-
Lyman Graham
Lyman Graham and Institute of Child Nutrition
Lyman Graham hails from Roswell, New Mexico. After pursuing a career in ranching, as well as the restaurant business, he decided to try his hand a school nutrition. He started out as director in a small farming community and eventually worked his way up to more responsibilities. A firm believer in networking, he has been active in the School Nutrition Association. He is now director of three districts in Roswell, New Mexico, Carlsbad, New Mexico, and Dexter, New Mexico.
-
Wanda Grant
Wanda Grant and Institute of Child Nutrition
Wanda Grant is a retired School Nutrition Director with over 35 years of experience. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Food, Nutrition and Institutional Management from Washington State University and is a registered dietitian. Her career took her from Washington to Alaska and finally to California. She is a credentialed School Nutrition Specialist with the School Nutrition Association (SNA), has served on the Executive Board of SNA, and was honored nationally in 2009 as Outstanding Director of the Year. Wanda is a certified ServSafe® instructor and a consultant trainer for the National Food Service Management Institute.
-
Susan Greene
Susan Greene and Institute of Child Nutrition
A native of Virginia, with many years serving in Virginia education programs, first as a culinary instructor, then a school principal, before moving into child nutrition, Susan Greene is now a food service director in rural Alaska.
-
Sue Greig
Sue Greig and Institute of Child Nutrition
Sue Greig is a native of Arkansas. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Education and Nutrition and a master’s degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management and in Dietetics. She and her husband moved to Manhattan, Kansas, in 1951. Greig worked in housing and food service at Kansas State University for 13 years and then served as Food Service Director for Manhattan Kansas Schools until her retirement in the 1990s. She served as President of the American School Food Service Association in 1991-1992.
-
Dean Hamburg
Dean Hamburg and Institute of Child Nutrition
Dean Hamburg has spent most of his life split between Washington and Alaska. Before getting involved in child nutrition, Hamburg enlisted in the United States Navy, signed aboard as a cook and baker, and spent four years as a cook and baker aboard a Fast Attack submarine in the Atlantic. After Navy service Hamburg earned a bachelor’s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration and went to work for hotels throughout the US. He eventually accepted a position as food service director for a small district in Washington, before becoming school meal director for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. In Alaska. The district itself is 28,000 square miles, about the size of West Virginia, for one school district – two national parks, four volcanoes, a gazillion glaciers, with an enrollment of 9,000 children.
-
Renee A. Hanks
Renee A. Hanks and Institute of Child Nutrition
Renee A. Hanks is a school food service director in New York. A New Jersey native, Hanks grew up in upstate New York. After college in the SUNY system, where she earned a degree in food service management and nutrition, Hanks worked in healthcare, before taking her first job as director of a small school district. She has progressively worked her way through steadily larger districts and is now the director of the South Colonie School District.
-
Beth Hanna
Beth Hanna and Institute of Child Nutrition
Beth Hanna, PhD, RD, LD, SNS, is a registered dietician who received her PhD in Food and Lodging Management from Iowa State University.
Her work experience includes serving as Director of Nutrition Services for West Des Moines Community Schools where she managed all aspects of the school nutrition program in compliance with federal and state regulations.
Dr. Hanna also served as an instructor with Iowa State University and a consultant for the Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Food and Nutrition. She reviewed child nutrition programs and offered specialized support in equipment layout and design.
In addition to being a trainer for the Institute of Child Nutrition, Beth is a ServSafe instructor.
-
Frank A. Harris
Frank A. Harris and Institute of Child Nutrition
Frank A. Harris fled Germany as an adolescent shortly before World War II, arriving in England. The family later made their way to the United States. Coming of age during the war, Harris joined the US Army and became a cook, serving in North Africa and Europe. After the war Harris built a career working in many different aspects of food service. He eventually became a school food service director and president of the Connecticut School Food Service Association.
-
Teresa Harwell
Teresa Harwell and Institute of Child Nutrition
Teresa Harwell is a school food service director in Alaska.
