Experienced Senior Director of Nutrition Standards and Menu development in the K-12 Child Nutrition industry. Skilled in food & beverage operations, customer service, strategic planning, R&D, project planning and execution and team building/bonding. Looking to learn, create, build and collaborate on new and exciting possibilities. I my years in K-12, Menu creation for the schools has been extremely rewarding. I have worked with over 130+ school districts on how to put all the puzzle pieces together to create a cost effect, high participation, functional and compliant menu. I have seen financials savings of up to $0.40 per meal while increasing participation simultaneously. Other favorite projects include, opening new school district partnerships, learning and building our back of the house nutrition database system with full company roll out, and research and development of products and recipes for our students to enjoy.