2020 NCA National Child Nutrition Conference Program

closing

FEATURED SPEAKERS | 3:15 pm–4:15 pm

Plan to attend these featured presentations on Thursday afternoon before you leave the conference feeling inspired,
knowledgeable, and ready to take on the world.

USDA SFSP Policy DRAFTWellness Journeys The Joys of Farm
Update THURSDAY& Personal Triumphsto School with Miss
Ladybug
S7 Centennial II S1 Centennial III
S1 Centennial I V
Hear from USDA as they present an Caregivers and community health
overview of new and revised policy professionals are often the last to take When we have fun, we remember.
guidance for the Summer Food their own advice which they share with Join certified nature-based educator
Service Program and share a state- parents and staff — to take care of and entertainer Andrea Zoppo,
of-the-state update on SFSP program themselves physically and emotionally aka Miss Ladybug, as she shares
developments, policy, and guidance. so they are better able to help the stories, classroom ideas, songs, and
The USDA Food and Nutrition Service children in their care. Hear Julie's movements that spark wonder, expand
works to end hunger and obesity personal story of a wellness journey the palate and instill stewardship.
through the administration of 15 that included making peace with food Learn seasonal farm to school practices
federal nutrition assistance programs and her body to better care for herself that are hands-on and embrace
including the Summer Food Service and how she has maintained that peace emergent learning. You’ll go home
Program which is crucial to ensuring for decades. She'll inspire you and singing, dancing, and ready to get back
year-round access to foods for children. share practical dietary and exercise to your garden!
habits that turn a blind eye to fad diets
Angela Kline and extreme eating patterns. Andrea Zoppo

Director, Program and Policy Julie Miller Jones, PhD, LN, CNS PBS KIDS Early Learning Champion
Development Division Ladybug Events
USDA Food and Nutrition Service Distinguished Scholar & Professor Emeritus
St. Catherine University
Andrea Farmer, MS, RD Board Member, Grain Foods Foundation

Chief, Community Meals Branch in the
Policy and Program Development Division
USDA Food and Nutrition Service

“I love the CACFP because they mandate both the nutrition,
education and visits that help contribute to quality child care.”
Joy Park, Home Child Care Provider From Charlotte, NC
Joy has been a CACFP participant through Child Nutrition Program, Inc. since 2006.

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thursday, April 16th

SHOP TALK | 4:30 pm–5:00 pm

Big City Impact on Kids' Menus Financial Backups for Fiscal Audits Parent Engagement

S1 Chicago B S5 Kennesaw S3 Heritage

Kent K. Williamson, Children's Aid New York City Alix Pasillas, Food for Kids Robert Fillmore, Inter Tribal Council of Michigan Head Start
and Early Head Start
Move over brown rice and hello freekeh and tri- Are your backup expense files organized and ready
color quinoa. Variety is good, but kids still need to go? Let's share methods that make audits and How do we get parents engaged with the food
to eat all of their brown rice, veggies and good reviews successful. program? Let's talk about nutritious meals training
proteins. We'll talk about how to balance trends and food purchasing strategies for parents.
and still be healthy and compliant.
DRAFTFood Allergies in Head Start Promoting Yourself
Conference Management Tricks
of the Trade S1 Lenox S3 Auburn

S3 Harris Rebecca Rodriguez, Lorain County Community Action Lisa Mack, National CACFP Sponsors Association
Agency
Elan Patterson, National CACFP Sponsors Association Looking for ways to climb the ladder in your
How can we better serve children with food organization without appearing to blow your own
Many sponsors are putting on training events allergies and restrictions from a central kitchen horn? We’ll talk about ways you can help make
for their providers. Wonder how it’s done or & program operations lens? that happen.
looking for answers to the how-to of conference
management? We’ll share trade secrets! Fundraising Brainstorm Summer Meals in Rural Areas

Expanding Afterschool Meals S6 Chicago A S1 Chicago C

S4 Marietta Alexia Thex, National CACFP Sponsors Association Scott Germain, Garrett County Public Schools

Carolyn Wait Vega, Share Our Strength Let’s share great fundraising ideas. Direct giving, We'll share how we selected locations for SFSP
events, social media - let’s explore solutions. delivery that were innovative, convenient, and
What’s working to increase sites and participation accessible for families. You share your successes
in afterschool meals? We'll share emerging trends Nutrition Calendar Training and challenges.
and then turn the floor over to you. Program
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Angelika Koch, Derby Public Schools Swap stories about how to take advantage of all How would you rate your conference experience? m Excellent m Good m Fair m Poor
the elements that make up this highly acclaimed In what ways could this conference improve?
Create a family meal atmosphere by funding program: 5-Hour Training Module, Parent
free meals for adults who accompany children to Newsletter Templates, Activity Pages, Motivation What was your primary reason for attending the conference? m Location m ___________________________________
summer meals. We'll tell you how we doubled the Posters, Calendar Nutrition Education. m USDA Updates m CACFP Training m Networking
number of children we were able to reach and how
to find grants to make it happen for you. Which aspect of the conference is most valuable to you? Workshops m Networking m __________________________
m Preconference Training m Featured Speakers m

What topics would you like to see covered at a future conference?

Did you visit our exhibitors?
m Yes m No Who would you like to see next year?

Will you attend the 2021 National Child Nutrition Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 20-22?
m Yes m No If No, what would change your mind?

Will you recommend this conference to a colleague or friend?
m Yes m No If No, why not?

What is the one thing you’d like the NCA Board of Directors to know?

don’t forget HYATT REGENCY ATLANTA • APRIL 14-16, 2020

to turn in your surveys at the conference
information desk for your chance to win
a $50 Visa gift card.

“The learning process is diminished when a child is hungry or
unhealthy. Riverbend Head Start strongly believes that a child must
be healthy in order to learn.”

Jon Kuanfung, Riverbend Head Start, Alton, IL
Riverbend has been a CACFP participant since 1999.

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friday, April 17th

LEARNING EXCURSIONS | 8:00 am–12:00 pm

Ticketed events. Pre-registration is required.

Fighting Food Insecurity at Atlanta Community Food Bank S7

Lindy Wood, Atlanta Community Food Bank

Tour the brand-new Atlanta Community Food Bank and learn about their scope of programs
partnering with 600 community-based organizations who work to respond to food insecurity in the
area. Participate in an interactive simulation highlighting the barriers to access of nutritious food.
Explore the impact food insecurity has on community health and learn how to address these issues
through partnerships.

DRAFTGrow and Taste at Little Ones Learning Center S1

FRIDAYWande Okunoren-Meadows & Toyin Okunoren, Little Ones Learning Center

Abbie Chaddick, Georgia Organics

Experience the successes and challenges of an early childhood program serving infants through school
aged kids on the CACFP who focus on sourcing locally and growing organically. Participate in a taste
test with the students, tour the center, and visit the garden while learning from expert facilitators who
engage the children in nutrition education.

Head Start with Georgia State Collaborators S2

Allison Setterlind, Bright from the Start: GA Dept. of Early Care and Learning

Tanya Thomas, Georgia Head Start Association

Robert Gwaltney, Easter Seals North Georgia

Monica Griffin, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

All aboard for a Head Start learning journey! Being part of a smaller professional learning community
is a great way to end your national conference experience. Visit the Easter Seals of North GA Head
Start & the Early Head Start grantee in southwest Atlanta. Learn about health and nutrition initiatives
from Georgia’s HS/EHS leadership network and discuss Head Start requirements and practices. Leave
Atlanta with new ideas for your toolbox back home.

FEATURED SESSION

State Agency Afterschool & Summer Meals Symposium

Friday, 8:00 am–12:00 pm

Join us for facilitated networking tailored to your role along with discussion and peer learning
around topics like staffing structure and collaboration, interpretation and implementation
of program policies, and emerging practices that support program excellence.

Carolyn Wait Vega & Derrick Lambert, Share Our Strength

Pre-registration is required. special thank you to our...
See your ticket for room location.
Symposium Sponsor

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National Ally
EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY
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presented by the company/organization and may or may not be usable in the CACFP and SFSP.

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meet all our DRAFT Alexia Thex, MEd

SPEAKERS & PRESENTERS Partnerships Manager
National CACFP Sponsors Association
Abbie Chaddick, MS, RD, RDN
Alexia is charged with forming mutually
Farm to School Manager long-term and beneficial partnerships with
Georgia Organics corporations and organizations that fit the mission. Previously
she helped secure funding for several organizations, including the
Abbie oversees nutrition programming. She Holocaust Museum Houston and Downtown Houston YMCA.
creates and provides training for K-12 and Alexia realized the lack of funding available to develop health
early care school nutrition staff, administrators, and educators on and wellness programs, which led her to a career in development.
incorporating garden and food based education and purchasing
local food. She works closely with many advocates to expand Alice Zacharie, CMP, CCNP
school and early learning centers’ access to nutritious food,
gardens, and food based learning opportunities. Abbie is a Executive Director
member of the Georgia Farm to Early Care and Education Supportive Nutritional Aid Program
Coalition and a graduate of Georgia State University.
Alice is committed to serving and supporting
Abby Reich CACFP on all levels to ensure nutritious meals
are served to all children and adults, guaranteeing they do not
Senior Coordinator, Cross-Sector Strategies miss a meal or go hungry. She is responsible for the sponsorship
Alliance for a Healthier Generation of homes, centers and afterschool sites. Alice has worked in the
CACFP since 2001 beginning as a part-time monitor.
Abby supports and coordinates strategies to
engage cross-sector partners in achieving Alicia White, MS, RD
public health goals and create healthy environments for kids.
Abby’s background includes research and evaluation to address Branch Chief
the complex challenges within our food system. She previously USDA Food and Nutrition Service
worked at Alliance for a Healthier World and ChopChop Kids.
Alicia leads the dynamic group developing
Abby Tennenbaum Team Nutrition’s CACFP training and nutrition
education resources, CACFP Halftime and CACFP Trainer’s
Outreach Associate Circle webinar series, and Team Nutrition social media. In this
The Common Market role, Alicia also oversees program management for the Team
Nutrition Training Grants program.
Abby develops partnerships with schools, hospitals, workplaces,
restaurants, and other programs to connect various populations Alix Pasillas, CCNP
with fresh foods from nearby growers. She navigates the
challenges of sourcing local on a daily basis and helps customers Executive Director
overcome those challenges. While a student at the College Food For Kids
of Charleston, Abby initiated and then increased local food
purchasing in the dining halls and helped transform campus Alix joined Food For Kids 21 years ago as
dining halls into zero-waste facilities. a field monitor and has served as executive
director for the last 8 years. She has provided guidance that
Akilah Issa, MS has resulted in growth of the program throughout Nevada. Alix
continues to reinforce the sponsorship’s success with passion and
Special Nutrition Program Specialist determination for bringing healthy, nutritious meals to children
Atlanta Public Schools and adults in programs that are a part of CACFP.

Akilah manages the supper service program Allison Setterlind, MA
for students in participating APS afterschool
programs who are eligible for free and reduced State Head Start Collaboration Director
meals. Akilah has an extensive knowledge base in Bright from Bright from the Start: GA Dept. of Early Care and Learning
the Start State Agency regulations for the CACFP. She has a
Master of Science degree in nonprofit management from Walden Allison works closely with the GA Head Start Association to
University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science facilitate collaboration among state and federal programs that
from Spelman College. She also has a Serv-Safe Certification in benefit low-income children from birth to school entry, and
food safety. their families. She serves as a member of multiple partnerships
focused on promoting positive health outcomes for children
including the First Lady’s Children’s Cabinet, the State
Part C Interagency Coordinating Council, GA Farm to ECE
Collaborative, and the Child and Adolescent Health Coalition
with Voices for GA’s Children.

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Alyssa Lowe, MPH featured session speaker

Senior Research Associate Andrea Zoppo
Georgia Health Policy Center
PBS KIDS Early Learning Champion
Alyssa has 15 years of experience as a public health trainer and Ladybug Events
facilitator and has presented to small and large audiences at
conferences in multiple countries within Africa, Asia, Eastern Andrea is an environmental educator, children’s
Europe and the Americas. Her areas of expertise are in technical entertainer, and gardener with over 15 years of teaching
support and training; monitoring and evaluation; research design, experience. Her love of teaching, designing, and supporting
coordination and implementation; qualitative data collection, programs serve to educate and instill stewardship in our natural
analysis and reporting; and global program development and world. Andrea created Ladybug Events to provide farm to ECE
management. classes and trainings through music and art. Her work and
dedication as an educator has awarded her PBS’s Early Learning
Amanda Dyes, CCNP Champion.

