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

Conference Management

Sacramento State Conference Staff

Conference Coordination

Carragh Taylor-Hunt Program Manager	Kristine Howes Senior Conference Planner	Michelle Craven Conference Planner
Leah Walukones Conference Planner	Chanel Barkley-Jones   Conference Planner	Mainhia Moua Graphic Designer

Speaker Coordination

Hitomi Amundsen Conference Planner

Executive Committee

• Peggy Agron
  Kaiser Permanente
• Carol Chase-Huegli
  Nutrition Services Division
  California Department of Education
• 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
• John Talarico
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health
• Roberta Tinajero-Frankel
  Kaiser Permanente
• Gail Woodward-Lopez
  Nutrition Policy Institute
  UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Planning Committee

• Ashley Barbee
  Manual Arts High School,
  Los Angeles Unified School District
• Katie Bishop
  Voices for Healthy Kids, Office of State Advocacy
• Ana Bolanos
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health
• Colin Cureton
  Community Health Improvement Partners
• Celeste Doerr
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health
• Dan Fesperman
  Community Health Improvement Partners
• Silvia Flores
  First 5 California Children & Families Commission
• Cynthia Foltz
  Health Education Council
• Lori Friedman
  Kaiser Permanente
• Dana Gerstein
  Nutrition Policy Institute
  UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Regina Gervin
  Capella University, Doctoral Student
• Katherine Hawksworth
  Public Health Institute
• Suzanne Haydu
  Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Division
  California Department of Public Health
• Bryden Johnston
  The Sarah Samuels Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation
• Erica Lee
  Health Education Council
• Althea Marshall Brooks
  New Haven Public Schools
• Elizabeth Moreno
  Nutrition Services Division
  California Department of Education
• Morgan Newton
  CSU Chico
• Monet Parham-Lee
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health
• Robert Riewerts
  Kaiser Permanente
• Jeffery Rosenhall
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health
• Maggie Santibanez
  Office of Binational Border Health
  California Department of Public Health
• Carina Saraiva
  Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Division
  California Department of Public Health
• Delfina Shelomenseff
  California WIC Program
  California Department of Public Health
• Maureen Silva
  Prevention Institute
• Clara Steimberg
  Kaiser Permanente
• Sandy Stenmark
  Kaiser Permanente
• Deborah Tamannaie
  Nutrition Services Division
  California Department of Education
• Lesley Taylor
  Facilities Planning Policy and Standards Unit
  California Department of Education
• Terica Thomas
  Director’s Office
  California Department of Public Health
• Lara Turnbull
  Department of Health & Human Services
  City of Long Beach
• Cyndi Walter
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health
• Joanna Winsborough
  KEEN USA
• Alyson Wylie
  Center for Healthy Communities (CHC), California State University Chico
• Shannan Young
  Dairy Council of California
• Tina Zenzola
  Chronic Diseases and Health Equity Unit
  County of San Diego, Public Health Services