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At the 2013 Building a Healthier Future Summit, PHA brought together some of the most influential leaders in the fight to end childhood obesity. PHA Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama and Honorary Vice Chairmen Dr. William H. Frist and Newark Mayor Cory Booker led keynote presentations while the breakout session moderators and panelists represented a wide array of organizations from Nike to the Aetna Foundation to the National Restaurant Association to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to the Food Trust to the President’s Council on Fitness, sports & Nutrition to USDA to CDC. Each speaker provided invaluable insight into the epidemic at hand and presented a variety of strategies and solution to solve this pressing public health issue.


Keynote Address: First Lady Michelle Obama




Breakout Sessions: Moderators

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

 

Breakout Sessions: Panelists

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