Toby Beckelman, Ms, Mph Email & Phone Number

Advocates for policies that reduce food insecurity, create healthier and more accessible food environments, and strengthen the public health impacts of the U.S. food safety net, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the charitable food system.

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

The Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion Division strives to promote wellness and improve the quality and years of life for Hawaii’s people through effective prevention, detection and management of chronic diseases.---Program Specialist V• Led strategic statewide planning efforts across the Primary Prevention Branch, including nutrition, SNAP-Ed, worksite wellness, school health, tobacco and physical activity programs• Collaborated with public and private partners statewide to advance policies, systems, and environmental changes that support equitable healthy food access and physical activity• Led Worksite Wellness program, develop strategic plan and resources to support employee wellness, and provide technical assistance for over 25 Wellness Champions• Led Nutrition program, communications and policy efforts, including providing nutrition expertise for the Department• Managed federal and state program budgets, grant reporting, grant writing, procurement and contracts• Wrote policy briefs and testimonies for health-related legislation and developed policy priorities -Provided Department testimony for Double Up Food Bucks policy - Passed 2019 -Provided Department testimony for Healthy by Default policy - Passed 2019• Oversaw statewide menu review project to ensure child care facilities are meeting federal nutrition guidelines

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Program Specialist IV• Developed and implemented statewide nutrition program to increase access to healthy food• Grew reach of healthy food retail program by 200% and expanded to all islands • Built over 30 public and private partnerships throughout the state to increase availability and awareness of healthy food options, including statewide partnership with 7-Eleven Hawaii• Developed a variety of communications materials and coordinated statewide media campaign

Cambridge, Ma

The School Nutrition and Meal Cost nationally representative study, is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. The study will provide policymakers with crucial information about the characteristics of school food environments, policies, and practices. It is the first national study to evaluate the nutritional quality and cost of school meals, after implementation of new nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.---• Oversaw 25 person team working on a national study evaluating the nutritional quality and cost of school meals• Developed and implemented protocols to ensure efficient and accurate entry of survey data from over 1,250 schools• Trained new hires, conducted weekly quality checks, and monitored pace of data collection in order to meet project deadlines

FoodCare is a startup that has developed advanced nutrition analysis software for web and mobile platforms. FoodCare's apps are designed for individuals, healthcare providers, and foodservice professionals, to specifically address the everyday challenges to eating healthy. ---• Developed implementation strategy and toolkit for integrating FoodCare's technology into health promotion initiatives across the country • Hired, trained and led Community Team, oversaw daily operations to build company’s community division and improve execution of partner engagement• Identified, built and managed partnerships with organizations focused on health, wellness, chronic disease prevention, and community health • Led cross-functional team on the development of new public health web application

Boston, Ma

ChildObesity180 takes an innovative, multi-sector approach to address childhood obesity. Through rigorous research and evaluation, ChildObesity180's initiatives have been disseminated on a national level.---• Integral part of a research study designed to examine childhood obesity prevention efforts across multiple states, in order to identify existing resources and gaps in efforts• Analyzed and interpreted qualitative data from key informant interviews with childhood obesity prevention practitioners• Wrote a comprehensive report on findings, which included recommendations for community engagement strategies, and presented to ChildObesity180 staff• Presented findings at Maine Public Health Association 2014 annual conference

Medford, Ma

Balance Your Life is a healthy lifestyle campaign from the Department of Health Education at Tufts, with goals to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and improve overall well-being of Tufts undergrads.---• Developed campus-wide programs utilizing original nutritional education material, which promoted healthy eating habits and physical activity among a diverse student body• Conducted focus groups with students, created and administered over 75 online and in-person surveys• Analyzed data and used results to develop strategic plan to increase basic cooking skills and consumption of nutrient-dense foods among off-campus undergraduate students• Managed and contributed original content to website, blog and Facebook page

Honolulu, Hi

The Healthy Hawaii Initiative is a statewide effort focused on reducing three core behaviors that contribute to chronic disease: smoking, inactivity and poor diet. The initiative has made significant strides in helping Hawaii’s residents lead healthy lives and has been recognized for its success as a comprehensive public sector prevention program.---• Analyzed and interpreted quantitative Safety and Wellness Survey data from 255 schools• Wrote comprehensive report on findings, which was used for statewide press release and annual state school wellness report• Developed website, enabling task force members to collaborate, manage deliverables, and share data

Long Island, Ny

Island Harvest's summer food service program supplies supplemental food to children who rely on their schools’ reduced or no cost meals and need an alternative lunch source during the summer recess. The food service program provides over 38,500 meals to 2,215 children at 28 sites in Nassau and Suffolk counties.---• Supervised food distribution and accurate record keeping at 10 donation sites• Coordinated logistics between donating organizations and donation sites

Master Of Science (Ms), Food Policy And Applied Nutrition

Activities and Societies: program design and evaluation, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, theories of behavior change, needs.

Master Of Public Health (Mph), Public Health

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi (Psychology Honor Society), NCAA Track and Field athlete, VP of Student CouncilGraduated cum laude.