Jeremy Everett, B.A., MDiv. 
Senior Director of the Texas Hunger Initiative | Baylor University
Baylor, TX, UNITED STATES
The founder and executive director of the Texas Hunger Initiative (THI), a capacity-building, anti-hunger project within Baylor University
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Jeremy Everett is the founder and executive director of the Texas Hunger Initiative (THI), a capacity-building, anti-hunger project within Baylor University. THI partners with the United States Department of Agriculture, Texas state agencies, and numerous faith- and community-based organizations to develop and implement strategies to alleviate hunger through research, policy analysis, education, and community organizing.
With eight offices in Texas, THI organizes coalitions across the state to ensure access to healthy food for all Texans and facilitate hundreds of millions of additional meals to Texans since 2009. THI consults with more than 25 other states on implementation strategies. In Jeremy’s tenure with THI, he has raised nearly 30 million dollars to support faculty research, programmatic implementation, and policy analysis.
Prior to THI, Jeremy worked for international and community development organizations as a teacher, religious leader, community organizer, and organic farmer. He frequently delivers presentations to churches, non-profit organizations, universities, and the government sector on the subjects of poverty, community development and organizing, hunger, and social entrepreneurship. Jeremy regularly writes for the Huffington Post and has been featured on PBS documentaries and talk shows such as Feeding Minds: Texas Takes on Hunger and Obesity.
Jeremy earned a bachelor’s degree from Samford University and a Master of Divinity from Baylor University. Jeremy is a Next Generation Fellow of the University of Texas LBJ School’s Strauss Center for International Security and Law. Jeremy also serves on the Baptist World Alliance’s Commission on Social and Economic Justice, the Aspen Institute’s dialogue on U.S. Food Security and Healthcare Costs, and was recently appointed by U.S. Congress to serve on the National Commission on Hunger.
Jeremy is married to Amy Miley Everett. They have three sons: Lucas, Sam, and Wyatt.
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Areas of Expertise (10)
Poverty
Hunger Policy
National Hunger Issues
Texas Hunger Initiative
Food Insecurity
Food Policy
Community Organizing
Community Development
Systems Theory
Congregational Outreach
Education (2)
Baylor's George W. Truett Theological Seminary: M.Div. 2001
Samford University: B.A., religion and history
Media Appearances (28)
Jeremy Everett
Baylor Connections online
2022-12-30
AUDIO: Proximity, policy and research play significant roles in the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty’s fight to end food insecurity. In this Baylor Connections, Jeremy Everett, BCHP executive director, conveys the heart behind the call to feed the hungry—both close to home and around the world—and examines how relationships, high-level research and multi-sector partnerships boost the work they do.
Around the State: Jeremy Everett named Waco Today Person of the Year
Baptist Standard online
2022-11-30
Waco Today magazine—a publication of the Waco Tribune-Herald—named Jeremy Everett, founding executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, as its Person of the Year.
Person of the Year: Jeremy Everett
Waco Tribune-Herald online
2022-11-25
Jeremy Everett, founder and executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, has been honored as this year’s Waco Today Person of the Year, recognizing the success of the collaborative under Everett’s leadership and how it has brought together differing sectors to combat food insecurity locally and across the nation.
Hunger fighters focus on lessons learned from pandemic
Baptist Standard online
2022-10-13
Together at the Table Hunger and Poverty Summit speakers focused on lessons learned about food insecurity and nutrition from the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States mitigated a “hunger disaster” during the pandemic primarily through public and private partnerships, said Jeremy Everett, founding executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty.
Meeting White House goal of ending U.S. hunger by 2030 will require engagement by churches, Everett says
Baptist News Global online
2022-10-11
Government, industry and nonprofit groups must be dedicated to working together to accomplish President Joe Biden’s vision of eradicating hunger by 2030, said Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty. And that cooperation must include buy-in and leadership from religious organizations and communities.
