting impact led to her being selected among the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 2024 Women of Influence honorees. She earned her MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business with a Public Management Program concentration. A voracious reader, Tracy is an active member of four book clubs, each with its own unique focus and vibe.