-
Jamal Hazzan
Jamal Hazzan and Institute of Child Nutrition
Jamal Hazzan is a retired school nutrition program administrator with a strong track record in effectively managing stakeholders, revenue, and profit growth in multiple school districts. He has successfully led and participated on strategic planning committees. Many schools under his direction are recipients of HealthierUS School Challenge awards. Jamal holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from State University of New York at Buffalo and an MBA from Sam Houston State University. He is a member of the Texas Association for School Nutrition, and his program has been recognized by the association as a “Program of Excellence.” He has held office, served on committees, and presented training for the association. Jamal is a consultant trainer for the Institute of Child Nutrition.
-
Judy Hendrix
Judy Hendrix and Institute of Child Nutrition
After college Judy Hendrix taught home economics, science, and geography at different times before getting into the child nutrition field. Hendrix then worked as a school nutrition director for one year before becoming an area consultant for school nutrition with the Georgia Department of Education. After working as an area consultant in various Georgia locations for a number of years, Hendrix returned as a food service director for a large school district, where she worked for a further four years before retirement.
-
Clarice Higgins
Clarice Higgins and Institute of Child Nutrition
Clarice Higgins grew up in Waynesboro, Mississippi, and earned her bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from the University of Alabama, studying with Dr. Neige Todhunter. She then interned at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York and earned her master’s from Columbia Teacher’s College. Dr. Mary de Garmo Bryan was her major advisor. In 1964 she became the School Food Service Director in Gadsden County, Florida, and held this position until her retirement in 1993. Mrs. Higgins served as President of the American School Food Service Association in 1983.
-
Mary A. Hill
Mary A. Hill and Institute of Child Nutrition
Mary A. Hill, Executive Director of Food Services for Jackson Public School District in Jackson, MS. She is a native of Jackson, MS, has both BS and MS degrees in Home Economics and a minor in Secondary Education from the University of Southern Mississippi and is credentialed as a Specialist (SNS) in the School Nutrition Association. Prior to beginning a career in school nutrition in 1983, she was a Commercial Food teacher who taught courses to vocational/technical students in Laurel Public Schools in Laurel, MS. Hill has directed the Child Nutrition Program in Jackson, MS for 33 years. The districts’ 60 schools serve over 29,000 students and feed 25,500 nutritious school lunches 13,000 school breakfasts and 3,500 after school snacks to students each day in schools, as well during the Summer Food Service Program. They also, have Breakfast in the Classroom, Fruit and Vegetable Program and all elementary schools are “GOLD” award through the HealthierUS School Challenge program. She is active in many professional and volunteer organizations and has served in numerous leadership roles at the local, state, and national levels. In SNA, she is past national president, served on the Executive Board, Program Chair for Annual National Conference, Nutrition, Resolutions and Bylaws and Public Policy and Legislation Committees, Strategic Planning and Association Governance Task Force. She has served in the Mississippi School Nutrition Association as President, State Conference Chair, Scholarship and Awards, Education, Resolutions and Bylaws Committees, and various special committees and task forces in the Association. Also, she is very involved with the Girl Scout Council of Greater Mississippi as Second Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and troop leader for Troop 5026, Jackson (MS) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the Central Mississippi Chapter of 100 Black Women, Mississippi Food Network and her church True Light Baptist Church. She enjoys volunteering and is committed to community and public service. Mary has received numerous awards and honors but the latest was the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA) “Silver Plate” Recipient in the Elementary and Secondary Category in 2015 and the “Hometown Hero” Award in the meeting planners category given by VisitJackson June 2017.
-
Phyllis Hodges
Phyllis Hodges and Institute of Child Nutrition
Phyllis Hodges of Dickson, Tennessee, spent fifteen years as Food Service Director, and was instrumental in founding a local nutrition association in Dickson County. She is a firm believer in training and networking. For the past five years Phyllis has been the Director of Procurement and an Educational Consultant for her state agency.
-
Kim Hofmann
Kim Hofmann and Institute of Child Nutrition
With over 25 years’ experience, Kim has extensive skills in multiple aspects of management, cost control, training, DISC, and customer service (and she is a past school nutrition director). She is a Trainer/Consultant and eLearning developer for ICN, and a certified trainer for DISC training. She has published numerous articles for Carroll Service’s Child Nutrition Professional’s magazine, has presented at many SNA conferences, taught Food Systems Management at the University of Akron, was a cost control specialist for US Foods, and was a trainer for Career Track/Fred Pryor specializing in management training.
