
Operator Members
The Culinary Institute of America's Healthy Kids Collaborative is an invited group of school nutrition leaders from around the country, including directors and chefs, top food service management companies, expert school nutrition consultants, and other stakeholders. Collaborative members meet in person annually to work together on practical solutions that expand delicious, healthy menu choices. Throughout the year they also contribute to working groups based on targeted focus areas.
For more information about membership in the collaborative, click here.
Healthy Kids Collaborative Program Manager
Healthy Kids Collaborative Senior Advisor
Tarrah Westercamp, MS, RDN, SNS
Cathy Powers I MS, RDN, LD
Leadership Advisory Council Members
Lisa Feldman, '91, CRC | Sodexo North America
Matthew Poling, Director of Food and Nutrition Services at Durango School District 9-R
Rachel Petraglia, Culinary Specialist for the Georgia Department of Education
Working Groups Leadership
School Nutrition Members
Chela Cooper I Culinary Institute of Child Nutrition

Amanda Ewest I Minneapolis Public Schools
Kim Leung I Tigard Tualatin School District
Laura McMann I Aramark K-12 Education
Kristen Rowe I US Department of Agriculture
Reece Lyerly I Chef Ann Foundation
Nelson Quiles I New York City Public Schools

Danielle Bock I Greeley-Evans Weld County School District 6
Acenette Gonzalez
Aaron Smith | Seattle Public Schools
Beth Ann Engelland | Aramark Student Nutrition
Brittany Jones | Houston ISD
Peter Gilhooly | Compass Group - Chartwells
Patrick Garmong | Institute of Child Nutrition
Sheldon Gordon | USDA
Michael Morris | Sodexo Education
Monique Rolle ’04 | Baltimore Public Schools
Jessica Shelly | Cincinnati Public Schools
Jason Tepper | Alexandria City Public Schools
Bertrand Weber | Minneapolis Public Schools
Jamie Ginsburg I Los Angeles Unified School District
Juan Pablo Gonzalez I Houston ISD

Lindsay Nakamura I Hawai'i Department of Education
Fred Espinosa | San Diego Unified School District
Angela Baxter | St Helena Unified School District

Kimberly Prochnow I Hawaii Department of Education

Katie Ackerman I Mahpiya Luta | Red Cloud

Becky Garrison I National Association of State Departments of Agriculture