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at the Michigan Department of Community Health. In this role, she is responsible for administering the more than 50 state programs and policies that support the health of women and children in the state through Michigan's public health infrastructure. She has been in state government for the past 20 years in various public health administrative capacities. Carr was also a member of the 2009-2010 class of IATP Food and Society Fellows.

Health, from Warner Wellness. Collier has been writing and speaking about health and health policy issues for the past 20 years. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, The Lansing State Journal and the Post-Tribune. Her work appears regularly in Essence, More, Ladies Home Journal, Woman’s Day, O, the Oprah Magazine, Real Health, Healthy Living, the National Medical Association Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, AARP Magazine,Heart Healthy Living, More, and others. She was also a member of the 2008-2009 class of IATP Food and Society Policy Fellows. Andrea has been married to Darnay Collier since 1985 (she was a child bride). She is the mother of two children, Nicole and Christopher, who are now older than she is. They live in Lansing, Michigan. Andrea is a native of Gary, Indiana.

She works with grassroots leaders to create healthier communities by integrating organizational learning and systems thinking principles. Mansfield has 30 years of experience in healthcare and facilitation utilizing process improvement, multidisciplinary teams, and systems thinking to achieve desired outcomes. Mansfield has a B.A. in nursing from Luther College and an M.S.N. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Responsibility at Sodexo. He leads the company’s sustainability efforts in North America, including sustainable food and agriculture practices, eco-efficiency and facilities management, community development, and health and wellbeing. Before joining Sodexo in November 2007, Arlin Wasserman founded Changing Tastes, a consultancy that provides strategic planning, economic development and marketing strategy insights to Fortune 100 and start-up food companies, foundations, faith-based, and nonprofit organizations working to issues of public health, food, environment and community development. Wasserman is also a co-founder of The Robin Hood Center, a not-for-profit organized to create and manage branded food enterprises for the benefit of charities focusing on the alleviation of hunger and poverty. He was also a member of the 2002-2004 class of Food and Society Fellows.

which aims to achieve healthy equity in Mississippi by advocating for changes within the community institutions that influence people’s everyday lives. She is the former president of the Jackson Urban League, a former governor's liaison to the Department of Labor, and former deputy director of the Department of Human and Cultural Services in Mississippi.

at Michigan State University, Cheryl Danley engages with communities to strengthen their access to fresh, locally grown, healthy and affordable food. Previously Cheryl served as the technical assistance liaison to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Food and Fitness Initiative aimed at creating healthy community environments for children, youth and families. Currently she provides outreach as part of the Food and Community Connections program. Cheryl has worked in academia, philanthropy, and the non-profit sector for more than 20 years on issues of environment and sustainable development, both in the US and abroad. Trained as an agricultural economist, Cheryl has broad international experience in community development, agricultural marketing, natural resource management and policy. She has been involved in teaching and research in a number of African countries. Prior to her current position at MSU, Cheryl served as Country Representative for Africare in Tanzania and South Africa, managing a diverse portfolio of health and agriculture programs, including projects in primary health care, HIV/AIDS, food security, natural resources, social infrastructure development, and refugee relief. Prior to that she was the Assistant Director for MSU's Partnerships for Food Industry Development (Fruits & Vegetables) -- program of the U.S. Agency for International Development designed to strengthen supply chains and improve incomes and retail linkages for farmers in developing countries. Cheryl received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her M.S. in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida. She is a member of the 2011-2013 class of IATP Food and Community Fellows.

Blue Shield of Texas. Prior to his current activities, Eduardo was Director of the Institute for Health Policy at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Eduardo served as the Texas Commissioner of Health from 2001 to 2006, initially as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Health (TDH) from November 2001 through August 2004 and then as Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) from September 2004 to October 2006. He was also a member of the 2008-2009 class of IATP Food and Society Fellows.

a future in which every person has access to healthy food produced in a just and sustainable manner. With a background as a nutrition scientist studying heart disease, MacDougall approaches real-world problems with a systems view toward comprehensive solutions. In her public health role, she works with a diverse group of community-based organizations, government agencies, policymakers and community residents to help identify and realize tangible changes for policy and systems to improve the food system and public health for residents in the Pacific Northwest. She was also a member of the 2009-2010 class of IATP Food and Society Fellows.

Generation, is a national expert on childhood obesity, committed to increasing access to healthy foods and physical activity through sustainable changes in schools and communities across the country. Prior to taking on the role of CEO, Ginny served as the National Schools Director of the Alliance from 2006 through 2008. Ginny led the program from its inception to now supporting schools in all 50 states. Before joining the Alliance, Ginny served as a Project Director to the Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion & Education where she directed a national training project and served as a strategic consultant to national organizations and state departments of health and education. In 1999, Ginny founded Oregon's Healthy Kids Learn Better Partnership, a public-private partnership comprised of several state agencies and more than forty non-governmental organizations that now work together to address the physical, social, and emotional health needs of Oregon students. In total, Ginny has spent 20 years as a public health and education professional in a number of capacities ranging from the classroom to national levels. Ginny holds Master Degrees in both Public Health and in Special Education. She is a doctoral candidate in Educational Policy & Leadership at the University of Oregon.