Programs, research, congregations key to fighting hunger
Baptist Standard online
2022-10-10
Jeremy Everett, founder and executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, Kathy Krey, Ph.D., assistant research professor and senior director of research and administration at BCHP, and Stephanie Boddie, Ph.D., assistant professor of church and community ministries at Truett Seminary, discussed food insecurity and how organizations can more effectively move forward during a panel discussion at the No Need Among You Conference at First Baptist Church in Waco.
Around the State
The Baptist Standard online
2022-09-28
This article highlights two university achievements. Jeremy Everett, founding director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, participated in the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 28. Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., recognized Baylor’s research staff and faculty on National Research Administrator Day, noting their commitment and dedication that helped Baylor gain Research 1 status as a doctoral university with very high research activity.
‘They’ll be packing meals’: School meals no longer free to all students
KFDA-TV online
2022-08-25
VIDEO: Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, is quoted in this story about changes to schools’ flexibility during the COVID-19 pandemic to serve all students free meals. Now students must be eligible, and some believe this could impact some households, mostly working-class families.
You Know Chef José Andrés. But Do You Know This Woman?
Forbes online
2022-08-12
Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, is quoted in this article about how scalable solutions to hunger involve partnerships between government agencies, faith organizations, corporations and nonprofits. For example, BCHP and Chartwells came up with an innovative system to deliver shelf-stable school lunches in 5- and 10-day boxes through the postal system to rural children throughout the U.S.
Jubilee Market pilot program makes milk more accessible for SNAP participants
Waco Tribune-Herald online
2022-06-03
Jubilee Food Market, a nonprofit grocery store sponsored by Mission Waco, is launching a pilot program in partnership with the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty that fully offsets the cost of milk for customers using SNAP. Quoted in the article is Jeremy Everett, executive director and founder of Baylor Collaborative.
Baylor hunger program to evaluate criminal justice initiatives
Baptist Standard online
2022-01-18
Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, explains the program’s new initiative that addresses the criminal justice system’s intersection with hunger and poverty.
Study Finds 1 In 8 Texas Households Struggles To Get Food
KUT online
2021-09-09
Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, is quoted in this article on the relationship between food insecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Millions of Texans Are Food Insecure: Waco-Based Nonprofit Reports
NBC-DFW online
2021-09-08
VIDEO: Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, shares his thoughts and findings on the impact the pandemic has had on families fighting hunger.
Federal aid kept food insecurity in check last year despite pandemic's effects, government says
The Hill
2021-09-08
Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, is quoted in this article on a household food insecurity report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that found government intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic helped keep food insecurity rates from worsening throughout 2020.
New federal study shows safety net helped prevent widespread hunger during the pandemic
The Washington Post online
2021-09-08
Jeremy Everett, executive director of Baylor University’s Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, is quoted in this article discussing the spending on agriculture department domestic food aid that reached a historic high last year, enabling many American families to keep enough food on the table.
Texas families with students receiving free or reduced-price lunches could be eligible for up to $1,200 in food aid
The Texas Tribune online
2021-05-21
Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, is quoted in this article about the extension of food aid for the 2021-22 school year to Texas families who relied on the Pandemic EBT card, which previously provided a one-time benefit of $285 for students receiving free and reduced-price meals.
Voices: Justice must precede peace, calm and healing
Baptist Standard online
2021-02-22
Jeremy K. Everett, executive director of the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, writes about the church’s role in issues of conflict, social injustice and food insecurity.
How a Baylor pilot study on rural hunger distributed 40M meals across the country this year
The Dallas Morning News online
2020-12-13
In this column, Jeremy Everett, executive director of the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty and the author of “I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Crisis,” writes about how hunger is a complex issue that requires more than volunteering and philanthropy to solve.
A growing number of Americans are going hungry
The Washington Post online
2020-11-25
Jeremy K. Everett, executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, was interviewed for this article on how more Americans are going hungry now than at any point during the deadly coronavirus pandemic, a problem created by an economic downturn that has tightened its grip on millions of Americans and compounded by government relief programs that expired or will terminate at the end of the year.
