Peter Wise has been addressing the issue of hunger in the Trenton, New Jersey region for over 25 years, first as a volunteer at various weekend soup kitchens and then as Executive Director from 1998 to 2007of the weekday Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK). Under his leadership, TASK experienced dramatic increases in numbers of meals served, in social support services offered, in adult education and computer training and in greatly expanded fundraising capacity and significant improvements in nonprofit governance. During the time period he led TASK, over 1 million meals were served to the hungry residents of Trenton. Prior to his work at TASK he had a 36-year career in aerospace at RCA/GE in Princeton, New Jersey, concentrating on the design, testing and launch of weather, communication and scientific satellites.