Program Manager Angela Damon, IBCLC
Georgia Nutritional Services
Deputy Director, WIC Program Operations and Nutrition Services
Amanda is committed to the business goal Georgia Department of Public Health
of ensuring day care facilities are serving
balanced, nutritious meals to children and adults in care to Angela has worked with the Special Supplemental Program for
foster nutritious eating habits. She started at GNSI in 2014 and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for over 15 years. She
holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science with a serves as an overseer providing leadership and management of
concentration in business administration. interpretation, development, documentation and dissemination of
policies, procedures, standards, training and technical support for
Amanda Tucker, LSS Green Belt, WIC clinic operations and nutrition services, and special projects
CMP, CCNP in accordance with Federal and State policies and regulations.
Angela’s projects include the Breastfeeding Counseling and Head
Training Manager Start Grant Project.
Brighton Training Group DRAFT
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Amanda has been working in child nutrition LEGAL CONTRACTS
programs for over 10 years through WIC and then CACFP/SFSP PROCUREMENT MADE EASY
as a state and regional trainer. Being Lean Six Sigma Certified,
Amanda takes a holistic approach to program management. She Food/Cafeteria Supplies
is a subject matter expert for program operations, menu planning, • Bread, Dairy, Grocery, Produce
and meal appeal. Amanda holds a BS in nutrition and hospitality • Commodity Processing
management from Texas Tech University. • Food Supplies/Equipment • Ice Cream
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Andrea Farmer, MS, RD All Contracts are EDGAR and USDA/TDA Compliant!

Branch Chief, Community Meals Policy and Program No Cost Membership
Development Division
Sign an interlocal agreement and start using
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Andrea’s responsibilities are the CACFP and the summer Visit www.choicepartners.org/membership
meal programs. Prior to her role as branch chief, she served or call 877-696-2122.
as a nutritionist and led a USDA effort to create resources
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Andrea found her passion for the child nutrition programs as a
compliance specialist with the Florida Child Care Food Program. Purchasing Cooperative of
Harris County
Andrea McSmith, MBA
Department of Education
Coordinator of Operations
Fulton County Schools

Andrea oversees personnel, summer meals, and
food safety for the district’s 95 schools. She has
a Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business
Administration from Mercer University and a School Nutrition
Director Certification. Andrea started her career in school
nutrition as a food assistant and cafeteria manager in Gwinnett
County.

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featured session speaker DRAFT Anne Buckley

Angela Kline Program Analyst, Program Monitoring Branch
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Director, Program and Policy Development Division
USDA Food and Nutrition Service Anne works to develop the processes, tools, and
guidelines to assess compliance in the oversight
Angela is the director of policy and program and implementation of the CACFP.
development with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. She has
presented at numerous national conferences including the 2016 Anne Valik
conference where the New Meal Patterns were announced and the
2018 and 2019 conference as a featured speaker. Founder & Managing Partner
Commonality
Angela Russ-Ayon
Anne founded a social impact consulting firm
Music & Movement Consultant and Trainer after over 13 years of experience in relationship
Russ InVision Company and strategy development across the financial, nonprofit and
governmental sectors. Anne’s notable roles include serving as a
Angela is a nationally recognized, interactive VP at Credit Suisse, where she managed relationships with many
early childhood trainer, award-winning music institutional clientele, and developing cross-sector solutions
producer, and author. She has produced music for projects while at the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, with key
sponsored and funded by First 5, Head Start, WIC, Kaiser, partners including Amazon Business.
Champions for Change, and SPARK. She has also performed
for thousands of children, logged over 5,000 volunteer hours in NCA Board of Directors
classrooms, and has presented teaching strategies nationwide for Annetta Rutland, CMP, CCNP
over 400 early education and childcare organizations over the
past 16 years. Strategic Director, Quality Programs
4C for Children
Angela Young, MS
4C is a Cincinnati-based nonprofit that serves
Vice President, Operations as an advocate and resource for high-quality education and
CenterPilot care. Annetta, a 30-year veteran, has worked with her team to
develop a series of trainings for new family child providers that
Angela was employed by a large nonprofit include Family Child Care Orientation and How to Workshops:
agency in Dallas, TX for over 26 years and Maximize Your Dollars, Market Your Business, and Establish
administered the CACFP in day homes and centers. With over Personal Insurance Benefits. She also recruits centers for
a quarter of a century of CACFP administrative and training participation in CACFP.
experience, she knows what center directors and cooks need and
want in menu planning and claims processing software. Angela Antonio Freitas, MS
also served in various officer positions for the Texas CACFP
Sponsors Association and remains on board as their manager. Senior Content Manager, U.S. Social Impact
Sesame Workshop
Angelika Koch
Antonio works to develop content and
Cafeteria Manager professional development coursework for the
Derby Public Schools Sesame Street in Communities website. His career is grounded in
educational spaces that included years as a second grade teacher,
Angelika serves as the high school kitchen manager and school recruiter, early childhood director, teacher trainer and
supervises the summer food program. She has worked for Derby adjunct professor. Antonio holds a BA in social work from Seattle
Schools for 20 years and recently doubled summer participation University, and a master’s in the science of teaching from Pace
over three years by providing free meals for adults with support University.
from community grants.

Anjelica Terry, MS Arlene Ross, CCNP

Child Nutrition Program Specialist Southern Area Coordinator
Texas Education Service Center Region 4 Food For Kids

Anjelica has over 10 years of professional Arlene has been in her role for over three years
experience in child nutrition including CACFP managing the Southern area of Nevada. She
and school nutrition programs. She provides training and monitors both homes and centers and has grown the number of
technical assistance to CACFP sponsors and independent centers. centers for Food For Kids. She is passionate about good nutrition
Anjelica has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nutrition from and healthy eating which she loves to share and talk about with
Texas Woman’s University. our providers and centers.

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featured session speaker Barbara Jirka, PhD

Asata Reid, MS Ed Nutritionist, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Chef, Health Educator and Founder
Life Chef Barbara manages the MyPlate National
Strategic Partnership program working with
Asata founded Life Chef, a culinary education public and private industry focused on communicating MyPlate
service focused on healthy cooking and nutrition for all of life’s messages. She earned a doctorate degree from Iowa State
stages. She provides nutrition and culinary training for youth, University’s Child Nutrition Leadership Academy and has been
adults and seniors, as well as professional development for involved in nutrition marketing throughout her career as an
school nutrition staff, and technical assistance for farm to school educator and working for food manufacturers.
ECE programs. She recently launched a life skills cooking club
for upperclassmen as a continuation of the work from Michelle Barbara Muse
Obama’s health initiative Chefs Move to Schools and is currently
a Masters of Public Health candidate at Emory University Rollins Executive Director
School of Public Health where she is completing a thesis on the Bread of Life Development (BOLD) Ministries
complexities of growing children into lifelong healthy eaters.
Barbara, a No Kid Hungry Afterschool Meals Champion, is a
Ashley Roth, MS, RDN passionate anti-hunger advocate and author of “The Christian
Response to Hunger in America.” She co-founded BOLD
Partnership Engagement Manager and Registered Ministries, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting hunger by providing
Dietitian free summer and afterschool meals to children in the Atlanta area.
Barbara also participates in Rockdale County’s “Be Bright, Eat
Common Threads Right” collaborative effort to provide free summer meals.

Ashley serves on the curriculum team, manages
medical partnerships and dietetic interns, and supports research,
evaluation activities, and communication activations. She started
with Common Threads over two years ago as the Pittsburgh
program manager. Ashley earned her bachelor’s and master’s in
human nutrition, food, and exercise from Virginia Tech.
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Becky Garrison, RDN DRAFT NCA Board of Directors
Blake Stanford, CMP
Director of Domestic Marketing
American Pulse Association and USA Dry Pea President
Southwest Development of Human Services
& Lentil Council
Blake founded Southwest Human Development
Becky’s background is in community nutrition, Services, a private, Texas-based, nonprofit agency and sponsor
school feeding, and changing how the world eats. She has worked of CACFP. He also founded the Southwest Region CACFP
as a nutrition education advisor in schools and food banks and Sponsors Association and has been on the boards for Texas
has given many presentations and food demonstrations in various CACFP Sponsors Association, Southwestern University, and
community settings. Becky studied at the University of Idaho and Shade Project. He has served on the National CACFP Sponsors
she is proud to reside in Moscow, Idaho - the heart of the Palouse Association board for 16 years.
hills and chickpea fields.
Brian Wieher, CMP, CCNP, SNS
Betel Tegegne, MBA, MHA, CMP
Director of Child & Family Nutrition
Nutrition Consultant Operation Food Search
Texas Education Service Center Region 10
Brian is an entrepreneur with a degree in
Betel is a consultant for CACFP and SFSP hospitality and restaurant administration
while currently servicing 10 counties in North from Missouri State University. He is an award-winning
Texas under the guidance of the Texas Department of Agriculture. School Nutrition Specialist with 20+ years of experience in
With over 10 years’ experience, Betel is passionate about developing, implementing, and managing nutritional and other
providing training so childcare industries can run a successful public health related programs. As a child nutrition advocate, he
nutrition program. She has dual master’s degrees in health enjoys working collaboratively with organizations to develop
system management and business. She is also a certified CACFP relationships that will have the greatest impact on ending
Management Professional through the National CACFP Sponsors childhood hunger.
Association.
Caitlin Boland, RD, LDN
Beth Thorson, MS, RDN
Registered Dietitian
Assistant Director for Program Improvement, Novick Childcare Solutions
Nutrition and Education
Caitlin has a passion for using nutrition to make
Texas Department of Agriculture a positive impact on the lives of children and
their families. Prior to joining Novick, she was the health and
For her entire career, Beth has worked in USDA nutrition manager of a multi-site Head Start program. There, she
nutrition programs including WIC, Cooperative focused on introducing the children to new, healthy foods and
Extension Service and the National School Lunch Program ensuring CACFP compliance.
in three states. Currently she supports oversight of 12 of the
federally funded food assistance programs in Texas including Caliste Chong, MS
CACFP.
Alabama Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Director
Bethany Showell Alabama Partnership for Children

Nutritionist, Nutrition and Technical Assistance Branch Caliste leads efforts to embed obesity
USDA Food and Nutrition Service prevention strategies into existing early care
and education systems in Alabama and coordinates professional
Bethany works on projects related to the development opportunities focused on child health and wellness
National School Lunch Program, School topics. She earned her BS and MS in human development and
Breakfast Program, CACFP, and SFSP. She is the project lead family studies from the University of Alabama.
for a recipe project and works on the Child Nutrition Database
and Food Buying Guide. Bethany was a nutritionist with USDA’s Caroline Stover
Agricultural Research Service for 20 years. She has a bachelor’s
in dietetics from the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore and Project Director, Farm to Early Care and Education
is working on a master’s in public administration from George Initiative
Mason University.
Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Program Get access to high-quality materials for
Member training and support as well as the latest Caroline helps connect early care and education
and greatest crafts, recipes, and fun providers throughout North Carolina with resources, training,
cacfp.org physical movement ideas. and mentorship that allow them to provide the healthiest
environments possible for children. She is a member of the
NC Farm to Preschool Network Advisory Committee and has
presented on farm to ECE at the National Smart Start Conference
and the National Farm to Cafeteria Conference.

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Carolyn Miller, CMP, CCNP DRAFT Cherese Myree, CFE

Child Nutrition Consultant Vice President
Texas Education Service Center Region 11 MH Miles Company, CPA, PC

A consultant for CACFP and SFSP, Carolyn Cherese is a certified fraud examiner who
works closely with sponsors to assist in the specializes in the USDA Food Programs and
application process, troubleshooting claims, and any request that governmental compliance. She has over 15 years of experience in
Texas Department of Agriculture requires. She is passionate about the fields of auditing, accounting, and consulting with specialized
feeding the children of Texas. Carolyn has presented several experience in governmental contract auditing and contract
years at the NCA Conference focusing on policy and business compliance. She testifies as an expert witness for the CACFP
development. She holds a BS degree from Tarleton State with and SFSP and manages MHMC’s review, consultant and training
emphasis in business leadership, psychology, and social work. engagements across the United States.

Carolyn Wait Vega, MPH, RD Cheryl Moss

Senior Manager Owner, Director
No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices, A Mother’s Touch Center for Child Development

Share Our Strength Cheryl realized potential as a family
development specialist for the Sharon School
Carolyn develops resources and provides District conducting monthly home visits. The hour visits
training to schools and nonprofits in order to improve and expand allowed her to accomplish great things with parents and children
access to CACFP Afterschool Meals. Before joining Share Our developing her philosophy: If I can have your child for five hours
Strength in 2015, Carolyn was a CACFP specialist for the District out of a day, I will help shape their destiny. Now a business
of Columbia state agency. Carolyn holds a bachelor’s in nutrition owner, wife of 40 years, mother of six and grandmother of five,
from Ohio State University and master’s in public health from Cheryl stayed home 15 years before working.
UNC Chapel Hill.
Christa DeBoer
Carrie Dooyema, RN, MSN, MPH
Nutrition Program Director
Team Lead, Early Care and Education Youthprise
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Christa leads the vision and builds the
Carrie focuses on supporting obesity prevention capacity of Youthprise’s nutrition program.
in multiple settings including the early care She is responsible for all aspects of the program and supports
and education and healthcare arenas. She has provided guidance Youthprise’s network of nutrition program participants. Christa
and technical assistance to CDC grantees and partners on many has a degree in dietetics from Iowa State University and has a
facets of childhood obesity including ECE obesity prevention, background working in food service and nutrition education.
population level obesity prevention strategies, and the evaluation Christa is a No Kid Hungry Afterschool Meals Champion.
of public health interventions, and she has led CDC’s efforts
to establish ECE surveillance. Carrie has a master’s degrees in Christina Alley
public health and nursing from Emory University.
Senior Manager of Child Programs
Chandi Edmonds, PT, DPT, PCS Houston Food Bank

Founder Christina leads the Kids Cafe and Backpack Buddy programs
Alpha Kids Shine - planning, developing, and implementing these successful
year-round nutrition programs while fostering collaborative
Chandi is a physical therapist who is a board community relationships. Christina has previously worked on
certified pediatric specialist. She has 18 years child hunger initiatives in Las Vegas. She has a Bachelor of
of clinical experience which include hospitals, NICUs, early Science in biochemistry from Portland State University and a
intervention, and schools. She has been on faculty at University graduate certificate in nonprofit management from American
of Southern California and is currently adjunct faculty at Public University. Christina is a No Kid Hungry Afterschool
Northwestern University and The Erikson Institute in Chicago. Meals Champion.
Chandi founded Alpha Kids Shine, a pediatric health and
wellness company. Christopher Primiano

Chelsea Hawk, MBA Executive Vice President
Food & Supply Source
Administrative Assistant to the Chief Medical Officer
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital In his current role, Chris heads up the marketing
team and leads the supply division for Food
Chelsea has been a driving force in the & Supply Source. Chris has over 30 years’ experience at the
development and implementation of the Lunch executive, operational and functional levels of procurement
to Grow free summer lunch program over the last two years. covering small organizations less than $10M to multi-billion
She has worked at the hospital for nearly seven years in both the dollar, publicly traded companies. Chris’ expertise is in how to
clinical and administrative environments. drive costs down and enhance services at the same time.

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Clarissa Hayes Daithi Wolfe

Child Nutrition Policy Analyst Senior Early Education Policy Analyst
Food Research and Action Center Kids Forward

Clarissa works with anti-hunger organizations Daithi is a co-chair of Healthy Early, an award-
and local, state, and national organizations to winning, state-wide coalition that works to
expand the use of afterschool and summer nutrition programs. improve nutrition and increase physical activity in Wisconsin
Before joining FRAC, Clarissa was an anti-hunger program childcare settings. He also leads the Farm to Early Care and
associate at Maryland Hunger Solutions (an initiative of FRAC) Education Project, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
and worked to increase participation in the child nutrition Daithi was an elementary school teacher for 16 years before
programs across the state. She has completed two years of joining Kids Forward, a multi-issue policy research and advocacy
national community service through AmeriCorps NCCC and organization promoting policies that ensure a safe and healthy
AmeriCorps VISTA. future for every child.

Coleen Donnelly Dale Kehr

Corporate Chef K-12/Higher Education SNAP-Ed Educator
InHarvest University of Illinois Extension

Chef Coleen, 1996 graduate of The Culinary Dale engages local stakeholders to implement healthier options
Institute of America, has an extensive career for their communities. She uses various assessments such
including executive chef/restaurateur, private chef, and instructor. as pantry assessments, smart lunchroom assessments, and
In 2000, she started cooking at a private school in East Hampton preschool assessments. Her strengths are incorporating these
NY and has now helped many districts convert to a healthy assessments into building healthier communities. Her focus areas
and sustainable model utilizing scratch cooking. In 2012 Chef include school and community gardens, pantry makeovers, and
Coleen joined InHarvest, where she works with school-nutrition professional development opportunities for school personnel and
operators across the country to find intact grain solutions that school wellness polices.
satisfy USDA guidelines.
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Conchetta Yonaitis, MEd

Special Nutrition Programs Manager
Virginia Department of Health

Conchetta has served with the Virginia
Department of Health since 2013. Prior to
this, she was a sponsor of both the Child and Adult Care Food
Program and the Summer Food Service Program. Conchetta has
an undergraduate degree in English and a master’s in education.

Dadit Hidayat, MS, PhD

Policy and Outreach Specialist
Kids Forward

Dadit works with both local and state-wide groups to strengthen
the interconnection between racial equity and community well
being. He conducts research on environmental sustainability and
community resiliency to inform his practice and policy discussion
as guided by community development principles. Dadit has a
PhD in environmental studies from the University of Wisconsin-
Madison where he was an Andrew W. Mellon Public Humanities
Fellow with the Center for the Humanities.

Daina Huntley, MPH, CHES

Director of Community Activities
Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute

Daina’s work focuses on improving practices supportive of
breastfeeding in environments beyond the hospital. She conducts
trainings on implementation of infant feeding best practices,
serves on the NC Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care Designation
application review committee, and manages online learning
modules created for healthcare and child care professionals.

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Danielle Brown DRAFT Deidrea Thompson, MS

Early Childhood Educator Technical Assistance Coordinator and Trainer
Little Ones Learning Center Bright from the Start: GA Dept. of Early Care and

Danielle has taught in the early education industry for 18 years Learning
and is currently a peer leader at Little Ones Learning Center in
Forest Park, Georgia. She has successfully implemented family Deidrea provides technical assistance and
style dining in the classroom and is a mentor for other teachers training to CACFP and SFSP institutions and sponsors in
who seek to implement farm to ECE in their classroom. Danielle Georgia. She has more than ten years’ experience as an auditor
enjoys the excitement on a child’s face when they see food on in federal child nutrition programs in both Georgia and North
their plate that they grew. Carolina. Deidrea also has five years of experience working for a
sponsoring organization.
Danielle Scott-Freeman, MPH
NCA Board of Directors
Executive Director of School Nutrition Denise Andrews, CMP, CCNP
Douglas County School System
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Danielle has expanded the school nutrition For the Children
program by increasing and improving summer
meals, winning her district two silver and one gold Turnip the Denise helped establish For The Children
Beet Awards. She has provided the CACFP supper program at CACFP in Oklahoma in 2000, a nonprofit CACFP Sponsor for
21 of the 33 schools and raised the farm to school programs licensed child care homes. Denise and her team support 92 child
achieving a Platinum Golden Radish Award. Danielle’s goals care homes. She represents small sponsor membership on NCA’s
are to grow school meals for all students within the community board of directors while participating in the development of
through educating parents, school community, and legislators. programs, activities, and policy positions.

Deb Cooper, CFPM Denise Payton, MA

Child Nutrition Services Specialist Senior Associate, Instructional Design
Tri-Valley Opportunity Council ProSolutions Training

Deb conducts CACFP site monitoring and food Denise has over fourteen years of professional
service training for internal staff. She has also experience in the field of education, with
worked on adapting farm to early care curriculum and newsletters responsibilities ranging from the direct care and education of
for easy integration into the classroom. young children to recruiting and training new staff. As an adjunct
professor and child care center director, she has trained early
Debra Eisenbarth, MS, RD childhood providers with best practice strategies for supporting
young children and their families. She currently creates online
Nutritionist training for early childhood providers on a range of topics.
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Derrick Lambert, MA
Debra develops and updates resources and
provides technical guidance related to menu Senior Manager
planning and food crediting in child nutrition programs. Her Share Our Strength
projects include the Food Buying Guide, Menu Planner for
School Meals, and Smart Snacks in School. Debra has a master’s Derrick leads the summer meals strategy within
in nutrition from Case Western Reserve University and a the Center for Best Practices. Prior to SOS,
bachelor’s in nutrition and dietetics from Kent State University. Derrick worked with Hunger Free Vermont, where he worked
with state agency staff, school districts and statewide partners
Deborah Gillison-Wilson, CMP, CCNP to initiate and expand implementation of federal child nutrition
programs, with a special focus on summer meals. Derrick has
Executive Director a master’s degree in international political economy from the
Georgia Nutritional Services University of Kent (England) and a bachelor’s in political science
from Union University.
Deborah has over 20 years of experience
working with child and adult care programs
and has been in business as a CACFP sponsor since 1996. Under
her directive, guided by her passion for the cause and with an
outstanding and committed team, GNSI exists to improve and
maintain the health and nutritional status of children and adults.

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Diana Myers, MS, RD, LD Dionne Dobbins, PhD

Nutrition Health Educator Senior Director of Research
Bright from the Start: GA Dept. of Early Care and Child Care Aware® of America

Learning Dionne leads the Mapping the Gap project in which GIS mapping
staff partner directly with state child care leaders to share their
Diana is developing a strategic plan for nutrition unique stories via customized state story maps. She has over 15
education in Georgia surrounding CACFP and SFSP. Diana years research experience, and she leads a team of researchers
earned her bachelor’s degree in nutrition and a master’s in health who partner with CCRRs and other child care leaders to elevate
sciences and nutrition from Georgia State University where child care issues and offer solutions.
she focused on farm to early care and education, food safety,
and school nutrition programs. Diana believes in the power of Dipti Dev, MS, PhD
building healthy habits through food access, taste testing, healthy
food interactions, and garden-based learning. Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Diane H. Craft, PhD
Dipti’s research focuses on improving the
Early Childhood Physical Activity Consultant implementation of CACFP policies and best
Active Play Books practices in varying childcare contexts. Her evidence-based
program EAT Family Style has won a national award and
Diane has co-authored four books on shown to improve implementation of CACFP best practices and
developmentally appropriate, inclusive physical children’s consumption of nutritious foods. Dipti received her
activity for young children including Active Play! Fun Physical PhD in nutritional sciences from the University of Illinois at
Activities for Young Children. In addition, Diane has given over Urbana-Champaign.
240 highly-acclaimed presentations, workshops and keynotes on
early childhood physical activities to audiences across the nation.
She consults with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
as the subject matter expert on Early Childhood Physical Activity.
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Donna Carver, SNS DRAFT Emily Branton, MBA

Child Nutrition Director President
Floyd County Schools Link2Feed

Donna, in her role for over 19 years, has Emily leads an international social enterprise
directed the institution of a summer program that believes data can truly make a difference.
that serves nearly 100,000 meals each summer and works with She speaks internationally on topics related to hunger and
CACFP sponsors to serve 450-500 suppers each school day. technology for social good. Emily holds a Masters of Business
Floyd County School Nutrition is proud to have won multiple Administration from the University of Windsor.
awards, to work with the community kitchen to avoid food waste,
and to partner with the food bank to send groceries home with Emily Pia
families monthly.
Program Manager, Center for Best Practices
featured session speaker Share Our Strength

Donna Martin, EdS, RDN, SNS, FAND Emily works to increase access to the federal child nutrition
programs, specifically school breakfast, afterschool meals, and
Director, School Nutrition Program summer meals. Prior to working for No Kid Hungry, Emily
Burke County Board of Education was a Peace Corps volunteer in Botswana where she worked on
community management of malnutrition projects and marveled
Donna is responsible for the school nutrition at the country’s universal free school breakfast and lunch for all
of 4,500 students in five schools, serving breakfast, lunch, students.
afterschool snacks, supper and summer meals. She served as
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ President in 2017-2018 Erica Goldthorp, MA
and was the first school nutrition director to be president of the
Academy. Donna is a graduate of the University of Georgia, has Senior Manager, Instructional Design
a master’s degree from the University of Alabama – Birmingham, ProSolutions Training
and has an education specialist degree from Augusta University.
Erica manages the development of research-
Elan Patterson based early care and education and social
services coursework grounded in best practices and adult
Conference and Partnerships Coordinator learning principles. She is also responsible for the management
National CACFP Sponsors Association of external training contracts IACET compliance and state
registry approvals. Erica has a MS from University of Georgia
Elan works to develop relationships with in child and family development with a certificate in nonprofit
many partners and with the participants in our organization management.
annual conferences including presenters, exhibitors, and venue
personnel. Elan graduated from The University of Mississippi Erin Croom, MS
with a BA in journalism.
Founder and Owner
Elise Lindstrom, MA, RDN Small Bites Adventure Club

Culinary Nutrition Specialist Erin helps children discover, love and eat their
Marion County Public Health Department fruits and vegetables in schools, childcare
facilities, and afterschool programs. Last year through Small
Elise works in the Sodium Reduction in Bites Adventure Club, over 9,000 students and 30,000 bites of
Communities Program. She has over a decade local food were served. Erin is Georgia’s Farm to Early Care and
of experience developing and implementing nutrition programs; Education Coalition Chair and she established Georgia’s farm to
creating and supporting community partnerships; and working school programming which has been adopted by over 70 school
with food service providers and distributors to increase access districts that serve 97 million meals with local food.
to healthier food options in all environments. Elise is the
chairperson for the Top 10 Coalition of Indiana’s Nutrition Work Erin Olson
Team and member of the Indiana Nutrition Council.
Community Health Consultant
Ellen Reynolds, JD Iowa Department of Health

Executive Director Erin coordinates the 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices
Georgia Child Care Association Count! initiative, statewide NAPSACC
implementation, Iowa farm to ECE pilot project and physical
Ellen’s career experience includes state and federal legislative activity and nutrition program efforts in early care and
and regulatory representation, grassroots campaigns and earned education settings. She is an ECE expert on policy, systems and
media campaigns, and association development and management. environmental change strategies for nutrition, physical activity
Ellen has over 20 years lobbying experience and has represented and obesity. Erin has presented at the CDC DNPAO National
American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, March of Training, Child Care Aware of America Symposium, Iowa’s
Dimes, Georgia Pharmacy Association, and Georgia Society of Governors Conference and the Department of Education School
Clinical Oncology to corporate clients such as Home Depot. She Wellness Conference.
also is the CEO of True North Strategies.

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Executive Director Civil Rights Officer, Civil Rights Division
Flint River Fresh USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Fredando has worked in agricultural outreach Gail is responsible for Civil Rights (CR)
to low-income communities and in food compliance activities and is the regional
production for over a decade. He has assisted in the creation technical authority on aspects of CR. She conducts CR
of 16 school gardens. He also works with local schools to Compliance Reviews of State Agencies, provides CR training,
coordinate farm stands, highlight seasonal produce on school and reviews CR complaint investigations in coordination with the
menus during Harvest of the Month, and he coordinates visits Complaints Branch. Gail has received 20 awards for her efforts
by local farmers to schools at least once a month for Know Your to overcome language and cultural barriers and build partnerships
Farmer Friday. between diverse groups and organizations. She is a graduate of
the University of Georgia.
NCA Board of Directors
Gabriela Rangel, CCNP Gary Matthews

Program Director Caterer
Child and Family Resources Gourmet Express

Gabriela has worked for Child & Family Gary, a dedicated entrepreneur, has successfully started and built
Resources for nine years, serving in her current role for five multiple businesses over almost 30 years. He has over 15 years
years. She has a bachelor’s in family studies and human experience in the food service industry as owner operator or
development from the University of Arizona, a Social Innovation managing family companies. Gary is passionate about serving
Nonprofit Leadership Certificate from Eller Executive Education, healthy, nutritious meals to children and is driven by his goal to
and is a Certified CACFP Child Nutrition Professional. She is nourish the minds and bodies of as many children as possible.
currently working on her master’s in early childhood studies.
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Geri Henchy, RDN, MPH DRAFT Holly McPeak, MS

Director of Nutrition Policy Nutrition Advisor
Food Research and Action Center U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Geri’s work focuses on nutrition policies, such Holly’s work as a nutrition advisor with USDA
as increasing the healthfulness of nutrition and HHS spans over 30 years, including her
programs, necessary to reach the goals of eradicating domestic start with the child nutrition programs at FNS. She co-leads a
hunger and improving the nutrition and health of low-income federal Dietary Guidelines Review Committee that ensures
individuals and families. She has been honored to receive nutrition education materials are consistent with the most current
numerous awards for her work and serves as advisor to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Most recently, she coordinated
National CACFP Sponsors Association. the Eat Healthy Be Active Community Workshops.

Gina Cook Illeme Amegatcher, PhD

ECE Nutrition Specialist Associate Manager
Quality Care for Children Global Scientific and Regulatory Affairs
General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition
Gina has worked in the child care industry for
over 20 years. She owned and operated child Illeme leads health and nutrition initiatives
care learning centers in Georgia and participated in the CACFP. for Foodservice. She also leads the Health Influencer Outreach
For the past 7 years, Gina has supported child care programs to program for Child Care, an area that is dear to her heart as a
ensure nutritious meals are served to all children in her role at mother of 2 young children. Illeme has an MS and a PhD in food
Quality Care for Children, a sponsor for the CACFP. science from Cornell University and a BS in food science from
Alabama A&M University.
Heather Guzman
Jackie Haven, MS, RD
Children’s Programs Manager
San Antonio Food Bank Deputy Administrator, Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion
Heather oversees the administration of federal and private
children’s feeding programs worth over 4 million dollars. She USDA Food and Nutrition Service
specializes in the children’s program compliance and capability,
ensuring children receive nutritious, well-balanced meals. With Jackie oversees programs that set national
Heather’s leadership, SAFB has been recognized by the Texas nutrition policy, and design and implement innovative and
Department of Agriculture for providing locally grown foods effective science-based national nutrition promotion and outreach
to children while connecting the community to agriculture and programs to improve the health of all Americans. Her projects
increasing community collaborations. include the development and promotion of the Dietary Guidelines
for Americans, MyPlate, USDA’s Nutrition Evidence Systematic
Heidi Hetzler, MS, RDN Review, the Healthy Eating Index, and the USDA Food Plans.
Jackie has been with USDA for over 25 years.
Program Coordinator, USDA SNAP-Ed; CACFP Training
Consultant, RIDE Jami Lee, LN, CCNP, CFPM, CLC

University of Rhode Island Child Nutrition Services Manager
Tri-Valley Opportunity Council
Heidi designs and implements nutrition
education programs and services for children, adults, and families Jami has been practicing in the field of nutrition
in Rhode Island. Her work includes creating interventions to for seven years and for the past four years,
improve eating habits of infants and young children. Heidi’s farm to early care has been Jami’s passion. As an advocate in the
projects include working with early care and education programs state of Minnesota, she partners with the Institute of Agriculture
to develop wellness policies; helping Head Start and preschool and Trade Policy, Minnesota Extension, along with other key
teachers adopt evidence-based nutrition education curricula; stakeholders to not only implement farm to early care but also to
and training WIC nutritionists and home visitors to promote pass the Farm to School bill in MN.
authoritative feeding practices among high-risk families.
Jason Grant
Helenka Ostrum
Director of Program Compliance
Program Specialist UMC Food Ministry
Texas Department of Agriculture
In his role, Jason makes sure all sites are
Helenka oversees community and student monitored and reviewed as required by USDA
engagement initiatives, stakeholder committees, rules, identifies sites that need more assistance, provides training
and increases awareness for the summer meal programs. Prior to sites, and onboards new sites into the UMC Food program.
to TDA, she served as a FoodCorps service member in North Jason previously worked in commercial ventures for many years.
Carolina and taught students about cooking, nutrition and
gardening. She earned an MS in food policy and MPH from Tufts PAGE 71
University.

Jason Rivas, MPA DRAFT Jennifer DeHoog, RD

Associate Director Nutrition Consultant
Western Michigan University Texas Education Service Center Region 10

For the past 16 years, Jason has successfully Jennifer is a consultant for CACFP and SFSP in
led various health behavior change oriented, North Texas. She has worked in child nutrition
web-based project implementations, with expertise in project for 20 years and is passionate about making a difference in
planning, monitoring and evaluation, team development, web the lives of children and adults through increasing access to
development and user experience design. He has been a main nutritious foods.
architect of online nutrition education systems focusing on WIC,
CACFP and SNAP populations. Jennifer Kozaczek, RD, LDN

Jean Bianchi, CMP, CCNP Nutrition Program Consultant
North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Nutrition Director
Clarendon Early Education Services Services

Jean began her career with the CACFP as a As a member of the Nutrition Training and
family child care provider almost thirty years Policy Team, Jen conducts training workshops, develops
ago and has served as director of nutrition since 2006. Jean has resources for participants, and coordinates farm to CACFP
been an active member of the Sponsors Association for almost training. Jen is a member of the steering committee for the
twenty years. NC Farm to Preschool Network. She has presented previous
workshops on the CACFP meal patterns, farm to CACFP, and
Jennifer Basey, MEd healthycacfp.org.

Program Associate Jennifer Weber, RD, MPH
National CACFP Sponsors Association
Kids Executive Portfolio Lead
Jennifer has served in many roles for the American Heart Association
association including membership, website,
conference, sales, and education. She’s currently responsible for Jennifer is responsible for leading the planning
the development of education materials. Jennifer spent ten years and execution of the enterprise-wide strategy
in education as an elementary teacher and as an instructional for improving kids’ health and establishing life-long engagement.
coach working directly with teachers. Jennifer joined AHA in 2013 to launch Healthy Way to Grow,
a joint program with Nemours that supports obesity prevention
Coffee, Tea & Me in early care and education settings. She previously worked at
Nemours, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the Office
Promoting of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the Department
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Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning
Centers’ After School programs and is the founder and chief
education officer of the Curtis – Harris Education Foundation
which is committed to youth development, adult education, adult
mentoring, and adult facilitation practices.

Jess Saracino, MS

Branch Chief, Program Monitoring
USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Jess develops regulations and guidance
materials and provides technical assistance
to State Agencies on various requirements in child nutrition
programs. Prior to FNS, she was a Federal funds analyst in the
Budget Office of the Texas State Legislature. Jess has a master’s
degree from American University in political science and a
bachelor’s in the same field from Gettysburg College.

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Jessica Soldavini, RD, LDN, MPH DRAFT Jolene Benedict

Graduate Research Assistant Director of Admin Services
No Kid Hungry NC UMC Food Ministry

Jessica’s work focuses on food insecurity, Jolene oversees the submission of claims
federal nutrition programs, nutrition policy, for all programs and ensures the supporting
and community-based nutrition and cooking interventions. documentation to support the claims is obtained, catalogued and
She coordinates the nutrition education program and leads the available for review. She was an administrator with a school
research and evaluation efforts for No Kid Hungry NC, which district overseeing the NSLP, CACFP and SFSP programs before
focuses on addressing child hunger through increasing access to joining UMC Food.
underutilized federal child nutrition programs, including summer
meals, at-risk afterschool meals, and school breakfast. She is also Jonathan Wallace
adjunct faculty at UNC Chapel Hill teaching nutrition policy.
Associate Director, Cross-Sector Engagement
Jill Cox, MS, RD Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Program Development Specialist Jonathan works to build bridges between
Penn State Better Kid Care the public and private sectors to achieve
public health goals and create healthier environments for kids.
Jill develops nutrition, health, and wellness Previously, Jonathan spent four years working with out-of-school
materials for early care and education time programs to integrate health and wellness practices and
professionals. Through her work at Better Kid Care, she has policies.
partnered with several national, state and community agencies,
and organizations to offer evidence-informed resources on a Julie Brake, MS, RDN, LD
variety of relevant health topics including obesity prevention,
healthy eating and physical activity promotion. Owner
Positive Nutrition
Jocelyn Moss, MA, CMP, CCNP
Julie has been a private practice dietitian for
CACFP Centers Program Director over 14 years and has worked with families
YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh and kids with eating issues for over 16 years. She specializes in
family nutrition, sports nutrition, and prevention and treatment of
In her role, Jocelyn oversees childcare centers disordered eating. She also counsels clients for various nutritional
and at-risk after school programs in Pittsburgh concerns. Julie has been a webinar presenter for DietitianCentral.
and surrounding areas. com and is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
as well as other local and national professional organizations.
Jodi Batten, SNS
featured session speaker
National Sales & Marketing Director
Red Gold Julie Miller Jones, PhD, LN, CNS

