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Helen Dombalis holds a Master of Public Health and a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She has researched the role of local and regional food systems in community economic development and advocated at the grassroots and federal levels.   Helen staffs NSAC’s Marketing, Food Systems, & Rural Development Committee and leads NSAC's local food and economic development advocacy, which includes farm to school and child nutrition.  She also serves as a Policy Co-Chair for the American Public Health Association’s Food and Environment Working Group.