Sentences with phrase «sna president»

«As Congress seeks ways to support the well - being and success of America's next generation, there is strong evidence that strengthening school nutrition programs is part of the solution,» said SNA President Dr. Lynn Harvey, RDN, LDN, FAND, SNS.

The School Nutrition Foundation had a meeting with our first - timers this morning, led by SNF Chair and former SNA President Dora Rivas.

Sykes is excited to see her friend Becky Domokos - Bays installed as SNA President, while Dodge says she'll seek inspiration on the Exhibit Hall floor.

At the summit SNA President Sandra Ford was joined by Chef Carla Hall («The Chew») and eight «student sous chefs» — a.k.a. Fuel Up to Play 60 student ambassadors — for a panel entitled «Crafting Healthy School Breakfasts.»

Bettina — SNA President Jean Ronnei responded to «Will SNA Chart a New Course?»

Parents wishing to support this effort should contact their members of Congress.Dora Rivas, RD, SNS — SNA President

At the same time, Gene White, a former head of the California school - lunch program and SNA president, said in an interview that she had signed the former SNA presidents» letter defending the healthier school meals because she couldn't possibly urge developing countries to enact nutrition standards if the United States pulls back on its own.

Former SNA President Dorothy Caldwell, who has been on the front lines of child nutrition for 37 years, said she is worried SNA leadership has been «naive» in its approach, allowing the National School Lunch Program to be unnecessarily politicized as it was during Newt Gingrich's effort to block the grant program during the Clinton administration, when she was a USDA official.

SNA President Bauscher kept emphasizing the need to supply kids with white flour «regional favorites,» like biscuits in the South and white flour tortillas in the Southwest, as a justification for significantly weakening the current whole grain standard.

This committee is made up of the previous year's FAME winners, the current SNA President, and editors from foodservice publications.

Watch SNA President Lynn Harvey introduce the latest news from SNA in this new update video.

-LSB-...] is not free But as Bettina Elias Siegel pointed out in her recent Lunch Tray blog, SNA president Julia Bauscher went so far as to admit that the ask for more money is nothing other -LSB-...]

In a piece on Politico Pro (subscription only) earlier this week, food policy reporter Helena Bottemiller Evich asked SNA President Julia Bauscher about the SNA's funding request and was told:

In a press release issued last Friday, SNA President Jean Ronnei said the organization «was pleased to work alongside USDA in crafting practical solutions to help school nutrition professionals in their ongoing efforts to improve school meal programs for students.

That bizarre scenario was all I could think of when I received an email yesterday from the School Nutrition Association (SNA), relaying SNA president Julia Bauscher's refutation of a new, peer - reviewed study in Childhood Obesity finding that kids actually like the healthier school food mandated by the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA).

One of the 19 past SNA presidents who signed the letter is Dora Rivas, MS, RDN, SNS and Executive Director of Dallas ISD's Food & Child Nutrition Services.

Nineteen past SNA presidents took the extraordinary step in May of breaking with the association's leadership by writing their own open letter to Congress urging it to stay the course on healthier school food.

Nineteen former SNA presidents wrote to appropriators last week urging them to reject calls for a waiver — a break in ranks that was painful but necessary, signers said.

Last May, nineteen past SNA presidents took the extraordinary step of breaking with the current SNA board by writing their own open letter to Congress urging it to stay the course on healthier school food.

Rivas, along with 18 other past SNA presidents, broke ranks with the SNA by sending a letter to Congress in support of maintaining those standards, and she continues to be a passionate advocate for healthier school food.

-LSB-...] background helps explain why 19 past SNA presidents recently took the highly unusual step of publicly breaking with their own organization to urge Congress not to roll - back healthier school food standards.

-LSB-...] for comment on the fact that 19 past SNA presidents have taken the rather extraordinary step of publicly breaking rank with the organization by urging Congress to reject the waiver amendment.

Not exact matches

We absolutely do need to give SNA's new president a chance, but let's remember that SNA itself created the current climate which has made it harder to do so.

Poppendieck's comment responds to a post in which I expressed concern over a letter from SNA's newly - elected president, Jean Ronnei.