Jodi leads the education & government team Distinguished Scholar and Professor Emeritus,
with a focus on helping their customer partners Foods and Nutrition
provide great tasting, nutritious, popular, affordable tomato
products to their students and kids daily. Jodi has spent over 36 St. Catherine University, Grain Foods Foundation
years in the foodservice industry, focused on the child nutrition
segment for the past 22 years. She volunteers much of her time Julie is a board-certified and licensed nutritionist and professor
with local, state, and national child nutrition organizations. of nutrition. She was awarded “professor who made a difference
in people’s lives.” Julie is especially interested in whole grains,
John Brown dietary fiber, carbohydrates and dietary solutions. She actively
educates consumers against frauds and myths in nutrition and
Nutrition Director of Year-Round Meal Programs food safety. She is on the scientific advisory panel for the Grain
YMCA of Western North Carolina Foods Foundation and many other organizations. She is a fellow
of the AACCI, ICC and IFT.
John oversees the CACFP and the SFSP with hopes to continue
improving food security in NC. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree Julie Sundermann, RDN, LDN, MPH
in biological anthropology from Georgia State University.
Nutrition Program Consultant
North Carolina Department of of Health and Human

Services

Julie led a team that developed standardized
menu assessment tools, reviewed CACFP menus across North
Carolina, and offered individualized technical assistance on meal
pattern compliance to CACFP operators. She completed a Master
of Public Health with registered dietitian training program at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Kara Moore DRAFT NCA Board of Directors
Kati Wagner, CMP, CCNP
Child Hunger Programs Manager
Lowcountry Food Bank President
Wildwood CACFP
Kara has worked in food banking since 2016 administering
CACFP and SFSP. She held previous careers in the nonprofit Kati’s business background allows her to see
field which included United Way, financial and credit counseling, unique opportunities. Her expertise in handling the budget,
and affordable housing, always with a focus on programs’ dealing with legislation, and management experience has allowed
management and connecting families to basic needs services. her organization success and growth in the CACFP as a sponsor
in both Colorado and Wyoming.
Kara Panowitz, MSW
Katie Costello MPH, RDN, LD
Senior Out of School Time Manager, No Kid Hungry
Maryland Nutrition Manager
Providers Choice
Share Our Strength
Katie’s understanding of food systems helps
Kara focuses on increasing access to and her to support providers and staff in serving
participation in the summer and afterschool meal programs at healthful, delicious food. She has a bachelor’s degree from the
Share Our Strength. She received her master’s in social work University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in public health
at University of Maryland, has been a Peace Corps Volunteer from the University of Minnesota and is a registered dietitian.
in Madagascar, an executive director and filmmaker with Katie’s work feeds her passion for childhood nutrition.
Megaphone Project, and a teacher in Baltimore City.
Katie Landes, MSW
Karla Dumas, RDN
Director
Director, Food and Nutrition Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network
Forward Food, A Program of The Humane Society
Katie directs the collaborative dedicated to
of the United States advancing, connecting and supporting quality
afterschool programs throughout Georgia. She previously taught
Forward Food has partnered with over 600 kindergarten and third grade in Atlanta Public Schools as a Teach
institutional dining operations to cultivate a for America corps member. She earned a master’ in social work
more sustainable food system by increasing plant-based menu at Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from
options. With a decade of experience working in school food Washington University in St. Louis.
service, Karla works directly with programs by developing menu
cycles, recipes, and hosting hands-on culinary and nutrition Kaushalya Heendeniya, MS, RD
workshops. Karla received her plant-based culinary certification
through Rouxbe cooking school. Lead Program Analyst, Nutrition and Technical
Assistance Branch
Kate Abernathy, MS, RD, LD, CCNP
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Chief Executive Officer
Providers Choice Kaushalya serves as a team lead for CNP
projects and initiatives related to the National School Lunch
Kate’s work focuses on expanding participation Program, School Breakfast Program, CACFP, and SFSP. She
of CACFP healthy meals and snacks to children also serves as project lead for various technology-based training
across Minnesota through Providers Choice, which sponsors over and technical assistance resources for CNP administrators,
3,400 homes and 40 centers. Kate’s passion for child nutrition operators, and other stakeholders, such as the Food Buying
stems from a strong desire to promote health and wellness. Her Guide Interactive Web Tool and Mobile App and the Professional
in-depth nutrition expertise and leadership supports providers Standards Training Tracker Tool. Kaushalya has a master’s
with managing special diets, creating resources to simplify menu degree in dietetics from James Madison University.
planning and giving overall support to child care providers.
Kelcie Silvio, LMSW, MPH
Katey Halasz, MPH, RD
Farm to Early Care and Education Policy Analyst
Nutritionist Voices for Georgia’s Children
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Kelcie partners with those in early care,
Katey works on developing resources and agriculture, and nutrition spaces and researches
training materials for the CACFP to support the barriers and opportunities related to incorporating local, fresh
implementation of the CACFP meal patterns. and nutritious food for children in early care. Her background is
in child and family development with children in child care and
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Texas Health Science School at Houston and the University of
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Kelly Kunkel, MS, MCHES DRAFT Kimberly Della Donna

Extension Educator Farm to School Director
University of Minnesota Extension Georgia Organics

Kelly is a master certified health education Kimberly oversees collaborative initiatives
specialist. Much of her work has been dedicated with state agencies and stakeholders in child
to changing the food environment to improve food access and nutrition and agriculture to promote farm to school and farm to
choice for low income adult and youth audiences, through early care. She graduated summa cum laude from Johnson and
programming for food shelves, childcare providers and parents, Wales University with a BS in culinary nutrition and an AS in
and healthy school environments through Smarter Lunchrooms culinary arts. Kimberly is ServSafe certified.
and school food service training.
Kirsten Craft, MBA, MPP
Kelly Toups, RD, LDN, MLA
Senior Innovation Manager
Director of Nutrition Share Our Strength
Oldways
Kirsten manages research pilots, assists partners
Kelly is responsible for the design, direction with their own innovations and develops tools
and oversight of multiple nutrition-related and resources to share new ideas with a national audience. She
programs, including: Mediterranean, African Heritage, Latin has a MBA in marketing and MPP in nonprofit management from
American Heritage, Asian Heritage, and the Whole Grains the University of Maryland.
Council. Kelly graduated from the University of Texas with
bachelor’s in nutrition and has a master’s degree in gastronomy Kristin Mize
with a concentration in food policy from Boston University.
Curriculum and Training Manager
Kendra Burton, CCNP Common Threads

Manager of Nutrition Kristin works collaboratively with a creative team of registered
Newark Board of Education dietitians and culinary experts to bring hands on and experiential
learning programs about nutrition, culture, and food to students,
Kendra ensures that over 8,500 meals and 3,000 teachers and families. Kristin values teaching and learning with a
snacks are served daily to students. She works focus on the critical role of social interactions and interpersonal
with the community and school representatives to ensure that communication. Prior to joining the Common Threads staff, she
the CACFP program continues to grow, and she has increased worked for five years as a classroom teacher and social studies
participation to over 65 sites. Kendra completed her degree in department head.
culinary arts at Hudson County Community College and has a
bachelor’s in nutrition from Montclair State University. LaMonika Jones, MEd, GCPA

Kent K. Williamson Procurement and Purchasing Compliance Officer
Bright from the Start: GA Dept. of Early Care and
Food Service and CACFP Manager
Children’s Aid New York City Learning

Kent focuses on always fresh, nutritionally balanced and kid- LaMonika has over 10 years of purchasing
friendly food. With a background in culinary arts and business experience. She provides technical assistance on procurement
and working in the food industry feeding school-age children for and purchasing to over 700 CACFP providers and 90 SFSP
25 years, Kent has the expertise and knowledge to continually providers. Prior to joining Bright from the Start, she was the
take his program to new levels each year. He has, in the past two purchasing administrator for a metro-Atlanta minority woman-
and a half decades, participated in the ever-changing field of owned business managing the government purchasing schedule.
childhood nutrition and foodservice. LaMonika is a Georgia Certified Purchasing Associate.

Kenza Woods, MBA, MPA Larry Karow, CMP, CCNP, D.Min

Senior Manager Healthy Way to Grow Chief Executive Officer
American Heart Association UMC Food Ministry

Kenza is responsible for program development Larry oversees UMC Food, which started 10
and expansion of Healthy Way to Grow, which years ago serving two sites and 7,000 meals.
focuses on improving healthy habits for young children, their Today, UMC Food has over 300 sites that serve afterschool,
families and community. Healthy Way to Grow, a joint program summer, childcares and NSLP in two states, and will have served
of AHS and Nemours that supports obesity prevention in early in excess of 2 million meals to children in 2019.
care and education.

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Laura Roth, MPH Levell R. Baker

Program Analyst Nutrition Services Manager
USDA Food and Nutrition Service YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

Laura works on regulatory development, drafts Levell started his career as a home child care
guidance, and provides technical assistance for provider 25 years ago. He has been recognized
the CACFP and SFSP. Prior to joining FNS in 2019, Laura spent for his passion and work with the “Visionary Excellence Award
several years supporting maternal and child health initiatives 2010” – Chicago Urban League, “Beacon of Light Award 2011”
at nonprofit global health organizations and the Peace Corps. – Illinois Action for Children, and the “Unsung Hero Award
Laura has a Master of Public Health from George Washington 2015” – Women’s Business Development Center. He prides
University and a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University. himself in attuning his life’s purpose and passions to systemically
serve the early education field.
Leah Galitzdorfer, RDN, CCNP
Lianni Maldonado, MS, RDN, LDN
Program Dietitian
NY Enrichment Group Wellness, Early Head Start & Farm to School Dietitian
Burke County Public Schools
Leah advocates for the development of healthy
eating behaviors through the celebration of Lianni is involved serving about 4,200 children daily breakfast,
culture and food and has contributed to research efforts aiming lunch, afterschool snack, supper and summer meals. She also
to achieve this by using human-centered and culturally sensitive hosts a weekly farmers market which increases access to fresh
approaches. As a consultant for child care centers in NYC, Leah fruits and vegetables in her rural community. Lianni has a double
provides program support for CACFP implementation through major in dietetics and consumer foods, a minor in Spanish, and
monitoring, evaluations and staff trainings. Leah continuously a master’s in allied health with a nutrition concentration and
works to increase awareness of CACFP among program dietetic internship. Her interest in nutrition began in high school
participants, offering cooking demonstrations, workshops, and culinary arts classes.
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Lily Doher, RD Liz Dixon, MS

Project Manager, Health and Basic Needs Education and Training Specialist
United Way for Southeastern Michigan Institute of Child Nutrition

Lily’s responsibilities are to build out and In almost seven years at ICN, Liz has designed
project manage UWSEM’s nutrition education resources, hosted focus groups, and conducted
point of view and activities that influence child health outcomes research with child care centers. She has presented for the
and to align other health-related work at UWSEM with the Institute of Food Technologists conference, National CACFP
priorities that have been established. She is responsible for Sponsors Association conference, USDA State Agency Meeting,
the creation of the Feeding, Eating and Succeeding Together and ICN webinars. Liz has a master’s in food, nutrition, and
(FEAST) program. culinary sciences.

