Keynote Address: First Lady Michelle Obama
Katie Adamson
Director of Health Partnerships and Policy
YMCA of the USA
Marice Ashe
Executive Director
ChangeLab Solutions
Gillian Barclay
Vice President
Aetna Foundation
Judith Bell
President
PolicyLink
Hank Cardello
Senior Fellow and Director
Hudson Institute
Debbie Chang
Vice President, Policy and Prevention
Nemours
Gail Christopher
Senior Vice President
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Ann Cooper
Founder
Food Family Farming Foundation
Dr. Nils Daulaire
Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs
US Department of Health and Human Services
William Dietz
Former Director, Division of Nutrition Physical Activity and Obesity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mark Fenton
Facilitator
Walkable Communities Workshop
Tracy Fox
President, Food
Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Yael Lehmann
Executive Director
The Food Trust
Preston Maring
Medical Director of Referral Services
Kaiser Permanente
Kathleen Merrigan
Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kathryn Montgomery
Professor, School of Communication
American University
Caitlin Morris
North America Executive Director, Access to Sport
Nike
Scott Mowbray
Editor in Chief
Cooking Light Magazine
Shellie Pfohl
Executive Director
President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition
Jim Sallis
Director
Active Living Research
Anthony Signorelli
Vice President, Campaign Director
The Advertising Council
Dane Smith
Managing Director
FSG Social Impact Advisors
Lisa Sutherland
President
LA Sutherland Group
Jane Adams
Director of Projects and Partnerships
National Head Start Association
Kathleen Alfano
Senior Director of Child Research
Fisher-Price
Fred Bahnson
Food, Faith & Religious Leadership Initiative, School of Divinity
Wake Forest University
Kirk Bailey
Vice President
Outdoor Industry Association
Zarnaaz Bashir
Director of Health Initiatives
National Recreation and Park Association
Lori Rose Benson
Vice President, Healthy Lifestyles
YMCA of Greater New York
JoAnne Berkenkamp
Program Director for Local Foods
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Deanne Brandstetter
Vice President Nutrition & Wellness
Compass Group USA
Susan Brenner
Senior Vice President, Education
Bright Horizons
Paul Caccamo
Executive Director
Up2Us
Elisa Camahort Page
Chief Operating Officer
BlogHER
Andrea Carlson
Economist
USDA Economic Research Service
Jeff Cherry
Chief Executive Officer / Managing Partner
The Porter Group, LLC
Gary Cohen
President and Founder
Healthcare Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth
Susan Crockett
Former Vice President, Senior Technology Officer, Health and Nutrition Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition
General Mills
Patricia Daniluk
Director, Nutrition Services Branch and WIC Program
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Cheryl Dolven
Director, Health and Wellness
Darden
Christina Economos
Vice Chair and Director
ChildObesity180
Ginny Ehrlich
CEO
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Edward Ellison
Executive Medical Director
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Kim Elmslie
Director-General
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada
Chris Fanning
Executive Director
Outdoor Foundation
Tom Farrey
Director, Sports & Society Program
Aspen Institute
Jonathan Finkelstein
Founder and CEO of Credly
Executive Producer of LearningTimes
Alexis Glick
CEO
GENYOUth Foundation
Angel Gutierrez
Vice President of Community Development and Outreach Services
Chicago Archdiocese Catholic Charities
Tom Harrington Jr.
Director of Marketing
Applied Geographics, Inc.
Carmen Harris
Epidemiologist, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kathryn Henderson
Director of School and Community Initiatives, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
Yale University
Dr. Christina Holub
Institute for Behavioral and Community Health
San Diego State University
Charles Homer
Chief Executive Officer & President
National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)
Sue Hunt
Chief Marketing Officer
United States Tennis Association
Kathleen Janz, PhD
Professor, Department of Health and Human Physiology and Department of Epidemiology
University of Iowa
Anupama Joshi
Executive Director & Co-Founder
National Farm to School Network
J. Kenji López-Alt
Chief Creative Officer
Serious Eat
Susan King
Director
Livable Cities
Dr. Irene Klinger
Senior Advisor, Partnerships and Multi-Sector Collaboration
Pan American Action Forum on NCDs, Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
Bill Kohl
Professor of Epidemiology and Kinesiology
University of Texas Health Science Center
Kathy Lawrence
Director of Strategic Development
School Food FOCUS
Sarah Lee
Health Scientist, Division of Population Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Laura Lundin
Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Communications
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Melissa Mancilla
Teacher
Emerson School Phoenix, Arizona
Robin McKinnon, PhD
Health Scientist, Division of Population Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Janet McLaughlin
Senior Director
Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters®
Patti Miller
Vice President, Public Policy
Sesame Workshop
Jeffrey Mills
Former Director of Food and Nutrition Services
DC Public Schools
Michael Minor
National Director H.O.P.E. HHS Partnership, National Baptist Convention
USA, Incorporated
Michel Nischan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Wholesome Wave
Jackie Ostfeld
Mission Outdoors Policy and Operations Manager
Sierra Club
Russell R. Pate, PhD
Professor, Department of Exercise Science
University of South Carolina
E. Paul Roetert
CEO
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
Genixis Ramirez
Student
Emerson School, Phoenix, Arizona
Matthew Reilein
Senior Vice President, Community Development Banking
Chase
Sally Genster Robling
President, Birds Eye Frozen Division
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC
Nelson Rosenbaum
President
My Healthy World, Inc.
Ricardo Salvador
Director and Senior Scientist, Food and Environment Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
Marlene Schwartz
Deputy Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
Yale University
Rob Shephardson
Founding Partner
SS&K
Terry Simonette
Chief Executive Officer
NCB Capital
Jodi Sittig
Global Brand Director, Access to Sport
Nike
Tanya Steel
Editor in Chief
Epicurious.com, Gourmet Live, Gourmet.com
Mary Story
Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Dawn Sweeney
President & Chief Executive Officer
National Restaurant Association
Kirsten Tobey
Chief Operating Officer and Founder
Revolution Foods
Zoe Finch Totten
Chief Executive Officer
The Full Yield
Richard Troiano, PhD, CAPT
US Public Health Service, National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Jill Vialet
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Playworks
Dr. Richard Visser
Minister of Health and Sport
Aruba
Erin Watson
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Kaleidoscope Youth Marketing
Parke Wilde
Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University
Jennifer Wilkins
Senior Extension Associate, Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Derek Yach
Senior Vice President, Vitality Institute for Health Promotion
Vitality Group, Discovery Holdings Ltd
