Meghan Gibbons, RD, LDN, SNS, is director of nutrition services for Valley View School District #365U serving the Bolingbrook and Romeoville communities in Illinois. The Valley View Nutrition Services Department operates a $9 million dollar a year nonprofit business where 150 nutrition services professionals take pride in preparing breakfast and lunch on-site for 15,000 students daily in 20 schools. Meghan has a 20-year tenure in child nutrition and has served in numerous leadership positions including president of the Illinois School Nutrition Association, education chair for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ School Nutrition Services Dietetics Practice Group, and professional development chair for the Northern Illinois Independent Purchasing Cooperative. She also sits on numerous industry and non-profit advisory boards. Most importantly, she is the mom of three amazing kids plus one furbaby and the wife of one incredible husband. (Romeoville, IL)