National & Regional Boards
National Board of Directors
| Angie Cooper – Board Chair | Executive Director, Heartland Summit and Chief Programs Officer, Heartland Forward |
| Art Smith – Chairman Emeritus | Co-Founder; Executive Chef, TABLE Fifty-Two, Art and Soul, LYFE Kitchen, Southern Art and Bourbon Bar, Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ and 1500 SOUTH Restaurant & Bar; CEO, Art Smith, LLC |
| Jesus Salgueiro – Vice Chair | Co-Founder, Common Threads; Artist and Teacher, Susej Art Studio |
| Mike Denman – Secretary | Global Sales Director – Accenture, Microsoft |
| Neil Cotty – Treasurer | Retired CAO, Bank of America |
| Scott Barnhart | President, Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Cardinal Health |
| Michelle Bernstein | Chef-owner of Michelle Bernstein Catering; Culinary consultant; Author; TV personality |
| Kevin Brown Ed.D. | Executive Director, Texas Association of School Administrators |
| Alberto Carvalho | Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Sarita Dandamudi Rao | Co-owner, Dandamudi’s and SVP, Business Marketing, Analytics & Alliances – AT&T Business |
| Laura Karet | CEO, Giant Eagle |
| Anita Lo | Culinary Travel Host, Tour De Forks |
| Riana Lynn | Neo-Scientist, Creative Entrepreneur, AI-patent holder, and Technologist, CEO Journey Foods. |
| Abel Martinez | Group Vice-President of Partner Relations, Risk Solutions, & Government Affairs, HEB |
| Edwin McDonald IV M.D. | Assistant Professor of Medicine & Associate Clinical Director of Adult Clinical Nutrition, University of Chicago Medicine |
| Geoffrey Tully | Partner at Passarella Partners |
| Lisa Waddell | Former CEO of the CDC Foundation |
| Elizabeth Wise | Chief Global Government Relations & Public Affairs Officer |
Chicago Board
| Sydney Karp Poll – Chair | Founder, SydPlayEat |
| Priyanka Patel – Secretary | Owner, Rooted Dental Care |
| Erin Mynaugh – Treasurer | Founding Head of Client Operations, Homeward |
| Susan Betteridge | Executive Creative Director & Partner, Pahnke LP |
| Alison Fletcher | |
| Ashley Jones | Business Manager, Acosta |
| Amanda Kost | Manager of Product and Lifecycle Marketing, Avail, part of the Realtor.com Network |
| Joe Madison | Senior Client Partner – Advertising Cloud, Adobe |
| Natalie Marotta | Client Implementation Manager, Teladoc |
| Bushra Shahid | Business Growth Consultant |
| Ross Stuart | Principal Technical Consultant, AHEAD |
Government Relations Advisory Committee/DC Board
| Cristina Antelo | CEO, Ferox Strategies |
| Elizabeth Avery | President, SNAC International |
| Tres Bailey | Sr. Director of Federal Government Affairs at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
| Joyce Brayboy | Managing Director, Government Affairs, Goldman Sachs |
| Dan Christenson | Senior Director of Government Affairs, PepsiCo |
| Kate Coler | Vice President of Federal Government Relations, Albertsons Companies |
| Anne Curry | |
| Molly Fogarty | Vice President, Government Relations & Public Affairs, Nestlé USA |
| Chandler Goule | Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Wheat Growers |
| Jennifer Hatcher | Chief Public Policy Officer and Senior Vice President Government & Public Affairs, FMI – The Food Industry Association |
| Kate Houston | Chief Executive Office, National Association of Wheat Growers |
| Adrena Ifill | Chief Strategist & Executive Producer, Ifill/DoubleBack Global Group |
| Chris Jones | Senior Vice President of Government Relations & Counsel, National Grocers Association |
| Eli Kogan | Senior Director, Federal Government Affairs & Policy, Horizon |
| William Kuckuck | Board member, Kent Corporation and former Chief Revenue Officer for GrainPro |
| Anthony Pardal | Deputy Director for Federal Affairs and Assistant Director of Administration for the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services |
| Tyson Redpath | Senior Vice President, The Russell Group |
| Crystal Swann | Senior Policy Fellow, Progressive Policy Institute |
| Maggie Sommers Gentile | Vice President of Food and Nutrition Policy, Food Directions |
| Max Teplitski | Chief Science Officer, Produce Marketing Association |
Miami Board
| Emily Arredia – Chair | Account Director – Enterprise, Adswerve |
| Rochelle Gapere – Vice Chair | Happiness Coach and Attorney Advisor, OMHA |
| Shari Mermelstein, RD, LDN – Secretary | Clinical Account Consultant, Foodsmart |
| Alex Buznego – Treasurer | Miami Autonomous Vehicle Market Manager, Ford |
| Karen Barofsky | Vice President, Brustman Carrino Public Relations |
| Alexander Clavero | Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
| Mary Cordero | |
| Gabriella Reingevurts | Marketing Manager, Lavender Facial and Wellness Bar |
| Maite Velez-Couto | Senior Vice President & Partner, rbb Communications |
Los Angeles Board
| Lori C McGee – Chair | Community Leader |
| Govind Armstrong | Executive Chef, The Lobster, Post & Beam |
| Doneen Arquines | Producer, Magical Elves, Inc. |
| Claudia Bonilla Keller | Chief Mission Officer, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County |
| John Kolaski | Founder, CEO & Curator, K2 Restaurants |
| Amanda Nuñez | People Operations Program Manager, Google |
| Cary Walker | Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, City National Bank |
Strategic Advisory Committee
| Alejandro Diasgranados | Teacher, Aiton Elementary, District of Columbia Public Schools |
| Jayne Greenberg Ph.D. | Project Director, US Dept. of Health and Human Services |
| Jin-Soo Huh | Partner, The Learning Accelerator |
| Angela Odoms-Young Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Cornell University |
| Raeanne Sarazen, MA, RDN | Registered Dietitian and Chef |
| Julia Shklovskaya | Founder, Designing4Impact, LLC |
National Advisory Board
| Tamron Hall | Host & Executive Producer, The Tamron Hall Show |
| Jasmine Ratliff | Deputy Director, Keecha Harris and Associates, Inc. |
| Julius E. Rhodes, SPHR | Founder and Principal, mpr group |
| Kate Rubin | Founder & Principal, Leadership Foundations |
| Gail Simmons | Trained Culinary Expert, Food Writer and Dynamic Television Personality |
| Tim Peters | Executive Director, Corporate & Public Affairs, Golin |
Medical Partnerships Advisory Board
| Steve Buege | Manager, HealthScape Advisors LLC |
| Jimm Cobb | Director, Business Development, Howard Brown Health Centers |
| Kofi Essel, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences |
| Edwin McDonald IV M.D. | Assistant Professor of Medicine & Associate Clinical Director of Adult Clinical Nutrition, University of Chicago Medicine |
| Melinda Ring M.D. | Executive Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Univesity’s Feinberg School of Medicine |
| Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA | Assistant Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School & Obesity Medicine Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital |
