Max Finberg currently serves as Vice President of Government Affair at Chobani, a next generation food and beverage company based in New York. Chobani’s mission has been to make high-quality, nutritious food accessible to all people, while elevating communities and making the world a healthier place—to use food as a force for good. In this role, Finberg is responsible for leading Chobani’s advocacy work and enhancing the company’s profile with key policy makers on the federal, state and local levels.   

Prior to joining Chobani in 2023, Finberg was the President and CEO of Growing Hope Globally, a faith-based organization dedicated to ending hunger by supporting farmers and their food security. Before that, Finberg worked with the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP, the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize winner) in Rome, Italy, the world’s largest humanitarian organization, as a director and special advisor to the Executive Director.

Previously, Finberg has served in a variety of leadership positions with the US government and non-governmental organizations. He was a political appointee in both Democratic and Republican administrations in the White House, US Departments of Agriculture and State, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. He was also the founding director of the Alliance to End Hunger and also the inaugural program director at the Congressional Hunger Center in Washington, DC.