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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
6:45 AM – 8:00 AM
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Guided Walk
6:45 AM – 8:00 AM
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Guided Walk
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM
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Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM
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Know Before You Go - Capitol Hill Day Briefing Breakfast
Location: Presidential Ballroom
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
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Registration
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
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Registration
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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CACFP Advocacy Institute: Enhancement and Improvement Opportunities for the CACFP: Why your voice counts!
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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CACFP Advocacy Institute: Enhancement and Improvement Opportunities for the CACFP: Why your voice counts!
Location: Pan American
Margaret McDonald
– Clarendon Early Education Services, Inc.
Reynaldo Green (he/him/his)
– Quality Care for Children
Becky Levin
– American Federal of State, County and Municipal Employees
Ellen Teller
– Food Research & Action Center
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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Gen Z in the Anti-Hunger Space: Challenges, Solutions and Results
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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Gen Z in the Anti-Hunger Space: Challenges, Solutions and Results
Location: Statler AB
Emily J. Irsik, Coordinator (she/her/hers)
– Congressional Hunger Center
Zhara Edwards (she/her/hers)
– Congressional Hunger Center
Denise Ramos-Vega, BA (she/her/hers)
– Congressional Hunger Center
Paige Swanson
– Student Basic Needs Coalition
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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If You Build It … Lessons Learned Providing Food as Medicine through Clinical-Community Partnership
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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If You Build It … Lessons Learned Providing Food as Medicine through Clinical-Community Partnership
Location: Federal AB
Dodi Meyer, MD (she/her/hers)
– Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Ramona Nivar (she/her/hers)
– Nido de Esperanza, WSCAH
Caterina Marchione, One + years of Vista Service for PRx, VINES CSA Site Coordinator Volunteer 7+ years, previously CNA in CT, some college (she/her/hers)
– Rural Health Network
Alyson Rosenthal, MS, RD (she/her/hers)
– West Side Campaign Against Hunger
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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SNAP Adequacy: How States Are Adopting Supplemental Benefits
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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SNAP Adequacy: How States Are Adopting Supplemental Benefits
Location: South American AB
LaMonika N. Jones (she/her/hers)
– DC Hunger Solutions/Maryland Hunger Solutions
Adele H. LaTourette (she/her/hers)
– Community FoodBank of New Jersey
Gabby Davidson (she/her/hers)
– California Association of Food Banks
Hope A. Lane-Gavin, MPS (she/her/hers)
– Ohio Association of Foodbanks
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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Storytelling to Win Food for All: Ending Exclusions by Leading with Community Stories
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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Storytelling to Win Food for All: Ending Exclusions by Leading with Community Stories
Location: Senate
Jackie Mendelson, MPH (she/her/they/them)
– Nourish California
Benyamin A. Chao, B.A.
– California Immigrant Policy Center
Maribel Cruz (she/her/hers)
– ORALE
Elizabeth Gonzalez Zamora
– Community Leader
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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USDA - Child Nutrition Programs Update
8:50 AM – 9:55 AM
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USDA - Child Nutrition Programs Update
Location: Congressional
Tina F. Namian, MSW, JD (she/her/hers)
– USDA
Anne Fiala
– USDA
Crystal FitzSimons
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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Feeding Hope: Creating Protective Factors to Support Food Security and Mental Health
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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Feeding Hope: Creating Protective Factors to Support Food Security and Mental Health
Location: Statler AB
Madeline Mortisch, MS, RDN (she/her/hers)
– Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Malissa G. Martin, B.A., Sam Houston State University; Executive Education, Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University, New York University
– SparkWheel
Brittny L. Seowtewa
– Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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Hunger Free San Diego: A Model for Ending Hunger
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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Hunger Free San Diego: A Model for Ending Hunger
Location: Senate
Joseph Kendrick (he/him/his)
– San Diego Hunger Coalition
Alondra Alvarado (she/her/hers)
– San Diego Hunger Coalition
Brent Wakefield (he/him/his)
– Meals on Wheels San Diego County
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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Supporting School Nutrition Programs Through State Legislation
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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Supporting School Nutrition Programs Through State Legislation