-
Melba Hollingsworth
Melba Hollingsworth and Institute of Child Nutrition
Melba Hollingsworth earned a BS degree in Dietetics from Louisiana State University and a Master’s degree in Institution Management from Texas Women’s University. She has worked over 25 years in Child Nutrition Programs. She served as a school food service manager and a district director in the state of Louisiana before becoming an Education and Training Specialist for the National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI) at The University of Mississippi. During her career at NFSMI, Melba served as project coordinator for the Orientation to School Nutrition Management Seminars and developed various resources for school nutrition professionals. She was instrumental in the development of the popular Basics at a Glance measurements poster and the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs instructional materials and calculator. She also developed a series of No Time to Train Short Lessons for School Nutrition Assistants as well as other training materials. Fluent in Spanish, she also provided technical support for the development of Spanish language resource materials. Melba has been trainer and a presenter for national school nutrition audiences. She is a registered dietitian and a member of the School Nutrition Association. Melba is ServSafe certified.
-
Polly Holloway
Polly Holloway and Institute of Child Nutrition
Polly Holloway grew up on a farm in Tasewell County, Virginia. After graduating from a two-room high school, she went on to Virginia Tech, where she earned a degree in Home Economics in 1956. After a brief career as an Assistant Extension Agent, she moved to Roanoke, where she taught Special Ed for Roanoke County Schools. She was soon persuaded to take on the role of Cafeteria Supervisor and credits her state agency with offering valuable training. She returned to Virginia Tech in 1972 and earned her Masters in Nutrition. By now a firm believer in the value of training, Holloway managed to get all of her Managers and many of her workers certified while overseeing thirty-two school nutrition programs in the Roanoke County School System. Polly retired in 2000.
-
Sophie C. Hoover
Sophie C. Hoover and Institute of Child Nutrition
Sophie C. Hoover, a Brooklyn native, spent most of her formative years in Puerto Rico. After starting her college education in Puerto Rico she finished her degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Florida. After working as nutrition director for a nursing home, Sophie has been the Specialist in Food and Nutrition with Anne Arundel County, Maryland schools for twenty-seven years.
-
Saundra Isabelle
Saundra Isabelle and Institute of Child Nutrition
Saundra Isabelle started working part-time in child nutrition when her children started school, but immediately fell in love with it. She quickly rose through the ranks and became a manager at Pass Christian Elementary, Middle, and High Schools for five years. She is now the food service director for the Pass Christian School District.
-
Esther Izaak
Esther Izaak and Institute of Child Nutrition
Esther Izaak was born on the island of Montserrat, where she attended secondary school. She continued her education at the University of the Virgin Islands, as well as studying in the United Kingdom. After several years teaching, she accepted the position of the director of the School Food Authority for St. Thomas and St. John. She is now the training director for St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John.
-
Jennifer Jennings
Jennifer Jennings and Institute of Child Nutrition
After a number of years in retail food service, Jennifer Jennings saw an ad for a food service director position in her native Wisconsin and applied. Surprised that she got the job, she knew she had a lot to learn about school food service and took advantage of all the classes available through her Department of Public Instruction, as well as becoming involved with the School Nutrition Association of Wisconsin. She has now been a director for six years.
-
Carlee Rae Johnson
Carlee Rae Johnson and Institute of Child Nutrition
Carlee Rae Johnson was the 2016 President of the Alaska School Nutrition Association and the food service director for Petersburg, Alaska.
-
Gail Johnson
Gail Johnson and Institute of Child Nutrition
Gail Johnson was the longtime director of school food service in East Baton Rough Parish, Louisiana. She was also a very active member of the Advisory Committee for the National School Food Service Management Institute/Institute of Child Nutrition.
-
Julia Johnson and Peggy Cheney
Julia Johnson, Peggy Cheney, and Institute of Child Nutrition
Julia Johnson and Peggy Cheney began working together when Peggy’s school decided to cease operations and was consolidated into Julia’s school. They ended up dividing the director’s duties and became ‘team directors.’
-
Karen Johnson
Karen Johnson and Institute of Child Nutrition
Karen Johnson is a retired child nutrition director in Arizona and a past-president of the American School Food Service Association.
