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 | Retired CEO, Giant Eagle |
| Anita Lo | Culinary Travel Host, Tour De Forks |
| Riana Lynn | 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 | Principal at East Third Risk Management |
| Lisa Waddell | Former CMO of the CDC Foundation; and Founder/CEO of LFW Public Health Connections |
| Elizabeth Wise | Chief Global Government Relations & Public Affairs Officer, Sazerac |
| Eduardo Garcia | Co-founder of Montana Mex, Celebrity Chef & TV Host Big Sky Kitchen |
Chicago Board
| Sydney Karp Poll – Chair | Founder, SydPlayEat |
| Priyanka Patel – Secretary | Owner, Rooted Dental Care |
| Alison Fichter | General Manager, Alison + Partners |
| Ashley Jones | Business Manager, Acosta |
| Amanda Kost | Manager of Product and Lifecycle Marketing, Avail |
| Joe Madison | Senior Client Partner – Advertising Cloud, Adobe |
| Natalie Marotta | Client Implementation Manager, Teladoc |
| Bushra Shahid | Senior Platform Ops Support/Founder, Leap/Giving Kindness |
| Ross Stuart | Principal Technical Consultant, AHEAD |
Miami Board
| Emily Arredia – Chair | Account Director – Enterprise, Adswerve |
| Rochelle Gapere – Vice Chair | Happiness Coach and Attorney Advisor, OMHA |
| Shari Mermelstein, RD, LDN – Secretary | Nutrition Program Development Manager, Kroger |
| Alex Buznego – Treasurer | Miami Autonomous Vehicle Market Manager, Ford |
| Alexander Clavero | Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
| Mary Cordero | |
| Maite Velez-Couto | Senior Vice President & Partner, RBB Communications |
New York Board
| Mark Ayesh | Senior Independent Agency Lead, LinkedIn |
| Shannon Chang | Co-Executive Director, Better Haven Foundation |
| Tanya Kamerwarren | Senior Product Manager, Moblie Apps |
| Kathie Lee | Managing Director, Kiarate Group LLC |
| Scot Maitland-Brown | Corporate Development Officer |
| Debra Michaels | Director Effective Philanthropy, Taproot Foundation |
| Monique Peterson | Vice President, Business Partner & Campaign Director, Morgan Stanley |
| Chris Riklin | Senior Director & Impact Partnership, Nation Builder |
| Rami Sherman | Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
| Adam Stoltz | Senior Manager Workplace Experience, Latham & Watkins |
| Elizabeth Peralta | Founding Partner, Perafox Solutions |
| Yuila Zhernovaya | Head of Strategy & Growth, Giveffect |
Los Angeles Board
| Lori C McGee – Chair | Community Leader |
| Kacie Anderson | Sr. Director of Brand Partnerships, Epic |
| Govind Armstrong | Celebrity Chef, Restaurant Owner, Post & Beam |
| Doneen Arquines | VP of Current Programming & Executive Producer, Magical Elves, Inc. |
| Claudia Bonilla Keller | CEO, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County |
| Maggie Moon | Owner & Principal Consultant, Lunavox Unlimited |
| Lavanya Poreddy | Global Sales Lead – Digital Operations & Platforms, Wipro |
| Eugenia Tello | Director of Finance |
| Brandon Tiffith | Financial Manager, Top Dog Entertainment |
Government Relations Advisory Committee/DC Board
| Cristina Antelo | CEO, Ferox Strategies |
| Elizabeth Avery | President, SNAC International |
| Tres Bailey | VP Federal Government Relations, Ecolab |
| Dan Christenson | Senior Director of Government Affairs, PepsiCo |
| Kate Coler | Head of Public Affairs, North America, Moet Hennessy |
| 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 | VP of Global Public Policy & Issues Management, Cargill |
| Adrena Ifill | Director of History & Culture, National Park Foundation |
| 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 | Vice President, Office of Strategic Engagement, American Bankers Association |
| Tyson Redpath | President, The Russell Group |
| Maggie Sommers Gentile | VP of Food & Nutrition Policy, Food Directions |
| Crystal Swann | Assistant Executive Director, U.S. Conference Mayors |
| Max Teplitski | Chief Science Officer, International Fresh Produce Association |
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 |
