Healthy Food Fuels Hungry Minds: A Stakeholders Conference for School Food

It's indisputable: Good food fuels optimal performance, for adults as well as children. We owe it to our K-12 school children to support what they need to succeed: food that is healthy and delicious. School food is at the heart of closing the achievement gap in our schools. 

In this second stakeholders annual conference, join parents, providers, policy makers and advocates as we work together to understand the current climate of school food and develop collaborative ways to to champion and support change.

Featured keynote speakers:
Chef Daniel Giusti, Founder, Brigaid
Dr. Tommy Chang, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 from 8am - 4pm

AGENDA:8:30 – Welcome

  • David Davidson, Managing Director for Harvard University Dining Services

  • Louisa Kasdon, Founder, Let’s Talk About Food

9:00 – Morning Keynote

  • Introduction by Jody Adams, Chef/Owner, Rialto, Trade & Saloniki

  • Chef Daniel Giusti, Founder, Brigaid

9:45 – Changes in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act & Other Federal Legislation

  • Emily Broad Leib, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic

  • Emma Clippinger, Fellow, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic

10:15 – Changes in Nutrition Standards & the Healthy Eating Plate for Kids

  • Juliana Cohen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

10:45 – The Link Between School Food and School Performance

  • Moderator: Roy Green, Education Editor for the Boston Globe

  • Jo-Anne Lennon, Food Service Director, Chicopee Public Schools

  • Jeanne Goldberg, Professor of Nutrition, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

  • Linda Novick O’Keefe, CEO, Common Threads

  • Dayle Hayes, Advocate, School Meals That Rock

11:30 – Breakouts

So You Want to Make a Change? Understanding the Pace & Politics of School Food (Parents, advocates, innovators)

  • Moderator: Bettina Siegel, Advocate, The Lunch Tray

  • Mellissa Honeywood, Food Service Director, Cambridge Public Schools

  • Scott Richardson, Co-founder & Partner, Northbound Ventures

  • Catharine H. Powers, Consultant, Culinary Nutrition Associates

  • Andrew Wilkinson, Seafood Specialist /Culinary Division, North Coast Seafoods

Marketing Real Food to Real Kids (and Families) (nutrition directors)

  • Moderator: Mara Fleishman, CEO, Chef Ann Foundation

  • Ellen Parker, Director, Project Bread

  • Linda Novick O’Keefe, CEO, Common Threads

  • Brendan Ryan, Food Service Director, Framingham Public Schools

  • Dayle Hayes, Advocate, School Meals That Rock

Making the Commissary Case: Springfield School District Culinary and Nutrition Center (nutrition directors)

  • Moderator: Louisa Kasdon, Founder, Let’s Talk About Food

  • Mark R. Jeffrey, District Manager, Sodexo

  • Tim Gray, Food Service Administrator, Sodexo

12:20pm – When an Elected Official Embraces Good School Food

  • Michelle Wu, President and Councilor-At-Large, Boston City Council

12:40 – Lunch

  • Station-Style Samplings/Small Bites, including Cambridge Public Schools, Framingham Public Schools, Harvard University Dining Services, Revolution Foods, Preferred Meals

1:30– Afternoon Keynote

  • Introduction by Andrea Silbert, President, Eos Foundation

  • Dr. Tommy Chang, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

2:15 – Breakouts

Beyond Lunch – School Food beyond the traditional borders (advocates, parents, policy folks)

  • Moderator: Catherine D’Amato, President & CEO, Greater Boston Food Bank

  • Christy Mach Dubé, Director, Eos Foundation

  • Alanna Mallon, Program Director, Food for Free

  • Dr. Anne Fishel, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

  • Linda Novick O’Keefe, CEO, Common Threads

Staffing and Training for Superior School Food (nutrition directors)

  • Moderator: Catharine H. Powers, MS, RD, Consultant, Culinary Nutrition Associates

  • Aleshia Hall-Campbell, PhD, MPH, Acting Executive Director, Institute of Child Nutrition

  • Tony Geraci, Consultant, Genuine Foods

  • Brendan Ryan, Food Service Director, Framingham Public Schools

Lessons Learned: Optimizing the Business Models for the Best School Food (parents, policy makers, vendors)

  • Moderator: Scott Richardson, Co-founder & Partner, Northbound Ventures

  • Pat Donovan, Vice President of Business Development, Revolution Foods

  • Alexander Agee II, Vice President of Business Development, Preferred Meals

  • Mellissa Honeywood, Food Service Director, Cambridge Public Schools

3:15 – The Commissary Conversation– Make or Buy?

  • Moderator: Scott Richardson, Co-founder & Partner, Northbound Ventures

  • Tony Geraci, Consultant, Genuine Foods

  • Donna Lombardi, Food Service Director, Worcester Public Schools

  • Martin Breslin, Director of Culinary Operations, Harvard University Dining Services

4:00 – A New Vision for School Food

  • Mara Fleishman, CEO, Chef Ann Foundation

  • Ashley Shaffer, Senior Design Researcher, IDEO

  • Karen McGrail, MEd, RD, LDN, Director, The John C. Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition

  • Lisa Feldman, CRC, Director of Culinary Services, Sodexo

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

  • Jody Adams, Chef/Owner, Rialto, Trade & Saloniki

  • Chef Daniel Giusti, Founder, Brigaid

  • Emily Broad Leib, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Food Law Policy Clinic

  • Juliana Cohen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

  • Jo-Anne Lennon, Food Service Director, Chicopee Public Schools

  • Jeanne Goldberg, Professor of Nutrition, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

  • Linda Novick O’Keefe, CEO, Common Threads

  • Dayle Hayes, Advocate, School Meals That Rock

  • Melissa Honeywood, Food Service Director, Cambridge Public Schools

  • Scott Richardson, Co-founder & Partner, Northbound Ventures

  • Catharine H. Powers, Consultant, Culinary Nutrition Associates

  • Ellen Parker, Director, Project Bread

  • Brendan Ryan, Food Service Director, Framingham Public Schools

  • Mark R. Jeffrey, District Manager, Sodexo

  • Tim Gray, Food Service Administrator, Sodexo

  • Andrea Silbert, President, Eos Foundation

  • Dr. Tommy Chang, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

  • Christy Mach Dubé, Director, Eos Foundation

  • Alanna Mallon, Program Director, Food for Free

  • Dr. Anne Fishel, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

  • Linda Novick O’Keefe, CEO, Common Threads

  • Aleshia Hall-Campbell, PhD, MPH, Acting Executive Director, Institute of Child Nutrition

  • Pat Donovan, Vice President of Business Development, Revolution Foods

  • Alexander Agee II, Vice President of Business Development, Preferred Meals

  • Donna Lombardi, Food Service Director, Worcester Public Schools

  • Tony Geraci, Consultant, Genuine Foods

  • Martin Breslin, Director of Culinary Operations, Harvard University Dining Services

  • Mara Fleishmann, CEO, Chef Ann Foundation

  • Ashley Shaffer, Senior Design Researcher, IDEO