-
Ruth Jonen
Ruth Jonen and Institute of Child Nutrition
A Wisconsin native, Ruth Jonen earned a degree in Dietetics at the University of Wisconsin – Stout, and then moved to Chicago. She has worked in school nutrition programs for almost 30 years, 27 of them in the suburban Cook County community in which she lives. Ruth served as School Nutrition Association President in 2005-2006.
-
James L. Jones
James L. Jones and Institute of Child Nutrition
A South Carolina native, James L. Jones spent twenty-three years in the Air Force before retiring and going to work for the Alaska Military Youth Academy, where he has been for the past twenty years, where in addition to several other responsibilities he manages the child nutrition program.
-
Syble T. Jones
Syble T. Jones and Institute of Child Nutrition
Syble T. Jones is the former Food Service Director for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. When Syble started her career in 1968 she had 27,000 students spread across 54 schools.
-
Gail S. Kavanaugh
Gail S. Kavanaugh and Institute of Child Nutrition
Gail S. Kavanaugh has served as a child nutrition director in Mississippi for over twenty-five years. She has also been very active in the state and national school nutrition associations, including testifying before Congress in the early 2000s.
-
Dianna Krebs
Dianna Krebs and Institute of Child Nutrition
Dianna Krebs has had an interesting path to school nutrition. After majoring in finance in college she worked as a bookkeeper, first at a bank, and then as the bookkeeper for her local school district, eventually becoming the bookkeeper for the child nutrition programs, where she rose through the ranks, becoming a coordinator, an assistant to the director, and finally the school nutrition director, where she currently supervises eighteen schools.
-
Becky Landes
Becky Landes and Institute of Child Nutrition
Becky Landes is a current Food Service Director for Manchester Community Schools in Indiana. For over 20 years, Becky has been in Child Nutrition. She holds a Level 4 Certificate from the School Nutrition Association and is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management. Becky is involved in Farm to School in Indiana. She has collaborated with the Indiana Department of Education, Indiana Grown for Schools, and various other stakeholders in procuring and serving local foods in schools. Becky likes to be involved in the many facets of Child Nutrition. She participates in and is a member of several committees committed to helping child nutrition professionals. She is also a consultant trainer for the Institute of Child Nutrition.
-
Becky Landes - Covid 19 Oral History Project
Becky Landes and Institute of Child Nutrition
During 2022 the Child Nutrition Archives conducted multiple interviews investigating how child nutrition professionals dealt with the Covid 19 pandemic and its effects on the operations of school feeding programs. This interview examines the experiences of Becky Landes, who is a current Food Service Director for Manchester Community Schools in Indiana. For over 20 years, Becky has been in Child Nutrition. She holds a Level 4 Certificate from the School Nutrition Association and is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management. Becky is involved in Farm to School in Indiana. She has collaborated with the Indiana Department of Education, Indiana Grown for Schools, and various other stakeholders in procuring and serving local foods in schools. Becky likes to be involved in the many facets of Child Nutrition. She participates in and is a member of several committees committed to helping child nutrition professionals. She is also a consultant trainer for the Institute of Child Nutrition.
-
Marcelle Landry
Marcelle Landry and Institute of Child Nutrition
Marcelle Landry, a proud native of the French Quarter, served for many years with the Louisiana Department of Education as Assistant Director, School Food Services, before joining the Archdiocese of New Orleans as Supervisor of School Food Services. Though now retired, Mrs. Landry is still very active with the Louisiana School Food Service Association, of which she is a past president.
-
Peggy H. Lee
Peggy H. Lee and Institute of Child Nutrition
A Virginia native and graduate of Virginia Tech, Peggy H. Lee began her career in restaurant management, but soon switched to school food service. She first worked as a supervisor of twenty-two schools in the Norfolk school system and then became the nutritionist for Virginia Beach Schools. From Virginia Beach she moved to Norfolk as a supervisor and then took the director’s position in Chesapeake. After thirty years of service she retired and now works for the National Dairy Council.
