F&B LA 2018

Alycia Harshfield
Executive Director
California Restaurant Assocation Foundation


Alycia Harshfield is Executive Director of the California Restaurant Association Foundation (CRAF), the philanthropic arm of the statewide advocacy group working on behalf of the Golden State’s 90,000 restaurant locations. With an extensive background in nonprofit administration and a passion for charitable fundraising, Alycia joined the organization in 2009. In 2016, Alycia led the evolution of the California Restaurant Association Foundation – which was established in 1981 and has awarded nearly $1.75 million in scholarships in its 35-year history – to CRAF, which supports educational initiatives, as well as the state’s foodservice worker population of nearly 1.5 million. In her time with the Foundation, Alycia has established several successful new programs, including Force in Training (FIT™), which focus on job readiness training for youth and Restaurants Care, an emergency assistance fund for restaurant workers facing unforeseen hardship. A longtime member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, she also is active with the Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers.

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