Scher successfully led a three-year campaign to repeal blue laws in Maryland which prohibited shopping on Sundays. Soon thereafter, Virginia and the District of Columbia did the same. As a former Board member and Board chair of the Treatment and Learning Centers for Disabled Children and Adults, Scher helped the food retail industry shape the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.
He is a founding Board member of the Capital Area Food Bank where he has served as the vice chair and chair. Scher has helped raise millions of dollars for the food bank to provide the hungry enough food for 16 million meals each year.
Scher is the 13th recipient of the Woodard Award. Glen Woodard led public affairs advocacy in the supermarket industry during the second half of the 20th century, representing Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., and FMI.
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its nearly 1,250 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI’s U.S. members operate more than 25,000 retail food stores and almost 22,000 pharmacies with a combined annual sales volume of nearly $650 billion. FMI’s retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent operators. Its international membership includes 126 companies from more than 65 countries. FMI’s nearly 330 associate members include the supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members.
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