Pearson King

Pearson King serves as a deputy director at Transform Health. With over a decade of experience in food systems leadership and nonprofit organization management, Pearson spearheads the development and implementation of systems-change projects to increase programmatic efficiency.

Pearson has worked at nearly every stage of the food chain, starting with managing the daily operations of a 100% grass-fed beef cattle ranch from pasture to point-of-sale. Before joining Transform Health, Pearson oversaw organizational operations and strategic policy initiatives at a food policy council. He created a coalition of food recovery nonprofits working on collaborative capacity-building projects and led the design and implementation of a participatory grantmaking project supporting community-based organizations.

Previously, Pearson developed innovative programs to distribute food through partnerships with community clinics and health centers that seamlessly integrated into existing services. He also created a data-driven program to identify and address food insecurity within patient populations.  

Pearson holds a Bachelor of Science in environmental policy and community development from the University of Vermont. He completed formal training in human-centered design with the Center for Care Innovations and is a licensed Innovation Catalyst.