Burkhardt has been the Director of Child Nutrition and Wellness at Lakota Local Schools in Ohio for the last eight years, and has worked in
school foodservice since graduating from college with a foodservice management degree.
According to this article from the Wall Street Journal, General Mills
Foodservice has awarded $ 375,000 in Fuel Up ™ Grants
since 2009; most grant recipients have used the awards to expand breakfast outside the cafeteria to improve student access to, and participation in,
school breakfast.