10th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference

Meet Our Team

California Department of Public Health,
Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch Staff

Conference Management

Sacramento State Conference Staff

Conference Coordination

Carragh Taylor-Hunt Senior Program Manager	Michelle Craven Conference Planner		Mary Winterlin-Benjamin Conference Planner
Mainhia Moua Graphic Designer

Speaker Coordination

Hitomi Amundsen Conference Planner

Executive Committee

• Kathryn Boyle
  Kaiser Permanente


• Pat Crawford
  Nutrition Policy Institute
  UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources


• Kim Frinzell
  Nutrition Services Division
  California Department of Education


• Caroline Kurtz
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health


• Judi Larsen
  The California Endowment


• Cyndi Walter
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health


• Gail Woodward-Lopez
  Nutrition Policy Institute
  UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Planning Committee

• Lauren Au
  Nutrition Policy Institute
  UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources


• Lori Friedman
  Kaiser Permanente


• Dana Gerstein
  Nutrition Policy Institute
  UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources


• Linda Lee Guiterrez
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health


• Katherine Hawksworth
  Public Health Institute


• Melba Hinojosa
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health


• Monet Parham-Lee
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health


• Jaqueline Tompkins
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health


• Blythe Young
  Public Health Advocates