SAME Café Denver
Carrie Shores (She/Her) carrie@soallmayeat.org
Executive Director, SAME Café Denver
Carrie brings many years of leadership expertise to her role as Executive Director of SAME Café Denver, with a degree from Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco, seven years at Table 6 working up to the Executive Chef Position, five years in the nonprofit sector with Work Options, and two years in Kitchen leadership at SAME Café Denver before being selected as ED, a role she has been in since 2022.
In her free time, her other passions are vegetable and flower gardening, hanging out with her dogs, making delicious meals at home with her wife, and continuing to live a life committed to sustainability.
Casey Clare (He/Him) casey@soallmayeat.org
Outreach Chef, SAME Café Denver
Casey’s culinary journey began at Vivaci in the Nob Hill district of Albuquerque, New Mexico over 15 years ago. After cooking around the city of Albuquerque, he working under Vincent Rivera and Steve Salazar as the Sous Chef of Restaurant Antiquity in Oldtown for 3 years. He then opened Clowndog Hot Dog Parlor with owner Rich Bartell as the pandemic began to subside, building a successful brand in a new and challenging environment.
The mission and passion driving SAME Cafe aligned with Casey’s goals and passions, and he is excited to begin this new journey with SAME Café Denver!
Kim Brazile (She/Her) kim@soallmayeat.org
Café Chef, SAME Café Denver
Kim Brazile has been cooking professionally for 20 years in metro Denver. She believes that, “If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way” -Buddha.
Kim carries this into a deep passion for food justice and nourishing the soul of her community through food.
Tyler Derrick (He/Him) tyler@soallmayeat.org
Café Cook Coordinator, SAME Café Denver
Tyler volunteered through Urban Servant Corps as a year long service member in 2021-2022. Tyler joined the staff of SAME Café Denver in August 2022. Originally from Roanoke, Virginia, Tyler believes that the best stories are shared around the prep table.
In addition to building community at the Café, Tyler is deeply passionate about music, basketball, and finding local adventures in Colorado.
Emmy Radin (she/her) emmy@samecafedenver.org
Volunteer Coordinator, SAME Café Denver
Emmy is a DU graduate with bachelors degrees in Geography and Spanish, and is committed to supporting local communities by contributing to food justice in Denver. She became connected with SAME Cafe through her gardening internship with Grow Local Colorado, where she grows and distributes fresh produce to organizations across the city. She was inspired by SAME Cafe's mission to connect people through food and as the Volunteer Coordinator, aspires to share the idea that people's value is not limited to money. She also hopes to increase access to Spanish-speaking communities in the city and continue the culture of inclusion within the cafe and beyond.
Amelia Warriner (She/Her) amelia@soallmayeat.org
Café Program Manager, SAME Café Denver
Amelia is originally from a small North Florida town called Port St. Joe and has been living in Denver since 2015.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in General Health with a minor in Sociology from The University of Alabama and recently received her Master’s Certificate from University of Colorado- Anschutz in Health, Humanities, and Ethics . She has a long history with philanthropic work and was drawn to SAME cafe because of her past experiences with compassionate feeding programs.
In her free time she likes to hang out in her yard with her chickens, her overgrown garden, and her never ending landscaping dreams. She also loves to read, craft and fire dance.
Victor Pinedo (He/Him) victor@soallmayeat.org
Café Coordinator, SAME Café Denver
Victor is a native born Coloradan. He started at SAME Café in 2020 as a high school intern from Aruupe Jesuit High School. He spent his junior and senior year here. He is excited to move into the journey of employement here at SAME as a Cafè Coordinator.
Victor believes that community is what humanity always strives for. In his free time he likes to go to local parks and explore all that Colorado has to offer.
SAME Café Toledo
Claudia Annoni (she/her) claudia@samecafetoleDo.org
Executive Director, SAME Café Toledo
I'm Claudia Annoni, the new Executive Director of SAME Café Toledo! I'm thrilled to join the team to advance this mission in Toledo. My background in social work and as a nonprofit Executive Director, along with my enthusiam for food and community, and my roots in Argentinian and Italian cultures means SAME Café is a perfect combination of all of the things I'm most passionate about.
Alex Zappone (he/him) alex@samecafetoledo.org
Café Chef, SAME Café Toledo
Emily Leigh (She/Her) emily@samecafetoledo.org
Café coordinator, SAME Café Toledo
winter walton winter@samecafetoledo.org
Cafe Cook, SAME Café Toledo
edward “ed” kline (he, him) edward@samecafetoledo.org
cafe assistant, same cafe toledo
So All May Eat - Root Services
Brad Reubendale (he/him) brad@soallmayeat.org
CEO of So All May Eat
Brad Allen Reubendale is the CEO of So All May Eat / SAME Café. His history includes Urban Peak, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), testifying at the Colorado Capitol on behalf of LGBTQ youth, and being a youth pastor.
Brad has a Bachelor in Psychology/Criminology from Missouri State University, a Master of Divinity from Denver Seminary, and a graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from University of Colorado Denver, but the most important education he ever receives is when he shuts up and listens to other people's experiences.
Brad lives in in Denver with his husband Michael, kitten Kiki, and step-dog Bandit, where he happily walks, bikes, or buses everywhere.
Erik Helmstetter (he/him) erik@soallmayeat.org
Operations Manager of So All May Eat
Erik is the Operations Manager at So All May Eat. He began work with SAME as an intern in the last semester of his BSW program at Colorado State University, and was hired onto staff in the Summer of 2022. When not at work, Erik enjoys spending time with friends, family, and his cat Slim Jim.
Ann Cohen (she/her) ann@soallmayeat.org
Development Coordinator of So All May Eat
Ann Cohen is an Ignatian Volunteer Corps member serving at SAME Café. The Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) is a national, non-profit, Jesuit-outreach organization serving the needs of the poor through the volunteer work of experienced men and women aged 50 or better.
Ann’s IVC volunteer placement at SAME Café is as the Development Coordinator – helping Executive Director, Brad Reubendale in all areas of grant proposal writing and donor relations. Ann retired in 2016 from her nutrition faculty position at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She brings her over twenty years of experience with foundation and government funding for food and nutrition program development to her work at SAME Café.