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Strategic lead of GENYOUth’s youth engagement initiative ensuring youth voice is informing nutrition and physical activity initiatives in schools.

Build & execute a national outreach plan to mobilize School Food Authorities to complete the Healthy Meals Incentives (HMI) award application, showcasing innovation and progress in school nutrition programs across the U.S.

Led the organization’s external engagement focused on partnership and policy/advocacy-driven solutions to achieve the goal of every child having access to food education and free, nourishing meals in schools by 2030.• Led a team to support federal and state policy reform resulting in passage of policies leading to 11 million students in 8 states having access to free healthy school meals.• Directed the organization’s engagement around the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger… Show more Led the organization’s external engagement focused on partnership and policy/advocacy-driven solutions to achieve the goal of every child having access to food education and free, nourishing meals in schools by 2030.• Led a team to support federal and state policy reform resulting in passage of policies leading to 11 million students in 8 states having access to free healthy school meals.• Directed the organization’s engagement around the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. Elements included: consultant management, constituent outreach, storytelling, report development, and social media presence to elevate FoodCorps’ policy platform.• Supported the launch of an Advocacy Leadership Program for FoodCorps alumni, enhancing their skills and engagement in advocacy to support policy objectives.• Facilitated site visits by Members of Congress to showcase programs and policies in action. Show less

Led a multi-sector initiative centered in practitioner voices to create solutions to the nation’s school meal industry. • Designed new program areas, managed a board of external advisors, recruited external partners, hired and managed a team of content experts, and directly supported the fundraising strategy. • Implemented effective coalition building strategies to expand and steward a new partner network for progressive School Nutrition Directors, fostering leadership and… Show more Led a multi-sector initiative centered in practitioner voices to create solutions to the nation’s school meal industry. • Designed new program areas, managed a board of external advisors, recruited external partners, hired and managed a team of content experts, and directly supported the fundraising strategy. • Implemented effective coalition building strategies to expand and steward a new partner network for progressive School Nutrition Directors, fostering leadership and talent pipeline development.• Designed and implemented a new grants program with a Foundation partner centering equity and systems change resulting in $2M supporting 13 state partners aligned with organizational strategy.• Conducted outreach to facilitate awareness of school meals as an essential program through storytelling during the Covid-19 pandemic.• Raised over $8M with corporate and foundation funders to support organizational initiatives. Show less

Designed and led a new national partnerships function to amplify No Kid Hungry campaign goals by creating high impact collaboration with corporate and nonprofit organizations. • Built and managed the development of strategic relationships with key partners, leading to new programming and impact.• Established a new “Schools as Nutrition Hubs” grants program with the School Nutrition Association, which resulted in school nutrition leaders maximizing their student participation by… Show more Designed and led a new national partnerships function to amplify No Kid Hungry campaign goals by creating high impact collaboration with corporate and nonprofit organizations. • Built and managed the development of strategic relationships with key partners, leading to new programming and impact.• Established a new “Schools as Nutrition Hubs” grants program with the School Nutrition Association, which resulted in school nutrition leaders maximizing their student participation by serving three meals a day.• Launched a new corporate partnership model focused on changing business practices, which increased after school meals volume by an additional 1,223,145 meals in 4 months.• Recruited and engaged a cohort of 15 school nutrition and education leaders to serve as No Kid Hungry Breakfast Champions, lending their expertise as strategic and technical advisors across campaign states.• Successfully executed a complex $2M corporate partner community engagement grants strategy, resulting in over 3.1 million school breakfasts in the classroom for more than 29,000 students. Utilized exceptional organizational skills in coordinating all stages of grant management including partnership negotiations and reporting of progress to date.• Skilled in managing relationships across both internal and external teams to ensure partnership objectives are met and championed across the board.• Delivered compelling presentations to the Executive Team sharing the new partnerships strategy, in order to gain support for this new function within the organization. Show less

Cultivated and supported strategic relationships that drive reach and impact results within the Healthy Schools Program.• Collaborated with USDA to create technical assistance and implementation tools to achieve successful Smart Snacks in School compliance in all 100,000 public schools in the nation. • Built the organization’s first constituent engagement campaign, bringing 30 education and nutrition leaders to Washington, DC to speak with federal lawmakers in support of… Show more Cultivated and supported strategic relationships that drive reach and impact results within the Healthy Schools Program.• Collaborated with USDA to create technical assistance and implementation tools to achieve successful Smart Snacks in School compliance in all 100,000 public schools in the nation. • Built the organization’s first constituent engagement campaign, bringing 30 education and nutrition leaders to Washington, DC to speak with federal lawmakers in support of nutrition standards. Show less

Successfully implemented a set of voluntary commitments with the food and beverage industry resulting in a 90% reduction in beverage calories shipped to schools by industry leaders: PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, and Dr. Pepper Snapple.

• Identified and forecasted critical issues impacting the food and beverage industry, including media coverage of the obesity issue and front-of-pack labeling.• Represented the organization in over 50 national public speaking engagements to share consumer research trends about diet, health, and behavior change with parents and children.

Independently controlled the full life cycle hiring process which included qualifying applicants, reference checks, resume preparation, client and candidate debriefing, and salary negotiations.

Mph, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention

Master of Public Health Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Focus on Obesity Prevention

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government