The NGAF TA Center is made up of industry professionals with decades of experience in the grocery industry who are passionate about bringing nutrition incentives to stores across the nation and developing technology solutions to make nutrition incentives a reality for retailers and grantees alike. We look forward to helping you.
Jones holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Richmond and a Master of Fine Arts from the American Conservatory Theater, located in San Francisco, CA. Outside of working for the NGA Foundation, he is an accomplished actor, writer and producer in New York City.
Mason brings vast experience from former positions within the retail food industry, including as a retail technologist for the nation’s largest wholesale grocer, Director of Emerging Technology & Electronic Payments for the Food Marketing Institute, Director of Standards Implementation for the National Association of Convenience Stores PCATS (now known as Conexxus), and Executive Director of the Kentucky Grocers & Convenience Store Association. He most recently served as the Director of Information Technology for an independent supermarket chain. Mason served as chairman of the committee that published the first national standard (X9.58) for today’s SNAP (Food Stamps) card-based electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system. Ted was also a participant in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AutoID Center where Internet of Things (IoT) originated
Wright is lifelong independent grocer. He is President of Wright’s Market in Opelika, Alabama and Wright2U.com, an e-commerce fresh food delivery company. He is also President of Wright Food Solutions, consulting with retailers, wholesalers, non-profits and community development groups in the areas of food access and food security, with a focus on inner city and rural America. Wright has testified before both the U.S Senate and House Agriculture committees on the importance of the SNAP program in our country. Wright’s Market was the first independent grocer in America to offer Online SNAP along with Online Produce Incentives.