SNA CEO Patricia Montague, along with outgoing President Leah Schmidt, presented attendees with an update on SNA's public policy efforts, while incoming President Julia Bauscher gave a terrific incoming address to introduce her theme, «Engage.

And the SNA previously saw 19 of its past presidents break ranks in an open letter to Congress — an extraordinary, public display of the internal strife over -LSB-...]

TLT: Yesterday I was on the SNA's conference call and I had the chance to ask SNA CEO Patti Montague about the letter you and the other 18 past presidents sent to Congress.

DR: I think the position between the past presidents and the SNA has been perceived to be adversarial when really the relationship is misunderstood.

And the SNA previously saw 19 of its past presidents break ranks in an open letter to Congress — an extraordinary, public display of the internal -LSB-...]

Montague told me that only the current board speaks for the SNA and she seemed to imply that the past presidents are out of touch, in that she said you «aren't speaking to the members.»

This was going on on the Hill very quickly and there was no time for debate or discussion, so there has been no dialogue [between the SNA and the past presidents].

The other thing the SNA and the past presidents disagree on is strategy, more than on nutrition standards.

But developments like the past presidents» letter, press reports like the ones above, and now - frequent discussions in the media of the organization's ties to Big Food, all may leave the SNA wishing it never picked this food fight in the first place.

«When I first came to this job 28 years ago, our state president at the time explained SNA to me — the benefits, the opportunities, the ins - and - outs of my new position,» explained Kidd.

On Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at 2 p.m. ET, you'll hear from SNA's Director of Media Relations, Diane Pratt - Heavner, as well as the President of CJ Public Relations, Elizabeth Cowles Johnston, as they impart strategies to help you manage media requests to positively promote your program.

SNA Past President Dora Rivas, RD, LD, SNS is the executive foodservice director of child and nutrition services, where today breakfast - in - the - classroom is served in every school — free of charge.

And the SNA previously saw 19 of its past presidents break ranks in an open letter to Congress — an extraordinary, public display of the internal strife over the SNA's current legislative agenda.

Finally we headed off to the first general session, where we were reacquainted with SNA leadership — including a fabulous group of past presidents!

(Did we mention that Cindi Hiatt - Henry is president of the Oregon SNA, too?)

Diane Agrell, director of food service for the Winneconne Community School District and president of SNA - WI, said there have also been improvements to school lunches.

In a New York Times Magazine investigation into the politics behind the current school lunch battle, it is reported that SNA's CEO Patricia Montague, invited Pat McCoy, vice president for sales at the $ 3 billion Schwan Food Company, to address the SNA members drafting the association's legislative positions, along with the executive board.

SNA Past President Dora Rivas, RD, LD, SNS, is executive foodservice director of child and nutrition services for the Dallas Independent School District, and she says that there has never been a better time to begin advocating for BIC service.

The secretary said he recently invited Lynn Harvey, SNA's new president, and the organization's incoming board to come to Washington and give the department «direct, specific advice on how we can make the best rules going forward possible.»

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Helen Phillips, a Norfolk, Va., school food - service director, was president of SNA when the 2010 bill was passed.

As President of the School Nutrition Association (SNA), I have seen school meals programs nationwide expand their offerings of whole grain products in the last few years.

Houston is also a longtime, active member of SNA, and has held numerous leadership positions, including Southwest Regional Director and President of Texas SNA; again, Jody credits Applebaum's influence, saying:

When asked to describe her former colleague, SNA past president Shirley Watkins had the following to say: «Kathleen brought this focus on research to the table in the 1980s, and having that kind of foresight and vision at that time was incredible — she was so far advanced to make that happen.»

In addition to serving as SNA vice-president and president, Shirley was also director of nutrition for Memphis City Schools, served as president of the Tennessee chapter of the SNA, served as Deputy Undersecretary of USDA from 1993 - 1997, and was promoted to Undersecretary in 1997.

The School Nutrition Association (SNA), the leading force behind efforts to roll back school nutrition standards in Congress, held its annual meeting earlier this month and installed a new president, Jean Ronnei.