Our Founders and Board
National Board of Directors
Art Smith
Board President & Co-Founder; Executive Chef, TABLE Fifty-Two, Art and Soul, LYFE Kitchen, Southern Art and Bourbon Bar, Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ and 1500 SOUTH Restaurant & Bar; CEO, Art Smith, LLC
Jesus Salgueiro
Co-Founder, Common Threads; Artist and Teacher, Susej Art Studio
Tres Bailey
Sr. Director of Federal Government Affairs at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Scott Barnhart
President, Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Cardinal Health
Michelle Bernstein
Chef-owner of Michelle Bernstein Catering; Culinary consultant; Author; TV personality
Alberto Carvalho
Superintendent, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Mary Christ-Erwin
Partner, Porter Novelli
Jimm E. Cobb
Director, Business Development, Howard Brown Health Centers
Angie Cooper
Executive Director, Heartland Summit
Neil Cotty
Retired CAO, Bank of America
Sarita Dandamudi Rao
Co-owner, Dandamudi's and SVP, Business Marketing, Analytics & Alliances - AT&T Business
Mike Denman
Global Sales Director – Accenture, Microsoft
Laura Karet
CEO, Giant Eagle
Abel Martinez
Group Vice-President of Partner Relations, Risk Solutions, & Government Affairs, HEB
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA
Assistant Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School & Obesity Medicine Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Elizabeth Wise
Vice President Government Affairs, Sazerac Company
Chicago Board
Priyanka Patel – Chair
Owner, Rooted Dental Care
Alex Stoller – Vice Chair
Founder, Breaking Our Barrier and Brand Development Manager, Stoller Imports
Sydney Karp Poll – Secretary
Sales Coordinator, Lettuce Entertain You
Joe Madison – Treasurer
Account Director - Advertising Cloud, Adobe
Jared Bosma
MBA student, Northwestern University
Spencer Coates
Venture Partner, NextGen Venture Partners
Suzanne Hill
Sr. Account Executive, UnitedHealthcare
Irini Kolaitis
Associate Division head, Hospital-Based Medicine Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University – The Feinberg School of Medicine
Julie Koziol
Principal, JAK Consulting
Natalie Marotta
Client Implementation Manager, Livongo
Erin Mynaugh
Director of Client Implementation Services, Livongo
Marissa Pines
Senior Director of Marketing, Quaker Oats
Pavel Sokolovsky
Founder, P.S. Development Capital and Managing Member, Nameless Ventures
Jared Scharen
Senior Director of Product Marketing, Zipongo
Lee Stuck
Chief Analytics Officer, HealthScape Advisors
Sara Wilburn
Real Estate Agent, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Washington DC Board
Cristina Antelo
CEO, Ferox Strategies
Elizabeth Avery
President, SNAC International
Tres Bailey
Sr. Director of Federal Government Affairs at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Joyce Brayboy
Managing Director, Government Affairs, Goldman Sachs
Dan Christensen
Senior Director of Government Affairs, PepsiCo
Kate Coler
Vice President of Federal Government Relations, Albertsons Companies
Jennifer Hatcher
Chief Public Policy Officer and Senior Vice President Government & Public Affairs, Food Marketing Institute
Tyson Redpath
Senior Vice President, The Russell Group
Maggie Sommers Gentile
Vice President of Food and Nutrition Policy, Food Directions
Miami Board
Patricia Azze - Chair
Digital Brand Consultant, Founder and Editor at The Terraza
Tony Jimenez - Vice Chair
Co-Founder & CFO, JOI and Managing Director, Medina Capital
Jennifer Einersen - Secretary
Trusts & Estates Associate, Bilzin Sumberg
Geoffrey Tully - Treasurer
Partner, Passerelle Partners
Jorge Azze
Copywriter, WOW MKTG
Karen Barofsky
Vice President, Brustman Carrino Public Relations
Rochelle Gapere
Happiness Coach and Attorney Advisor, OMHA
Elizabeth Halle
Regional Marketing Manager, Flik
David Lanster
Co-owner, DK Culinary Ventures
Kelly Moran
Beverage Consultant at Celebrity Cruises & Co-owner, DK Culinary Ventures
John Parenti, MS, RDN, LD
Director of Sports Nutrition, Miami Dolphins
Javier Ramirez
Restaurateur, Palmar and Bachour
Chris Sanz
Vice President, Orion Real Estate Group
Rashad Thomas
VP, Business Connect & Legacy Projects, Miami Super Bowl Host Committee
Lucette Talamas
Registered Dietician, Baptist Health South Florida
Los Angeles Board
Lori C McGee - Chair
Community Leader
Govind Armstrong
Executive Chef, The Lobster, Post & Beam
Doneen Arquines
Producer, Magical Elves, Inc.
Claudia Bonilla Keller
Chief Mission Officer, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County
John Kolaski
Founder, CEO & Curator, K2 Restaurants
Amanda Nuñez
People Operations Program Manager, Google
Cary Walker
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, City National Bank
National Advisory Board
Tamron Hall
Host & Executive Producer, The Tamron Hall Show
Dr. Steven Marcus Ed.D.
President and CEO, Health Foundation of South Florida
Jasmine Ratliff
Deputy Director, Keecha Harris and Associates, Inc.
Julius E. Rhodes, SPHR
Founder and Principal, mpr group
Kate Rubin
Founder & Principal, Leadership Foundations
Gail Simmons
Trained Culinary Expert, Food Writer and Dynamic Television Personality
Tim Peters
Executive Director, Corporate & Public Affairs, Golin
Medical Partnerships Advisory Board
Steve Buege
Manager, HealthScape Advisors LLC
Jimm Cobb
Director, Business Development, Howard Brown Health Centers
Melinda Ring M.D.
Executive Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Univesity's Feinberg School of Medicine
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA
Assistant Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School & Obesity Medicine Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
