CarterBaldwin Recruits Chief Legal Officer for Feed the Children
September 2, 2025 – CarterBaldwin Executive Search has recruited Nil Loy as the first chief legal officer of Feed the Children. Partner Bill Peterson and search consultant Rodney Anderson led the assignment. “Feed the Children is gaining a tremendous strategic leader in Nil Loy, and we all look forward to collaborating to create a world where no child goes to bed hungry,” said Emily Callahan, president and CEO. “Her extensive experience, combined with her passion for our mission and alignment with our values, further affirms the tremendous contributions we know she will bring to our organization.”
Ms. Loy joins Feed the Children from Population Services International and HealthX Partners Incorporated, where she served most recently as general counsel and corporate secretary. Over the last year, she was critical in combining the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and Population Services International into the newly formed HealthX Partners Incorporated group. Prior to PSI, Ms. Loy served as general and senior counsel at Vital Strategies, Abt Global and VeriSign. Early in her career, she was an associate and counsel at two top-tier international law firms in New York and Washington, D.C.
In this newly created role, Ms. Loy will help enable the bold vision and expansion plans of Feed the Children with strategic counsel and leadership, particularly in directing legal, audit and risk, and business continuity functions as the organization pursues its position of continued growth globally. She will partner with the board, CEO, executive leadership team and advise internal and external key stakeholders about critical business decisions as Feed the Children continues to plan for the future as part of the organization’s new five-year global strategic plan.
Ms. Loy’s vast experience across enterprise strategy and risk management, international law, contract negotiation and management, business continuity planning and crisis management, and employment and labor law will strengthen the organization’s work in the U.S. and around the world. Her work will support Feed the Children to build awareness of the organization’s vital role in both the Non-Government Organization (NGO) sector and in providing food, personal and household essentials and quality of life resources for children and their families around the globe.
With a mission to alleviate childhood hunger, Feed the Children envisions a world where no child goes to bed hungry. In the U.S. and internationally, the non-profit is dedicated to helping families and communities achieve stable lives and to reducing the need for help tomorrow, while providing food and resources to help them today. The organization distributes product donations from corporate donors to local community partners, provides support for teachers and students, and mobilizes resources quickly to aid recovery efforts when natural disasters strike. Internationally, the group manages child-focused community development programs in eight countries.
In 2022, Feed the Children used CarterBaldwin to hire Colleen Ridenhour as chief growth and strategy officer, a position she is still in today. Ms. Ridenhour previously served as chief development officer for Habitat for Humanity International, overseeing fundraising and key organizational strategic initiatives.
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CarterBaldwin is a retained executive search firm that partners with its clients to build senior leadership teams. Since its inception in 2001 as a corporate firm, they have expanded its client portfolio to include the non-profit and academic sectors, serving both domestic and international clients from the firm’s headquarters in Atlanta, GA and our Washington, D.C. office. CarterBaldwin is listed among a variety of rankings published by Hunt Scanlon Media, including its Top 50, Private Equity Power 100, and Top 50 Higher Education Search Firms.
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Mr. Peterson, a graduate of Liberty University, co-leads CarterBaldwin’s non-profit and academic practice, recruiting senior leaders for state university systems, private education institutions, non-profit entities, healthcare organizations and related companies. With over 20 years of executive search experience, he has successfully led hundreds of searches for chief executive officers, presidents, provosts, vice presidents and deans for private and public institutions, as well as senior level executives for corporate clients.
Mr. Anderson focuses on corporate clients that have a deep commitment to mission and purpose. His search work spans president/GM roles and the supporting leadership teams across finance, operations, sales, marketing, product, and technology. Prior to search, Mr. Anderson served on staff at Buckhead Church (a satellite of NorthPoint Community Church) where he launched Canopy Social, an innovative ministry program designed to address the problems of loneliness and growing disconnection among single adults in Atlanta.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
