The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona with Tome Gnome and Tucson Spotlight to host the Solutions-Focused Community Book Club!
When: February 4, 2026 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: CFSA Campus
Book: Change the Recipe: Because You Can’t Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs by José Andrés with Richard Wolffe
This book club aims to bring together interested community members from all walks of life to bond over a shared desire to make our community better for all – and be inspired by a shared reading experience!
Light refreshments will be provided.
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Fragrance can be an access barrier! To help make the Solutions-Focused Community Book Club accessible to participants for whom chemicals or fragrances are an access barrier, we request that you come fragrance-free. Please refrain from wearing any scented products or washing with them. This includes clothing that has been laundered with fragranced detergent or fabric-softening products.
Change the Recipe: Because You Can’t Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs
by José Andrés with Richard Wolffe
José Andrés is a chef, an entrepreneur, an author, a television host, and a tireless humanitarian leader across the globe. A Michelin-starred chef with more than forty restaurants, José is also the founder of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit dedicated to feeding the hungry in the wake of natural and man-made disasters. His lifetime of experience—from kitchens to conflict zones—has given him a wealth of stories and teachable moments that are funny, touching, and insightful, all animated by the belief that food can bring us closer together and the conviction that each of us can change the world for the better.
Written in José’s unmistakable voice, Change the Recipe is a collection of his most affecting and powerful life lessons: hard-won wisdom from a man who has dedicated his life to changing the world through the power of food.
About the Panelists
Todd Eanes
Todd Eanes is a Director and Food Systems Leader with over 30 years of experience overseeing nutrition, compliance, safety, logistics, training, and multi-program operations at Caridad Community Kitchen within the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. His background includes overseas operational experience, bringing a global perspective to complex environments while leading community meals, senior nutrition, and culinary training programs with a focus on accountability, regulatory excellence, and sustainable growth.
Dr. Bridgette Riebe
Dr. Bridgette Riebe is the Assistant Director of Basic Needs at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on the prevalence of basic needs insecurity among college students, both locally and nationally. Committed to advancing educational equity, Dr. Riebe works to dismantle barriers to student success while fostering a culture of giving within the university and the broader community.
Moses Thompson
Moses Thompson of The University of Arizona’s School Garden Workshop helped found the nationally recognized Manzo Ecology Program in 2006 as a facet of his school counseling program utilizing the therapeutic nature of gardening to help meet the social and emotional needs of his students. Moses’s work has been featured in British Journal of Medicine, National Geographic, School Counselor Magazine, Arizona Illustrated and Edible Baja Arizona. In 2011 Moses was awarded Arizona School Counselor of the Year and in 2012 the US Green Building Council Green Schools Award. In 2014 Moses was recognized as a distinguished community leader with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
About the Moderator
Jenny Flynn
Jenny is a long-time Tucsonan, settling here as her adopted home in 1999 after spending time in six states and four countries. She joined the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSA) as President and CEO in 2021. At CFSA, she is especially proud of the innovative ways we partner with donors and nonprofits to serve the ever-changing needs of our community. Recent examples include the Nonprofit Solar Project, the Solutions-Focused Community Book Club, and the Local News Initiative of Southern Arizona.
Before joining CFSA, Jenny Flynn served Southern Arizona through various leadership positions at the University of Arizona Foundation for twenty years. Working with a broad array of national and local partner foundations, she raised more than $100 million for the University. She also collaborated on significant initiatives, including building a talent management program and creating and executing a strategic plan to double fundraising.
Prior to her career as a philanthropy professional, Jenny spent time as a National Park Ranger in Denali National Park and Glacier National Park, taught English as a second language in Spain and Italy, and served as teaching faculty and lecturer at the University of Montana, Sinte Gleska University, and Arizona State University. She currently serves on the board of the MAP Dashboard, Sun Corridor, and the University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy.