Presenters

Adam LeDonne Senior Vice President VenturaFoods Alexis Motley Dietetic Internship Director/Instructor Southern University A&M College Ana Torrealba Chef de Cuisine El Naranjo Anat Baron Futurist & Professional Speaker Andrew P. Mangels Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance University of Massachusetts Amherst Angela Odoms-Young Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition Cornell University Anna Maria Siega-Riz Dean and Professor UMass, Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences Ashley Carter Registered Dietitian EatWell Exchange Beth Eagleson MD Baystate Health/Brightwood Health Center Beth Frates, MD Associate Professor Harvard Medical School Betsy Helgesen Dining Services Director University of Minnesota Duluth Branden Lewis Chef & Professor Johnson & Wales University Brian Crapo CEO Nutrislice Candice Matthis Co-Founder The Alpha-gal Foundation Chai Siriyarn CEO Marnee Thai restaurant Charlie McConnell Vice President of Industry Insights, Research, and Education IFMA The Food Away from Home Association Chavanne Hanson Nutrition and Food Choice Architecture Advisor Nudge to Nourish Chris Abayasinghe Associate Vice President for Finance and Business Operations Northeastern University Chrissy Carroll Registered Dietitian Snacking in Sneakers Christopher Gardner Director, Nutrition Studies Research Group Stanford Univeristy Christopher Henning Executive Director Christopher Howland Chief Procurement Officer, Senior Director of Procurement and Strategy UMass Dining Christopher Tanner Culinary Innovation Officer World Food Championships Clara Matton Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist Cornell Dining Daiva Nielsen Associate Professor McGill University Dale Miller Chef Daniela Puglielli Founder The MEDITERRANEAN DIET ROUNDTABLE David Julian McClements Distinguished Professor University of Massachusetts Derrick Dennard Davenport VP, Military Workforce Development Rouxbe Dustin Cutler Assistant Vice President-Student & Campus Life Enterprise Cornell University Edward V. Staros Former Vice President and Managing Director Ritz-Carlton Elena M. Wisler Owner ED&G Photography Eliza Haffey, MPH, RD Senior Culinary Nutrition Specialist University of Michigan Eric Decker Professor UMass Food Science Fengmin Gong Co-Founder & CEO Metafoodx Fleur Veldhoven VP Marketing Nestlé Professional Solutions Greg Carvel Head Coach, Men's Ice Hockey UMass Amherst Hannah Holscher Professor of Nutrition University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Hiroo Nagahara Executive Chef Hoss Zare Lead Operational Training Executive Chef Bon Appétit iliana de la Vega Executive Chef El Naranjo Restaurant Jasmine Westbrooks-Figaro CoFounder, Director, Dietitian of Eatwell Exchange Eatwell Exchange Jason Evans Dean College of Food Innovation & Technology, Johnson & Wales University Javier Reyes Chancellor University of Massachusetts Amherst Jet Tila Chef Joanne Slavin Professor University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Joanne Weir Chef, PBS & CREATE TV Host, Restaurateur , Author, International Tour Operator Joanne Weir LLC Joe Reardon Corporate Sr. Director Higher Education Performance Foodservice Johann Leitner CEO Touchwork John Noble Masi President Hospitality Performance Partners Jonathan Poyourow Professor--Chef/RD Johnson & Wales University Joseph Bild Founder Better Earth Ken Toong Assistant Vice Chancellor of Auxiliary Enterprises Lauren Sharifi, MPH, RD, LDN Registered Dietitian Lauren Sharifi Nutrition LLC Lorraine Cordeiro Professor, Department of Nutrition UMass Amherst Lumi Cirstea Associate Professor Culinary Institute of America Maeve Webster President Menu Matters LLC Mandy Enright Registered Detitian Food + Movement Marie Molde Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Marion Nestle Author and Professor Emerita of Nutrition & Public Health New York University Matt Jennings Chef & Founder MAJC Matt Obergfell National Sales Manager Hormel Foods Sales, LLC. Matthew Britt Associate Professor Johnson & Wales University Max Goldstein Chef Registered Dietitian Yale New Haven Health Teaching Kitchen Melissa Baker Professor Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst Michael Beriau Executive Chef Michael Morgan Chef Michelle HW Hill Culinary Allergen Specialist AllergenFreeCooking.com Michelle Nardi Nutrition Program Manager Cornell Dining Mike Kostyo Vice President Menu Matters Mike Schwartz SVP - Chief Engagement & Innovation Officer IFMA The Food Away from Home Association Mikko Jaatinen CEO Jamix, Inc. Nate Wood Director of Culinary Medicine Yale School of Medicine Nausica Ronca Chef Nickolas Zakharoff Chef Nico SanFilippo Executive Chef of Auxiliary Services Johnson & Wales University Pamela Adams Lecturing Instructor Culinary Institute of America Paul Sellew CEO Little Leaf Farms R. Leah Pryor Culinary Medicine Manager / Chef Educator University of Vermont Health Rafi Taherian Leadership Strategist Brailsford & Dunlavey Rebecca Peizer Chef and Owner All Things Culinary LLC Renee Lee Wege Trendologist Datassential Rick DeMaria Assistant Professor Johnson & Wales University Ricky Moore Chef & Owner Saltbox Seafood Joint Robert Franek Editor-in-Chief The Princeton Review Ron DeSantis Certified Master Chef CulinaryNXT Ruchi Gupta MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Clinical Attending, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Director, Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research (CFAAR) Northwestern University Shelby Miller, RD Nutrition and Culinary Support Specialist University of Michigan Shirley J. Everett Senior Associate Vice Provost for Residential & Dining Enterprises and Special Advisor to the Provost Stanford University Stacy Mirabello Associate Professor Johnson & Wales University Steven Petusevsky Chef Culinary Innovation SMP Tassos C. Kyriakides Public Health Academic/Professional Yale School of Public Health Tom Brenna Professor University of Texas at Austin, Cornell University Victor Sommo Chef Instructor SUNY Delhi Victoria Roos-Olsson Senior Consultant Franklin Covey Walter Willett Professor Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Walter Zuromski Chef Services Group, Inc. Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak President & CEO International Food Information Council (IFIC) Wesley McWhorter Vice President, Lifestyle Medicine Suvida Healthcare