Location: Congressional
Jessica Pino-Goodspeed, MSW (she/her/hers)
– Hunger Solutions New York
George Matysik (he/him/his)
– Share Food Program
Leah Gardner, Masters in Public Policy (she/her/hers)
– The Food Group
Alexis Bylander, MSPPM
– Food Research & Action Center
Maria Islam, M.S. (she/her/hers)
– FRAC
Erin Kennedy Hysom, MPH, RDN (she/her/hers)
– Food Research & Action Center
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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Supporting Successful Reentry: Outreach for Justice
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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Supporting Successful Reentry: Outreach for Justice
Location: Federal AB
Ed Bolen (he/him/his)
– Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Hope A. Lane-Gavin, MPS (she/her/hers)
– Ohio Association of Foodbanks
Kam McKenzie (she/her/hers)
– Freestore Foodbank
Bailey Cleary-Foeller, MPHIL (she/her/hers)
– Mid-Ohio Food Collective
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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The End of SNAP Emergency Allotments: Research and advocacy
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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The End of SNAP Emergency Allotments: Research and advocacy
Location: South American AB
Ryan P. Healy (he/him/his)
– Feeding New York State
May Lynn Tan, DrPH, MHS (she/her/hers)
– California Association of Food Banks
Celia Cole, MA (she/her/hers)
– Feeding Texas
Joree Novotny (she/her/hers)
– Ohio Association of Foodbanks
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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USDA - CACFP Update
10:05 AM – 11:10 AM
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USDA - CACFP Update
Location: Pan American
Sheldon Gordon
– USDA
Kevin Maskornick
– USDA
Alice McKenney, MS (she/her/hers)
– Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
11:30 AM – 1:15 PM
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Lunch Plenary
11:30 AM – 1:15 PM
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Lunch Plenary: Bold Steps to 2030: Administrative Initiatives to End Hunger in America
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Christine Going, EdD, MPA, RD, FACHE
– Food Security Office at U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Ruth Jones Nichols, PhD
– U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Stacy Dean
– USDA
LaMonika Jones
– D.C. Hunger Solutions and Maryland Hunger Solutions
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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Building a Comprehensive Nutrition Security Framework in Miami-Dade County
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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Building a Comprehensive Nutrition Security Framework in Miami-Dade County
Location: Federal AB
Robert C. Hill, Jr., MPH, PMP (he/him/his)
– American Heart Association
Linda Novick O'Keefe, MS Public Service Management
– Common Threads
Patrick G. Morris
– Office of the Mayor
Arely B. Lozano Cantu, MA
– Urban Health Partnerships
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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Centering Lived Expertise to Guide Summer EBT Implementation: From Policy to Process to Technology
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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Centering Lived Expertise to Guide Summer EBT Implementation: From Policy to Process to Technology
Location: Congressional
Morgan McKinney (she/her/hers)
– American Public Human Services Association
Leanne R. Auginaush (she/her/hers)
– White Earth nation
Joshua Vaughn, N/A (he/him/his)
– APHSA
Chloe Green, MPH (she/her/hers)
– American Public Human Services Association
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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Collaborating with Community to Improve Experience
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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Collaborating with Community to Improve Experience
Location: Statler AB
Samantha King, MA (she/her/hers)
– Share Our Strength / No Kid Hungry
Mark Araujo (he/him/his)
– City of Boston: Mayor's Office of Food Justice & Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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LGBTQIA2S+ Food Insecurity, Outreach, and Advocacy
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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LGBTQIA2S+ Food Insecurity, Outreach, and Advocacy
Location: Senate
Houa Xiong, Gay, Asian, Lived/Living Experience, Advocacy, Non-Profit (he/him/his)
– Hunger Free Oklahoma
Lisa M. O'Brien (she/her/hers)
– MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Fleurian Filkins (they/them/theirs)
– Feeding America National Organization
Will Thomas, MS, MPH (he/him/his)
– Conduit Government Relations
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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The Child Care Funding Landscape and Opportunities for Nutrition Funding and Policy
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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The Child Care Funding Landscape and Opportunities for Nutrition Funding and Policy
Location: Pan American
Reynaldo Green (he/him/his)
– Quality Care for Children
Jeffrey Capizzano
– The Policy Equity Group
Grace Reef (she/her/hers)
– Early Learning Policy Group
Anne Hedgepeth, MPP (she/her/hers)
– Child Care Aware® of America
LaMonika N. Jones (she/her/hers)
– DC Hunger Solutions/Maryland Hunger Solutions
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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USDA - SNAP
1:35 PM – 2:40 PM
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USDA SNAP Update
Location: South American AB
Shavana Howard
– USDA
Cathy Buhrig
– USDA
Salaam Bhatti, Esq.
