Q&A: Food Bank CEO Margarette Purvis talks NYC's hunger problem

Margarette Purvis, 39, is president and CEO of the Food Bank for New York City. She lives in Harlem.

A. An investment in another person - volunteering or raising your voice on behalf of someone else. Or making sure your company is a good corporate citizen because the return on that investment will be a better city. Everyone around the world looks to New York City as an example, and having hunger here is a stain on our city. There aren't enough Disney characters to clean it out. The Food Bank is like a barn raising - neighbors helping neighbors.