Alyson Rosenthal is non-profit leader and nutritionist with two decades of experience developing and scaling successful programs that work at the intersection of health, social justice and sustainable agriculture. Alyson is currently the Chief Program Officer at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger where she leads all programs at one of the largest and most successful emergency feeding providers in New York City.

Formerly, Alyson was the Director of Food and Nutrition Programs at Children’s Aid where she led the organization’s obesity prevention and health promotion initiatives. Prior to her work with Children’s Aid, she spent 7 years at New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where her work focused on nutrition education and improving access to healthy food in the food retail environment.

Alyson is a Registered Dietitian and holds a MS in Food Policy and Economics from Tufts University and a BS in Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences from the University of Vermont. She is dedicated to improving health disparities and is strongly motivated by the power of food to bring communities together and to foster change.