Linda Funk DRAFTLorenzo Almada, PhD

Executive Director Clinical Assistant Professor
The Soyfoods Council Georgia State University

Linda develops and executes soyfood Lorenzo is a health economist at the Andrew Young School of
programing. She works with the national food Policy Studies. His research interests focus primarily on policy-
and nutrition media, develops chef training, creates promotional driven questions in the field of health economics centered around
programs for foodservice and retail, works with manufacturers, the effects of food assistance programs and social policies on
and develops food sponsorships for local and national food diet-related outcomes. Prior to joining Georgia State, Lorenzo
conferences. In her 30+ year career in food marketing, Linda was a postdoctoral research scientist at the Columbia Population
has been recognized with a number of awards and has served Research Center and Columbia University’s School of Social
on multiple boards. She graduated from Stout University with a Work.
degree in home economics.
Lutina Cochran, MS, PDS
Lindy Wood
Education and Training Specialist
Senior Education and Outreach Manager Institute of Child Nutrition
Atlanta Community Food Bank
Lutina develops resources and provides technical assistance
Lindy has worked with the food bank managing to CACFP professionals. Prior to joining the Institute in 2010,
the education and outreach work since 2001. she served in both classroom and management roles in the field
She has facilitated more than a thousand tours and workshops of early childhood education. Lutina has a master’s in early
in 18 years. Lindy has a Bachelor of Arts and has been working childhood education, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in
as an educator in the nonprofit and art communities for over 34 higher education.
years.
Lynn Cavett, MEd
Linsey LaPlant, MS, RDN
CACFP Supervisor
Sales Manager Michigan Department of Education
Health-e Pro
Lynn has been with the Department of
Linsey has extensive experience in child Education for over four years and previously
nutrition programs. She worked 11 years with served as the community education and early childhood director
Washington State Child Nutrition Services ensuring program for 14 years at Swartz Creek Community Schools. She is
compliance and assisting program operators with implementing passionate about feeding the whole child the whole year! Lynn
the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010. Linsey also worked in has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in education from
a large public school as dietitian manager implementing Health-e the University of Michigan and is a proud graduate of the Disney
Pro software. Leadership Institute.

Lisa Mack Lynn Policastro

Executive Director Healthy Initiatives Program Coordinator
National CACFP Sponsors Association Wake County Smart Start

Lisa works with the board of directors to Lynn has worked over 20 years supporting
develop and implement the long-term operating early childhood providers in North Carolina
plan to ensure the growth and success of the National CACFP through quality enhancement projects, licensing and training,
Sponsors Association. Central to that plan is managing member including leadership on the NC Child Care Commission for many
relationships, resource and product development, training and years. Through her experiences in helping child care programs
conference programming, and partnership development. She has provide quality care, she has focused on supporting programs in
a BBA from Pace University. providing more active play and fresh food options.

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Malissa Marsden, SNS DRAFT Matthew Essner, SNS

Consultant Director of Sales
Child Nutrition Support Services Colyar Technology Solutions

Malissa provides culinary training and Matthew has been in child nutrition for over
assistance in creating recipes, meals, and menus 13 years. Currently he oversees the national
that utilize available commercial and USDA foods for child sales team working with State Agencies administering CACFP,
nutrition for two agriculture marketing boards. She focuses on SFSP, NSLP, and FDP. He has previously served as an NSLP
speedy, simple, scratch recipes and menus that operators can reviewer, director of the FDP program with MO DESE, and
utilize in their operations and that the kids will eat. Malissa has a Midwest regional sales manager with Red Gold. He has been in
BA and AA from Purdue University. leadership roles for SNA and has a sincere passion to help feed
more children.
Marcia Wileczek, CMP, CCNP
Maureen Lyons
Director of Childcare Relations
Novick Childcare Solutions Director of Training & Center-Based Programs
Wildwood CACFP
Marcia has worked in childcare for over 20
years. She has been a classroom teacher, spent As an experienced trainer, Maureen brings
17 years as a center director for a program with 140 children, genuine enthusiasm for effective resource
and has served as the food program director for her district of 12 management to the forefront. She creates and presents engaging
schools. Marcia has created seasonal menus, targeted healthier, evidence-based training to showcase successful initiatives
cost effective menu items and recipes for her entire district. combined with experimental concepts for CACFP Sponsors
At Novick Marcia helps providers navigate CACFP program across the U.S.
requirements and compliance.
Melissa Daigle-Katz, MPH
Marquette King-Connor, MA
Program Analyst, Community Meals Branch
Director of Prevention and Wellness USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Better Family Life
Melissa works on policy and technical
Marquette leads programs that help nurture, educate, and assistance for the CACFP and SFSP. She enjoys
feed the youth. These include CACFP, SFSP, social emotional her focus on meal pattern, disability accommodations, disaster
learning curricula, SAFE Passage Summer Programming and response, and customer service projects.
Teen Pregnancy Prevention curricula. She holds a Master of
Arts in professional school counseling and Bachelor of Art in NCA Board of Directors
criminology. Melissa Moore, CCNP

Marvin Young, MPH Director of Programs
Family League of Baltimore
Family & Community Health Extension Agent
Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Melissa has been working with the federal
nutrition programs for over six years. In her role, she oversees
Program the afterschool, summer, and family child care home programs
in Baltimore, Maryland. She is treasurer of the National CACFP
Marvin has been in his role for over 13 years. Sponsors Association and chair of the Baltimore Partnership to
He has served on various boards, founded an academic and End Childhood Hunger.
athletics organization, and has worked at LSU and Southern
University’s agriculture centers, Louisiana’s Office of Public Melissa Weissler, MPH
Health and the Children’s Bureau. Marvin has received awards in
diversity, marketing, program excellence, communications, and Manager of Child Nutrition Programs
food safety. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, sociology, Operation Food Search
and special education and a master’s in public health.
Melissa is responsible for executing summer
Mary Schroeder, RDN, LD, MPH and after school meal programs and focuses
on making these programs accessible and engaging. She has a
Extension Educator master’s in public heath from the University of Missouri.
University of Minnesota Extension
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and she has been in this role for 20 years.

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Melinda Nguyen, MS, RDN, LD DRAFT Michelle Markham

Nutrition Specialist School Administrator
Texas Department of Agriculture Cowboy Junction

Melinda provides nutrition support for all Michelle enjoys finding fun ways to engage
12 TDA administered federally funded child children in learning and sharing fundamental
nutrition programs. Melinda is passionate about supporting skills for busy, fast-paced lives. She has been in her role for
Contracted Entities in feeding children the most nutritious and 16 years and also teaches life skills to middle school students.
delicious meals while in the care of providers and schools. Her Michelle has a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership and
enjoyment of cooking translates well in supporting the creation is a certified teacher.
of diverse menus and recipes. Melinda received her master’s
in food and nutrition from Framingham State University in Michelle Smith, MSW, LSW
Massachusetts.
Behavioral Health Coordinator
Michele Chivore, MBA Capital Area Head Start

Director of Child Nutrition Programs Michelle works to involve a diverse group
Atlanta Community Food Bank of stakeholders including educators, parents,
farmers, and community leaders in this task force to develop
Michele develops and implements programs strategies that will build a foundation for access to fresh, local
aimed at reducing child hunger. She was foods and high-quality learning environments. She works in
previously the campaign director for childhood hunger programs effort to further farm to early learning activities in Pennsylvania.
at the Georgia Food Bank Association and the Atlanta program
manager for Seedco. She has also worked for Communities in Milele Kennedy, CMP
Schools of Georgia to manage and implement several federal
programs. Michele has degrees from the University of Cape Food Policy and Program Coordinator
Town in South Africa and the Keller Graduate School of City of Indianapolis
Management.
Milele creates partnerships with organizations
Michele Peres to feed hungry youth in Marion County,
Indiana. An Afterschool Alliance Ambassador Emeritus, Milele is
CACFP & SFSP Program Coordinator a member of youth serving organizations including the National
Vision Educational Center Afterschool Association, David Weikart Center for Youth
Program Quality and NCA. She is a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
In her role, Michele works closely with a team and received the City of Indianapolis, Mayor’s Performance
to develop kid-friendly menus and is also a Award in 2014 and 2016, and the 2017 Best of Indiana Award for
part of Vision Educational Center’s outreach program, Feed the Indy Parks Food Program Application.
A Neighbor Project which aims to improve food security for
seniors. Michele has a degree in early childhood education and Mimi Wu, MS, RD
over 7 years of experience working with infants to school age
students. Nutritionist
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Michelle Adkins, MPP
Mimi develops and promotes nutrition
Project Manager education and technical assistance materials to
Child Care Aware of America support those participating in child nutrition programs, with an
emphasis on projects that support the CACFP.
Michelle has been working for children and families for over 25
years. She coordinates the efforts of the training and technical Monica Coulter, MS
assistance team and collaborates with other national center staff.
Michelle has previously worked for the National Center on Early Corporate Chef
Childhood Development, Quality Assist, Georgia’s Department General Mills
of Early Care and Learning, and the Mecklenburg Partnership for
Children (Smart Start). Monica supports K-12 with a variety of responsibilities,
including identifying products and solutions that are a good fit
Michelle Lombardo, DC for school feeding programs and developing recipes for kid-
favorite menu items. She received her master’s degrees in both
President nutrition and food science from Texas Woman’s University, her
The OrganWise Guys bachelor’s degree in foods and nutrition from the University of
Louisville and an associate degree in occupational studies from
Michelle founded The OrganWise Guys in 1993 The Culinary Institute of America.
with the goal of making complicated medical
research relevant and usable for kids of all ages to make health- PAGE 81
oriented behavior changes. The nutrition and physical activity
programs she developed underwent extensive research and results
are published in top-tier, peer-reviewed journals.

Monica Griffin, MS, RD, LD DRAFT Nez Wynn, CMP, CCNP

Senior Wellness Program Coordinator Director of Operations
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Vision Educational Center

Monica manages wellness programming in early As a consultant with the Feed A Neighbor
care, school, and community settings. She helps Project, Nez enjoys helping other sponsors grow
professionals and parents become responsive caregivers and their organizations. Nez has worked as a community health nurse
recognize feeding as a critical component of child development. to improve health and nutrition programs throughout her state
Previously Monica worked at the Georgia Department of Early and she has over 11 years of experience with CACFP and SFSP.
Care and Learning, where she developed the first nutrition and
physical activity standards for the statewide QRIS, and managed Nkem Ijeh, MPH
a USDA-funded program implementing wellness policies in child
care centers. Technical Assistance Coordinator and Trainer
Bright from the Start: GA Dept. of Early Care and
Monica Miles, CPA, CFE
Learning
President
MH Miles Company, CPA, PC Nkem’s passion for serving families and
ensuring the health and wellness of children led to her current
Monica has more than twenty years of position. She provides support, assistance and training to multiple
experience in the fields of auditing, consulting, providers and sponsors to successfully navigate the CACFP and
and contract/grant compliance. She has managed and participated SFSP requirements. Nkem has a great desire to train and educate
in hundreds of CACFP and SFSP reviews and investigations. professionals in becoming more effective and knowledgeable
Additionally, she regularly serves as a presenter at state agency, with child nutrition programs.
sub-recipient, and trade association annual trainings and
conferences. Monica has testified as a state-appointed expert Nora Geary, MPH, MSW
witness in several state administrative hearings of CACFP and
SFSP institutions. Early Care and Education Consultant
McKing Consulting
Monty Waites
Nora is member of the early care and education
Special Nutrition Program Specialist team in the Division of Nutrition, Physical
Atlanta Public Schools Activity and Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). Nora provides guidance, support, and
Monty began working with APS in 2002. In technical assistance to CDC grantees and partners on systems-
2005, he was promoted to be his school’s level approaches to ensure children get the healthiest start
federal eligibility application (FEA) coordinator and was possible. She has subject matter expertise in states’ quality rating
consistently recognized as the top FEA coordinator from 2005- and improvement systems and the Child and Adult Care Food
2015. Monty was promoted to his current role in 2015 where his Program.
duties include afterschool program site set-up for supper meals,
operational training and management of the Supper on Site Olivia Newman, MPH, RD
program. He is Serv-Safe Certified in food safety.
Nutritionist, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
Naomi Czerwinskyj, MS for Women, Infants and Children

Senior Implementation Specialist USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Link2Feed
Olivia works to develop national policy and
Naomi believes that data is the key to “feeding provide technical guidance in the areas of nutrition education,
change” and enjoys working directly with infant and toddler nutrition and breastfeeding promotion and
nonprofits to help them better understand the people they serve. support. She received her bachelor’s degree in nutrition from
She has worked for international social-mission businesses Radford University and completed her dietetic internship at the
in Afghanistan, throughout Central America, and in the U.S. University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Naomi holds an MS in international public service from DePaul
University. Pamela Heisler, CCNP

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Paul Lowery Rebecca Portman, MS

Director of Accountability Food & Nutrition Specialist
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Forward Food, A Program of The Humane Society of the

Services Division of Food, Nutrition and Wellness United States

Paul supervises the review team which is Rebecca partners with institutions interested in
responsible for the division’s compliance assessment of the increasing plant-strong menu options in their programs. She and
regulatory requirements established for the child nutrition her team of chefs and dietitians offer a variety of free tools and
programs in Florida. Paul has auditing experience from the state’s resources to assist programs implement sustainable, customized
Office of Inspector General and has over 17 years of regulatory plant-strong programs for each individual institution, including
experience. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in business hands-on culinary training and education.
administration from Auburn University Montgomery and an
associate degree in culinary arts from the Art Institute of Fort Rebecca Rodriguez
Lauderdale.
Health & Nutrition Manager
Raynice Jean-Sigur, MS, PhD Lorain County Community Action Agency