Conference encourages love and unity in divisive times
Baptist Standard online
2020-11-03
Speakers at the 2020 Micah 6:8 Conference including Jeremy Everett, executive director at the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, and Mark Grace, M.Div., chief of mission and ministry at Baylor Scott & White Health, facilitated a discussion on ways they can help others on significant problems such as hunger, racial inequality and gender gaps from a biblical perspective.
Nationwide, twice as many people are hungry during pandemic
Baptist News Global online
2020-10-20
This article about food insecurity in every state as a result of the pandemic quotes Jeremy Everett, founder and executive director of the Texas Hunger Initiative and the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, on the steadily rising food insecurity rate and the outlook for the future.
Meals-to-You Expands to Serve 5 Million Meals a Week to Rural Children
Baylor Media and Public Relations online
2020-05-05
New public-private partnership, including Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, delivers meals to low-income kids in rural areas in order to help children impacted by COVID-19. Jeremy Everett, M.Div., is the executive director of the Baylor University Collaborative Hunger and Poverty and is grateful to be part of an innovative team dedicated to helping neighbors in need.
Baylor initiative feeds 270,483 children in 43 states amid a global pandemic
Baptist News Global online
2020-12-09
As an initiative to deliver food to Texas households in need, the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty delivered about 475,000 Emergency Meals-to-You to student families in 2019. Executive director Jeremy Everett discusses how the initiative has adapted to the pandemic and the support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture —which allowed the program to expand nationally. The initiative also was featured on ChristianHeadlines.com.
Jeremy Everett, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
Baylor Connections, online
2020-03-27
AUDIO: In this Baylor Connections, Jeremy Everett, founder and executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, shares how it has responded to COVID-19, ramping up long-standing efforts to end hunger across the state of Texas and around the nation.
Hunger Expert Discusses USDA Report Showing Significant Drop in Household Food Insecurity
Baylor Media Communications online
2016-10-26
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released its report, “Household Food Insecurity in the United States in 2015.” The report shows a significant decline in the national food-insecurity rate, from 14 percent to 12.7 percent in one year, which means that millions more people throughout the nation now have access to food. Jeremy Everett, M.Div., is director of Baylor University’s Texas Hunger Initiative (THI). In 2014, he was appointed by Congress to serve for a year on the National Commission on Hunger, which was charged with providing policy recommendations to Congress regarding programs and funds to combat domestic hunger and food insecurity.
Texas Hunger Initiative Leader Appointed to National Commission on Hunger
Baylor Media Communications online
2014-04-14
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has announced the appointment of Jeremy Everett, M.Div. ’01, director of the Texas Hunger Initiative at Baylor University, to the National Commission on Hunger. The appointment followed Everett’s nomination by Rep. Bill Flores, 17th District-Texas, and Rep. Mike Conaway, 11th District-Texas.
Walmart Foundation Grant Establishes Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration between Baylor's Texas Hunger Initiative and Business School
Baylor Media Communications online
2013-08-30
As students across the nation head back to school, more than a third of the three million Texas school children who qualify for federal free and reduced-price lunches at school will begin the day without a school breakfast. During the summer break, even fewer had access to federal Summer Meals Programs. But now a team of multidisciplinary researchers with Baylor University's Texas Hunger Initiative (THI) and Hankamer School of Business - funded by a $2 million grant from the Walmart Foundation - are on track to better understand the vast landscape of summer and afterschool federal child nutrition programs and what can be done to improve them, such as through the development of a fiscally sustainable year-round business model that can be replicated throughout the nation.
Ending Hunger
Baylor Magazine online
At one Texas elementary school, they've come to be not-so-affectionately known as "throw-up Mondays," the first day of the week when teachers, custodial staff and even the principal brace for the big cleanup. The children, literally starving since their last complete meal -- school lunch the previous Friday -- show up early to the one place where they can count on being fed. Famished but smiling, they wolf down heaping Styrofoam bowls of cereal, fresh fruit by the branchful, and ice-cold cartons of milk, all at a pace their neglected, kid-sized stomachs just can't handle. Inevitably, someone's breakfast ends up on the floor.