– FRAC
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM
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Networking Break
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM
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Networking Break
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Centering Regional Agriculture in Anti-Hunger Policies
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Centering Regional Agriculture in Anti-Hunger Policies
Location: Statler AB
Tutu Badaru, MS (she/her/hers)
– GrowNYC
Iliana Garcia, MPH (she/her/hers)
– GrowNYC
Matthew Scalfani (he/him/his)
– GrowNYC
Cheryl L. Huber, MUP (she/her/hers)
– United Way of New York City
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Compensation for lived expertise in Hunger Free Work
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Compensation for lived expertise in Hunger Free Work
Location: Senate
Minerva Delgado, MPP (she/her/hers)
– Alliance to End Hunger
Aliyah Fard
– Alliance to End Hunger
Meighen Lovelace, PhD in Poverty and Hunger
– Mountain Harvest Consulting
Alejandrai Williams (she/her/hers)
– Department of Human Services
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Mini-Plenary - SNAP/Farm Bill
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Mini-Plenary - Protecting and Strengthening SNAP
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Salaam Bhatti, Esq.
– FRAC
Timothy Klipp-Lockhart, MSW (he/him/his)
– Food Research & Action Center
Barbara Patterson, MS (she/her/hers)
– Torrey Advisory Group
Kurtis Miller
– U.S. Senate
Becky Levin
– American Federal of State, County and Municipal Employees
Lillian Rodriguez Lopez, Communications, BA
– Coalition for Food Security Puerto Rico
Liza Lieberman
– MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Carrie Calvert, BA Political Science (she/her/hers)
– Feeding America
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Nourishing Unity: Addressing Immigrant Food Insecurity
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Nourishing Unity: Addressing Immigrant Food Insecurity
Location: South American AB
Yesenia Cuello (she/her/hers)
– NC FIELD, Inc.
Patricia Baker (she/her/hers)
– Mass Law Reform Institute
Tiffany W. CHANG, MPA (she/her/hers)
– Protecting Immigrant Families
Betzabel Estudillo, MSW (she/her/hers)
– Nourish California
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Realizing the promise of universal school meals in California
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Realizing the Promise of Universal School Meals in California
Location: Congressional
Rachel Monaco, MSW (she/her/hers)
– Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
Laura Vollmer, MPH, RD (she/her/hers)
– University of California Cooperative Extension
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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State Agency: Building Support to CACFP Sponsors
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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State Agency: Building Support to CACFP Sponsors
Location: Pan American
Lynn Cavett, M.Ed
– State of Michigan
Tamika Boone, MPA
– GA Department of Early Care and Learning
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Unlocking the Full Potential of Summer EBT: Supporting Implementation and Expanding Access
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Unlocking the Full Potential of Summer EBT: Supporting Implementation and Expanding Access
Location: Federal AB
Jessica Deitrich (she/her/hers)
– Hunger Free Oklahoma
Itzúl Gutiérrez
– California Association of Food Banks
Matt Stienstra (he/him/his)
– Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin
Jenny Schrum, PhD, MSW, MPH (she/her/hers)
– NJ Office of the Food Security Advocate
Kelsey Boone, MPP (she/her/hers)
– Food Research & Action Center
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Food and Nutrition Inclusivity in CACFP
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Food and Nutrition Inclusivity in CACFP
Location: Pan American
Rachel Polon
Kaylyn Padovani
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Mid-Atlantic Anti-Hunger Coalition
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Mid-Atlantic Anti-Hunger Coalition
Location: South American AB
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Northeast Region Anti-Hunger Network
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Northeast Region Anti-Hunger Network
Location: Federal AB
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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South West
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Midwest Region
Location: Statler AB
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Southeast Anti-Hunger Coalition/Southwest Region
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Southeast Anti-Hunger Coalition/Southwest Region
Location: Senate
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Western Region Anti-Hunger Consortium/Mountain Plains Region
4:15 PM – 5:20 PM
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Western Region Anti-Hunger Consortium/Mountain Plains Region
Location: Congressional
5:20 PM – 7:00 PM
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Reception
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
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Reception
Location: Presidential Ballroom
