Meet Our Team

 

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

Conference Management

Sacramento State Conference Staff

Conference Coordination

Speaker Coordination

Executive Committee

• 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
• Barbara Longo
  California WIC Program
  California Department of Public Health

• Marion Standish
  The California Endowment
• John Talarico
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health
• Roberta Tinajero-Frankel
  Kaiser Permanente
• 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

• Linda Aragon
  Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
  Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
• JuliAnna Arnett
  Community Health Improvement Partners
• Julie Boarer-Pitchford
  Nutrition Services Division
  California Department of Education
• Soledad Drago-Ferguson
  The Sarah Samuels Center for Public Health
  Research & Evaluation
• Silvia Flores
  First 5 California Children & Families Commission
• Cynthia L. Foltz
  Health Education Council
• Lori Friedman
  Kaiser Permanente
• Dana E. Gerstein
  Nutrition Policy Institute
  UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Katherine Hawksworth
  California Project LEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activity and Nutrition)
  Public Health Institute
• Suzanne Haydu
  Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Division
  California Department of Public Health
• Janice Kao
  Nutrition Policy Institute
  UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Caroline Kurtz
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health
• Barbara Longo
  Women, Infants and Children Program
  California Department of Public Health
• Ian McLaughlin
  ChangeLab Solutions
• Rita Mitchell
  Nutrition Policy Institute
  University of California
• Cheryl Moder
  San Diego County Childhood Obesity Intiative
• Renee Newton
  Center for Community School Partnerships
  School of Education
  University of California Davis
• Monet Parham-Lee
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health

• Bruno Marchesi
  Healthy Behaviors Initiative
  Center for Collaborative Solutions
• Prisci Quijada Orozovich
  Office of Binational Border Health
  California Department of Public Health
• Heather Reed
  Nutrition Services Division
  California Department of Education
• Robert Riewerts
  Kaiser Permanente
• Jeffery Rosenhall
  Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch
  California Department of Public Health
• Delfina Shelomenseff
  California WIC Program
  California Department of Public Health
• Annalisa Sherman
  California WIC Program
  California Department of Public Health
• Juliet Sims
  Prevention Institute
• Clara V. Steimberg
  Kasier Permanente, Southern California Region
• Dennis M. Styne
  Rumsey Chair of Pediatric Endocrinology,
  Professor of Pediatrics, University of California
• Deborah Tamannaie
  Nutrition Services Division
  California Department of Education
• Lara Turnbull
  Department of Health & Human Services
  City of Long Beach
• 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
• Shannan Young
  Dairy Council of California
• Tina Zenzola
  Chronic Diseases and Health Equity Unit
  County of San Diego, Public Health Services