Professor of Early Childhood Education Rebecca’s experience in early childhood and working with
Kennesaw State University children and families spans over 20 years. She oversees
comprehensive health services including physical, oral, and
Raynice has taught child development and ECE courses for nutritional health. She is passionate about creating partnerships
over 18 years. She launched the birth through kindergarten and systems that build healthy experiences and eating habits for
undergraduate degree program which prepares early care children at a young age to promote positive choices and healthy
providers and interested students to teach and care for very young lifestyles.
children from birth through five years. Her research interests
include culture and diversity in early childhood education,
families and children with medical and special needs, and teacher
preparation for early care and learning providers.
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Rebekah Duchette, RN, BSN Robert Bensley, PhD, MCHES

Senior State System Specialist Professor
Nemours Children’s Health System Western Michigan University

Rebekah provides support to states engaged Robert is a professor of public health and
in the Healthy Kids Healthy Future Technical director of the eHealth Innovations Group.
Assistance Project (TAPS). She previously worked as a public He has numerous years’ experience working with populations
health nurse and child care health consultant to improve health through grant-funded activities. He is the founder of
practices, policies, and environments. Rebekah has over 20 years wichealth.org, which has impacted over 6.5 million WIC
of experience providing adult learning through patient education clients across 35 states, and of HealthyCACFP.org. He served
and ECE provider training. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr as the project director on 225 externally funded contracts,
College and Troy University. most of which support the development and implementation of
technology-based behavior change programming.
Regina Jackson-Johnson
Robert Ek, MA
Childhood Nutrition Coordinator
Three Square Food Bank Program Analyst, Office of Community Food Systems
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Regina grew up with food insecurities and
learned about coalitions through picking up Robert oversees farm to school research and the
food boxes. She started volunteering then was able to gain evaluation work portfolio including the Farm
employment each summer. She is thankful for food insecurity to School Census. He also manages farm to CACFP activities.
programs. Regina is working toward an associate degree in Prior to this, Robert worked for the State of Maryland and also
mental health services and has plans to continue work as an the American Public Human Services Association. Robert has a
advocate against poverty. master’s from the University of Delaware.
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Reynaldo Green Robert Fillmore

Vice-President of Nutrition and Family Well-Being CACFP Coordinator and Family Engagement Manager
Quality Care for Children Inter Tribal Council of Michigan Head Start and Early Head Start

Since 2010 Reynaldo has overseen QCC’s Robert has worked with the Head Start and Early Head Start
administration of the federal Child and Adult programs for over 20 years. He provides technical assistance,
Care Food Program that serves 4 million meals to over 20,000 training and ongoing monitoring to ensure compliance with all
children across Georgia each year plus other nutrition initiatives state and federal rules and regulations.
including Chefs for Young Children and Farm to Early Care and
Education. Additionally, Reynaldo manages the two-generation Ruth Taylor, MS, RDN, LD
Boost program that awards child care scholarships to the children
of four-year college students and parents in under-resourced Coordinator
communities. Fulton County Schools

NCA Board of Directors Ruth leads procurement, menu planning, and
Rhonda Kobylecky, CMP, CCNP wellness implementation for 95 school in the
metro-Atlanta area. She earned her degree in dietetics followed
Director of Food Services by a master’s in foods and nutrition at the University of Georgia.
Acelero Learning Prior to joining Fulton County Schools, Ruth worked as research
coordinator and sports nutritionist for the University of Georgia.
Rhonda has been working in Head Start for
over 15 years. While overseeing the Clark County, NV Head Salome Pemberton, RDN, CCNP, CDN
Start Food Services, Rhonda also monitors and supports delegate
Head Start Programs in Wisconsin, Philadelphia and New Jersey. Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist
Rhonda has served as a Regional Representative with National NY Enrichment Group
CACFP Sponsors Association and is a current board member.
Salome works with early childhood programs
throughout New York City. She is passionate
about encouraging nutritious foods at a young age to help
children obtain a healthy lifestyle. She has experience advising
programs on CACFP creditable meals and counseling families on
ensuring diets are nutritionally adequate for children who require
a special diet such as food allergy or intolerance, gluten-free,
dysphagia, and vegetarian or vegan diets.

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Samantha Benjamin-Kirk, MBA Senta Hester, CMP

Program Specialist Executive Director
USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Southeast Region Our Daily Bread CACFP

Samantha (Sam) is a farm to school lead Senta established Our Daily Bread CACFP
assisting in the implementation of the farm twenty-five years ago which today services
to school program in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, over 15,000 children daily. She first began her CACFP career
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. as a home provider. The CACFP and ODBCACFP both are her
She provides technical assistance and targeted training to state passion. Senta has served on the board of directors for several
agencies, farmers, extension groups, tribal organizations and non- child care and child nutrition organizations including NCA. She
profit organizations on integrating local foods into child nutrition is an active member of the Childhood Obesity Coalition.
programs and local procurement methods. Sam also oversees the
USDA Farm to School Grant Program in the Southeast. Shannon Holbrook

Sara Gold, MSW South Georgia Regional Consultant
Quality Care for Children
Director, Health and Basic Needs
United Way for Southeastern Michigan Shannon has been in her role for 21 years
consulting with centers and family homes
Sara has been in her role for over 7 years teaching the rules and regulations of CACFP, proper nutrition,
working on food security issues and child local procurement, and farm to early care and education. She
health. She received her master’s in social work from the also provides technical assistance to the five South GA Learning
University of Michigan. Sara started her career at the United Collaborate sites. Shannon previously owned and operated her
States Department of Agriculture in Food and Nutrition Service. own family daycare home for ten years.
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Sara Harmon, RDN, MPH Sharla Olson, LN

Summer Food Service Program Consultant Nutritionist
Michigan Department of Education SENDCAA Child & Adult Care Food Program

Sara is a consultant for the Meet Up and Eat Up Sharla is responsible for onsite monitoring
Summer Food Service Program in Michigan. family child care homes in eastern North
She helps manage the SFSP, statewide training and sponsor Dakota, ensuring nutritious meals are provided in accordance
reviews. She works closely with community partners to expand with state and federal regulations. Sharla also trains providers
the SFSP and has helped connect local libraries with SFSP with the latest nutrition information provided by the USDA.
sponsors. Sara also serves as the public policy coordinator for the Sharla received a degree in dietetics from North Dakota State
Michigan Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. University and previously worked for the USDA WIC Program.

Savannah Thornurgh Sharon Bostwick, MS

SDairveactnonr aofhWTYhOoprenrbatuiorngs, CCNP Program Director of Food Access
Family League of Baltimore
Director of Wyoming Operation
W1i2ld2w0o0oEd CBAriCaFrPwood Avenue, #175 Sharon manages the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the
Summer Food Service Program, ensuring that Family League
SCOaefvfniactneenn3an0hia3li-,s7C3pO0a-s08s40io61n01a2te about expanding the fulfills its responsibilities as a sponsor agency.
CCAelCl 3F0P7-th26ro6u-1g2h3o6ut Wyoming. Her work
with parents, providers, and food service operations has led Sharon Jackson
Savannah to share her success in streamlining costs and efficient
program management based on first-hand experience for CACFP Owner & Teacher
sponsoring organizations. Array of Light Home Care

Scott Germain Sharon provides care for infants to school age
children at her home in Alabama. She enjoys
Food & Nutrition Services Program Manager writing, developing children, and has a passion for seeing others
Garrett County Public Schools educated and equipped for the future.

Scott has been in his role for more than 20 years. He has won Sharon Ray
a No Kid Hungry Summer Hero Award and the regional ASBO
Brice and Shirley Phillips Best Practice Award for his mobile President
summer meals and has been a speaker at state and national Nutriservice
conferences.
Email: [email protected] Sharon’s 30 years in CACFP include sponsoring
Fax: 303 730-0461 home day care providers, child care centers,
Visit our website: and adult day care centers. She has served on various CACFP
www.wildwoodonline.org committees. Her favorite CACFP activity is sharing training and
resources with care givers.

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Shauna Best, CCNP DRAFT Stephania Sidberry, MPH

Unit Director Shape NC Program Manager
Town of Wallkill Boys and Girls Club North Carolina Partnership for Children

Shauna promotes the advancement of positive Stephania oversees projects to address obesity
youth development while managing and prevention in children birth to five. Prior to the
mentoring program leaders and aides. Through the summer day Partnership, Stephania worked for the North Carolina Division
camp, the club provides over 500 campers a safe and fun-filled of Public Health for 9 years on various public health initiatives.
summer camp experience. Shauna has also worked at a CCR&R Stephania is passionate about public health and has dedicated her
as a resource specialist and was the director and owner of Very career to bettering the lives of children and youth.
Best Preschool for over 25 years.
Stephanie Womack, MA
Shauna Payne
Program Manager
Nutrition Manager American Academy of Pediatrics - National Center on
Tallatoona CAP
Early Childhood Health and Wellness
Shauna operates and maintains compliance
in the CACFP to ensure the nutritional needs Stephanie works in the Institute for Childhood
of each child in the Head Start program are met. Tallatoona Weight and supports the National Center on Early Childhood
serves 611 children ages 3-5 with seven HS centers in Northwest Health and Wellness’ healthy, active living initiatives through
Georgia. Shauna has an Associates of Applied Science degree in training and resource development. She fosters national
culinary arts, has been in the food-service industry for 20 years, partnerships to support grants, manages quality improvement
and has cooked professionally and managed departments in a projects, creates and disseminates resources that support
variety of food-service sectors. pediatricians and early care and education providers in support
of young children and families in obesity prevention and weight
Sheila Tompkins-Hess management. Stephanie’s degrees are in public relations and
communications.
ECE Professional
Stephen Miliano
Sheila has been a supporter of Head Start for
much of her life. She attended Head Start as a Civil Rights Officer
child and then worked as a teacher, a director USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Northeast Regional
and a supervisor for Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
Sheila loves working with children and with helping staff to Office
increase their skills with the children they support. Sheila has
been a trainer at NAEYC and state conferences as well as many Stephen provides Civil Rights oversight,
local ECE trainings in Las Vegas. guidance, and assistance for all Federally Assisted (FA) programs
managed by FNS at the regional, state, and local agency levels.
Shelby Beverly, MSA, CCNP He is also responsible for developing and conducting Civil Rights
training and conducting reviews of FA programs, independently,
Procurement and Compliance Analyst or in conjunction with the regional office’s program management
Georgia Nutritional Services evaluation teams.

Shelby started her career with GNSI in NCA Board of Directors
2016 and has been engaged in training and Susan Ison, CMP
development, programming, and new initiatives that support the
health and nutritional status of children and adults within the Executive Director
CACFP. She is dedicated to making a difference in day to day Helping Hands
programs and meal service that benefit young children and adults.
With degrees in music performance and therapy,
Sheldon Gordon, MS, RDN psychology, and recreation therapy, Susan stumbled into the child
nutrition arena when asked to temporarily take charge of Helping
Branch Chief, Nutrition and Technical Assistance Hands. Susan has been in the CACFP now for 25 years and is
Branch passionate that the at-risk kids in Salt Lake City have access to
enough food to start life healthy and happy.
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Suzanne Diggs
Sheldon leads the nutrition and technical
assistance for the National School Lunch Program, the School Program Analyst, Program Monitoring Branch
Breakfast Program, the CACFP and the SFSP. He also oversees USDA Food and Nutrition Service
the development of technology-based training and technical
assistance resources for child nutrition program administrators, Suzanne specializes in the Serious Deficiency
operators, and stakeholders. Sheldon has a master’s degree from process and oversees the National Disqualified
Tuskegee, is a past-president for the Washington, DC chapter of List. Prior to joining FNS in 2011, she worked for the Maryland
the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) and is a current State agency for 17 years. Suzanne has a bachelor’s degree from
member of the AND. Towson State University.

