Food Summit Speakers

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Sara Adams

Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region

Samantha Adkisson

The Food Pantries for the Capital District Board Member

Jammella Anderson

Free Food Fridge Albany

Dr. Yen Ang

Tangelo

Becca Anthony

CAPTAIN Community Human Services

Les Aylesworth

Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse (CHOW), a program of the Broome County Council of Churches

Tutu Badaru

Grow NYC

Joel Berg

Hunger Free America

Cody Bloomfield

Hunger Solutions New York

Fred Boehrer

Focus Churches of Albany

Cynthia Bott

Siena College

Christine T. Bozlak, PhD, MPH

UAlbany School of Public Health

Jillian Bridgette Cohen

Nutrition4Good

Lydia Calabro

The Food Pantries for the Capital District

Angelo Calbone

LifeWorks

Clare Carroll

The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York

Bryant Casteel

Plentiful

Kimberly Chamorro Perez

Brightside Up

Maggie Cheney

Rock Steady Farm

Kevin Cleary

Kevin Cleary Government Relations

Alison M. Cohen

National Right to Food Community of Practice

Matt Cuevas

The Food Pantries for the Capital District

Erica Dahl

Market Sprouts at Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County

Betsy Dickson

Regional Food Bank

Anita Dreichler

Rockland Community Against Hunger

Tamika Dunkley

Seasoned Gives

Leah Egnaczyk

Sycamore Collaborative

Mark Emanatian

Capital District Area Labor Federation

Beth Feingold

UAlbany School of Public Health

Renee Fillette-Miccio

Dutchess Outreach

Clare Friedrich

Cicatelli Associates Inc.

Iliana Garcia

GrowNYC, Food Access Initiatives and Partnerships

Katie Garfield

Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School

Nyhisha T. Gibbs, MPA

Dutchess Outreach

Debby Goedeke

Discover Albany, Albany Convention Bureau

Camila Gomez

God's Love We Deliver

Marla Guarino

Buffalo Go Green

Hea Gundlach

The Patroon Land Farm / Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York

Shailly Gupta Barnes

Kairos Center

Avalon Gupta VerWiebe

Syracuse-Onodaga Food Systems Alliance

Renata Gwozdz

CEO Empowers

Corinne Hansch

Lovin Mama Farm

Whitley Hasty

Foodlink

Sonya Hauser, PhD

Russell Sage College, School of Health Sciences

Rebekka Henriksen

Schenectady City School District Farm to School Program

Dede Hill

Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy

Michelle Hughes

Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming

Bob Jaffe

PantrySoft

Roseanne Jones

Onondaga Department of Health

Aldo R. Juárez Romero

Sycamore Collaborative

Lara Kassel

Medicaid Matters New York, Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy

B. Kennedy

Columbia County Sanctuary Movement

Tracie Killar

South End Children's Cafe

Megan Larmer

Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming

Cait Larson

BosWell

Julianne Lewis

C.R.E.A.T.E. Community Studios

Ladonnis Lucas

Cicatelli Associates

John "Mac" McDonnell

Guilderland Food Pantry

Joshua McGuire

Field & Fork Network, Inc.

West McNeil

Labor Religion Coalition of NYS

Colleen Miller

Mom's Meals

Libby Miller

The Food Pantries for the Capital Region

Kristi Milligan

Schenectady County Food Council

Tianhong Mu

UAlbany Department of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering

Christina Nadolne

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County

Stiles R. Najac

Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County

JoAnn LeSage Nelson

Pierce Communications

Annette Nielsen

Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center

Jenn O'Connor

The Education Trust--NY

Gherell Owens

Community Connections NYC

Diego Padilla Duran

Part of the Solution

Julian Palmer

TOUCH-Together Our Unity Can Heal and Rockland Community Against Hunger

Karen Pearl

God's Love We Deliver

Angie Pender-Fox

The Food Pantries for the Capital District

Dr. Gabriela Pereyra

Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust and Yara Farm

Natasha Pernicka

The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York / The Food Pantries for the Capital District

Sarah Roberts

The Food Pantries for the Capital District

Dr. Renee Rodriguez-Goodemote

Saratoga Hospital and Saratoga Community Health Center

Cooper Rohan

Field & Fork Network

D. Rooney

Rock Steady Farm

Alyson Rosenthal, MS, RD

Westside Campaign Against Hunger

Victor Russak

The Food Pantries for the Capital District

Jalal Sabur

Sweet Freedom Farm

Sarah Salem

Hudson Valley Food Systems Coalition

Assemblymember Angelo Santabarbara

NYS 111th Assembly District

Antionette Santos

South End Children's Cafe

Jordan Schmidt

North East Community Center

Michelle V. Scott

211 Western New York

Heather Senecal

United Way of the Greater Capital Region

Kari Siddiqui

Schuyler Center for Analysis & Advocacy

Chef Greg Silverman

Westside Campaign Against Hunger

Josh Stephani

Adirondack Food System Network

Amaury Tañón-Santos

Sycamore Collaborative

Sarah Toledano

Siena College

Mariana Torres

UAlbany School of Public Health

Stephanie Trombly

Brightside Up

Leah Vermont

University at Buffalo/Mobile Market Coalition

Dorella Walters

God's Love We Deliver

Karen Washington

Rise and Root Farm

Angie Weber

The Food Pantries for the Capital District

Dan Wexler

EatWell

Steph Wiley

Brooklyn Packers

Daniel Williams

Pitney Meadows Community Farms

Gabrielle Williams

Met Council

Kizzy Williams

The Cultural Center at 64 Quail Street/Allie B’s Cozy Kitchen

Jeffrey Yoskowitz

Met Council

Meghan Young

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County

Peyton Yourch

The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York

Bella

South End Children's Cafe

Lily

South End Children's Cafe

Nyiare

South End Children's Cafe

Nyree

South End Children's Cafe

Simone

South End Children's Cafe