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Tamara Baker Tanya Thomas, PhD

Communications and Project Director President
No Kid Hungry NC Georgia Head Start Association

Based at UNC Chapel Hill’s Center for Health Tanya also serves as the executive director and Head Start
Promotion and Disease Prevention, NKH NC director for Coastal Plain Area EOA. She oversees all of the
works to improve access to underused federal child nutrition Head Start comprehensive services including early childhood
programs. Tamara leads communications and the summer and development and health services, family and community
afterschool nutrition programs for children. She also directs the partnerships, and program design and management for ten
team’s federal SNAP-Education grant for improving nutrition, Georgia counties. Her focus is to reduce and eliminate poverty
policy, systems and related environment for children in low- and its causes in the coastal plain area of Georgia.
income areas. She has worked on food issues within USDA,
Congress, the private sector, and nonprofits. Tara Evans, CMP, CCNP

Tamika Boone, MPA Child Development Manager
Spokane Tribe of Indians
Director of Nutrition Services
Bright from the Start: GA Dept. of Early Care and Tara oversees two early learning centers as well
as manages the Tribe’s Child Care Development
Learning Fund (CCDF), CACFP, SFSP, Early Childhood Education and
Assistance Program (ECEAP) and Tribal Licensing Program.
Tamika oversees the administration of the Additionally, she represents the Spokane Tribe on the Indian
CACFP and SFSP in Georgia. She previously served as a Policy Early Learning Committee under the Department of
compliance manager responsible for the management of the Children Youth and Families for Washington State. Tara has over
CACFP and SFSP monitoring process and as a performance 16 years’ experience in the early learning field.
auditor with the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts.
Tamika has a Master of Public Administration degree from
the University of Georgia, and she is a Certified Government
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Tayler Wheatley, MS Toyin Okunoren, MS, RDN, MHA, CMP,
CCNP
Educator, SNAP-Ed
University of Illinois Extension CEO and Owner
Little Ones Learning Center
Tayler’s goal is to increase opportunities for
SNAP eligible individuals and families to Toyin worked as a clinical dietitian at the
have access to healthy choices through evidence-based nutrition Regional Medical Center in Memphis where she provided
and physical activity education. She works to make the healthy nutrition education to patients and their families while in the
choice the easy choice by implementing policy, system, and hospital and during visits to outpatient clinics. In 1994 she
environmental changes to create a healthy environment and opened a day care center which she currently operates with her
healthy citizens. Tayler has a bachelor’s degree in health and daughter. Toyin’s interest in early childcare education stems from
human physiology from University of Iowa and a master’s in her belief that providing quality care, including good nutrition, is
health sciences from Western Illinois University. an important building block in raising healthy bodies and minds.

Theresa Patterson, MA DRAFT Valerie Cable, CMP, BSW

Project Coordinator Executive Director
Alabama State Department of Education Day Care Connection

Theresa works at the State Agency and formerly Valerie started working in CACFP in its infancy
worked in the Department of Early Childhood. in 1980 and started her own agency in 1982.
She is also a former pre-K and kindergarten teacher. Theresa She is a founding board member of NCA, and she also served on
regularly presents at several conferences, workshops, and the CACFP Sponsor’s Forum Board and has been President of the
resource and referral agencies. Kansas Association of Sponsors United for 35 years. Valerie has
a bachelor’s in social work from Wichita State University. Her
Thoa Hoang philosophy can be summed up as one who fights for a simplistic
implementation of regulations, offering optimum direction for
Program Analyst staff and enriched participation for providers and children.
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Valarie Hodges
Thoa works on regulatory development, drafts
guidance, and provides technical assistance Food Service Coordinator
for the CACFP and SFSP. She previously worked to increase Harrisburg Community Unit School District #3
food security locally through the Hunger-Free Jackson Coalition
in Mississippi and nationally with Share our Strength as a Valarie is a mother of three wonderful children,
Congressional Hunger Center Emerson Fellow. Thoa was a ages 15, 12 and 6 years old. She has a strong
Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow and graduated heart for God and a passion for bridging the gap of hunger in her
with dual degrees in political economy, social welfare, and global Harrisburg, IL community.
poverty and practice from the University of California, Berkeley.
NCA Board of Directors
Tonya Nichols, CMP Vicki Lipscomb, CMP

Culinary Director Founder & President
Central Iowa Shelter and Services Child Nutrition Programs

Tonya works at the largest homeless shelter in Vicki has led CNP to steady annual growth.
the state of Iowa. She has turned over 2,000 With her background in Public Administration, she has a deep
lbs of fresh farm foods into meals that the youth love and enjoy understanding of how to run an effective federal program. Vicki
eating. Tonya enjoys creating recipes that meet the meal pattern stays up to date on the latest regulations and changes to the food
and include fresh food from the garden to make even picky eaters program to inform and interpret the policies and help sponsors
smile. function in this complicated regulatory environment.

Torey Repetski Victor Salazar

Child Nutrition Coordinator Founder & Executive Director
Atlanta Community Food Bank Hummingbird Child & Adult Nutrition

Torey supports child nutrition programs across the food bank’s Victor has worked with CACFP for almost
29 county network. She has experience supporting SFSP and 10 years as a sponsor of unaffiliated daycare
CACFP sponsors through capacity building grants and technical centers. The sponsorship services children in the lower Rio
assistance, and she works with school food authorities to increase Grande Valley area of Texas. Victor has served as the president
school breakfast participation. She has a BA in psychology from of the Texas CACFP Sponsor Association and has over 16 years
the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and an of experience in working with children as a certified classroom
MPH from Georgia State University. teacher.

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Viktoriya Yudovina, MPH Wande Okunoren-Meadows, CMP, CCNP

Senior Program Manager, Food and Nutrition Early Childhood Program Administrator
Department Little Ones Learning Center

FLIPANY Wande manages the daily operations of the early
childhood education center which provides
Viktoriya manages the subsidized food access preschool, afterschool and pre-kindergarten education to 175
division, specifically the Afterschool Meal Program and SFSP. children. She serves on the advisory board for the National Farm
Prior to joining FLIPANY in 2013, Viktoriya worked for the to School Network.
Florida Heart Research Institute as a biometric screener and
assisted with completion of HIV/AIDS client needs assessments
and the healthy corner store initiative for the Broward Regional
Health Planning Council. Viktoriya has a master’s degree in
public health from Nova Southeastern University.

Walt Thompson, PhD, FACSM, FAACVPR

Executive Director
After-School All-Stars Atlanta at Georgia State

University

Walt leads the teams at ASAS Atlanta which
has received many awards: Atlanta Civic League Regional
Excellence, Atlanta Partners for Education A+ Summa Cum
Laude, and the Hosea Williams Award for Community Activism.
Walt is also a regents’ professor and associate dean at Georgia
State University. He was given the GSU Exceptional Service
Award and has been inducted into The Ohio State University
School of Education & Human Ecology Hall of Fame.
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Small Hands Crafting BREAKFASTAFT
Make a sailing hat and periscope!

For your hat, use ½ sheet of

newspaper. First fold the paper in

half. Then fold down each side to make IS YOUR YOGURT CACFP Creditable?

the triangles. Fold one of the bottom flaps up.

Flip the hat over and fold the other bottom flap up.

Add a bit of scotch tape to secure if you'd like.

Use an empty paper towel holder to make How to identify if your yogurt is within
the Sugar Limit
the periscope. Secure plastic wrap on

one end for the "glass". Now cover the

tube with construction paper

and decorate Step 1 Use the Nutrition Facts label to find the Serving Size,
in ounces (oz) or grams (g), of the yogurt.
any way sample yogurt

you'd like. Identifying Cereal Sugar LimitsStep 2 Find the Sugars line. Look at the number of grams (g)

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create a backyard garden, consider getting a regular produce box delivery from a local to eat our veggies, particularly the green ones. are famous explorers on a nature ● 1/8 teaspoon cumin (if you like) Sodium 100mg 4%
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Total Carbohydrate 300g 375g
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22-25 grams 5 grams Protein 50g 65g

26-30 grams 6 grams 6 g sugar = 0.2222
31-35 grams 7 grams 27 g cereal
36-40 grams 8 grams

41-44 grams 9 grams

45-49 grams 10 grams

50-54 grams 11 grams

55-58 grams 12 grams

59-63 grams 13 grams

64-68 grams 14 grams

69-73 grams 15 grams

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78-82 grams 17 grams cacfp.org

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The Little Red Hen a Little Golden Book Classic Product Example: Dora the Explorer meets one of the three methods,
Bread Lab by Kim Binczewski and Bethany Econopouly therefore, this product is CACFP creditable.

This is sure to be a favorite for kids and Verse: Disclosure: This list is for informational purposes and does not imply endorsement by NCA or the USDA. The amount of sugar in a cereal might cacfp.org
great way to get them involved in the I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas. change. Even if you always buy the same brands and types of cereal, be sure to check the serving size and amount of sugars on the Nutrition
kitchen where age appropriate. Wash, peel, I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas. Facts label to make sure they match what you have written in the list above. All cereals served must be whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified.
and dice fruit as needed. To keep the fruit
looking fresh, squeeze a lemon or lime Vowel Practice with soft e: This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
over the fruit. Mix together and enjoy! I like to eat, eat, eat, epples and benenes.
I like to eat, eat, eat, epples and benenes.

Snack Crediting: Serve 1/2 cup for ages 1-5 Vowel Practice with Long E: PLAY IT cacfp.org
I like to eat, eat, eat, EEpples and This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Beeneenees. Fruit Basket Turn Over. Create a circle
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game from the center as the fruit announcer
Continue to repeat the verse and will call out fruit. All the children will
for each vowel sound. be given a fruit card. The children with the
fruit called out will stand up and quickly
try to find a new seat. The child in the Sample Infant Cycle Menu
center will try to sit in one of the empty
seats. The child without a seat will then
become the fruit announcer.

cacfp.org Here is a sample cycle menu for infants, 6 months to 11 months old, to help you plan your
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. calendar with creditable recipes that meet the New Meal Pattern guidelines.

CACFP is an indicator of quality child care. 0-5 6-11 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
MONTHS MONTHS DAY 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Milk
4 - 6 oz. 6 - 8 oz. Breastmilk Breastmilk Breastmilk Breastmilk Breastmilk
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Avacado

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4 - 6 oz. 6 - 8 oz. Milk Breastmilk Breastmilk Breastmilk Breastmilk Breastmilk
or Formula or Formula or Formula or Formula or Formula

Best Practices for Menu Planning-- LUNCH Mashed Mashed Mashed Pureed Pears Mashed Peas
INFANT MEAL PATTERNS 0 - 2 tbs. Fruit / Vegetable Cauliflower Green Beans Carrots

SNACKDR -- 0 - 4 oz. Grain/Meat Finely Chopped Infants Rice Cereal Finely Chopped Infant Rice Cereal Cottage Cheese
Chicken Turkey
Thoughtful menu planning will ensure healthy, balanced and nutritious meals. The USDA has outlined the five
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 5 MONTHS Breastmilk
basic steps of careful menu planning. Breastmilk Breastmilk or Formula 12 TIPS FOR PROGRAM INTEGRITYBreastmilk
or Formula or Formula
or Formula
4 - 6 oz. 2 - 4 oz. Milk Breastmilk
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AGES 6 MONTHS THROUGH 11 MONTHS Balance compliance with the CACFP meal Facilities must have
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CACFP MEAL PATTERNS BREAKFAST, LUNCH & SUPPER MEAL PATTERNS readiness to consume that food item. to be sure that your meals meet

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Milk 6-8 oz breastmilk1 or formula2 Important service.

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0-2 tbs serving of less than the minimum amount of breastmilk may be offered, be updated annually. At-Risk you submit for food program
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* Meat and meat alternates may be served in place of the entire grains component at breakfast a maximum of three times per week. Payments rates are determined
SNACK MEAL PATTERNS 3. Beginning October 1, 2019, ounce equivalents are used to determine
the quantity of creditable grains.
LUNCH & SUPPER MEAL PATTERNS Serve all 5 components
Healthy Birthday Choices4. A serving of grains must be whole grain-rich, enriched meal,
Milk 2-4 oz breastmilk1 or formula2 Birthdays are to be celebrated. That doesn’t mean you need to eat cake and ice
or enriched flour.
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Beginning October 1, 2021, ounce equivalents are used to determine the quantity of creditable grains. • Add color to colorless foods, pair mashed potatoes • Consider how food is presented and placed on the
Refer to USDA FNS Exhibit A for further guidance on grain serving sizes. with broccoli. table.

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each banana. Add a 1/4 cup of yogurt to each bowl, processor until smooth. Pour batter

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