-
Ellen Leppa
Ellen Leppa and Institute of Child Nutrition
Ellen Leppa, certified with the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and the School Nutrition Association, served as Education and Training Specialist and Coordinator of On-Site Services at the National Food Service Management Institute on the campus of the University of Mississippi until her retirement in 2008. As coordinator Ellen worked with both State Departments of Education and conference planners of School Nutrition Associations throughout the country to provide trainers for preconference classes, general sessions, educational sessions, workshops and seminars on a large variety of topics. Some of the topics include Developing a Food Safety Program, Emergency Readiness, Biosecurity Guidelines, Personnel Management, Financial Management, MyPyramid, Nutrition 101 and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005. She was the project coordinator for the Building Human Resource Management Skills training tool for food service managers, the Financial Management Course for School Food Service Directors and the development/publication of Mealtime Memo, a fact sheet for child care providers. Ellen has worked in Child Nutrition Programs for over 40 years both at school district and State levels.
-
Beverly Lowe
Beverly Lowe and Institute of Child Nutrition
Beverly Lowe is a registered dietitian and is certified by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) as a School Nutrition Specialist (SNS). She has served as a Cafeteria Manager, Nutrition Specialist, Food Service Director, and Consultant during her career in School Food Service. Beverly’s notable honors and accomplishments include USDA Best Practices Awards, IFMA Silver Plate Award as School Food Service Operator of the Year, Ivy Award from Restaurant & Institutions Magazine (only SFS Director), Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, Golden Star FAME Award, and many others. Beverly has provided training and technical assistance for numerous school districts and organizations. Her professional affiliations include the School Nutrition Association and the Virginia School Nutrition Association; she served as President of each. She is also a member of the American Dietetic Association and served as School Nutrition Chair.
Beverly is a consultant trainer for the National Food Service Management Institute.
-
Gaye Lynn MacDonald
Gaye Lynn MacDonald and Institute of Child Nutrition
Gaye Lynn MacDonald worked in the school nutrition program of Bellingham Public Schools in Bellingham, Washington for 32½ years, 20 years as the program director, overseeing 23 sites offering breakfast, lunch and after school snacks. In 2002-2003, she served as president of the American School Food Service Association, representing 54,000 members.
-
Wendy Mangiaracina
Wendy Mangiaracina and Institute of Child Nutrition
Wendy Mangiaracina is a New Orleans native with thirty-three years of experience in child nutrition programs. She chose Southwest Louisiana University for her post-secondary education, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics. She later attended Tulane University and obtained a Master of Public Health degree. After a long and dedicated career Wendy retired in the summer of 2009. Melba Hollingsworth interviewed Wendy in January 2009.
-
Nadine Mann
Nadine Mann and Institute of Child Nutrition
Louisiana native Dr. Nadine Mann is the Director of Operations for the East Baton Rouge Parish Child Nutrition Programs. Nadine holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Louisiana State University and a Doctorate from Texas Woman’s University in Foods and Nutrition Institution Administration. She has been with the district for thirty-one years.
-
Donna Martin
Donna Martin and Institute of Child Nutrition
A Miami native, Donna Martin then went north to the University of Georgia for her post-secondary education. Donna ended up settling in Georgia and building a solid career there in child nutrition, picking up a strong southern accent along the way. Donna is currently the nutrition director for Burke County Public Schools.
-
Donna Martin - Covid 19 Oral History Project
Donna Martin and Institute of Child Nutrition
During 2022 the Child Nutrition Archives conducted multiple interviews investigating how child nutrition professionals dealt with the Covid 19 pandemic and its effects on the operations of school feeding programs. This interview examines the experience of Donna Martin, nutrition director for Burke County (Georgia) Public Schools.
-
Penny McConnell
Penny McConnell and Institute of Child Nutrition
Penny McConnell, a Canada native, had no experience in school nutrition until she moved to Virginia and took a job as food service manager in a local elementary school. McConnell has worked her way up through the Fairfax child nutrition programs, working as a manager in several high schools before becoming a supervisor, and eventually director of Food and Nutrition Services. She has also been active in the American Dietetic Association and the former American School Food Service Association, now the School Nutrition Association.
-
Susan McCranie
Susan McCranie and Institute of Child Nutrition
Susan McCranie is a retired child nutrition program director in Georgia. She came to child nutrition after working for the Georgia Extension Service, the Georgia Peanut Commission, and as a computer programmer, before joining the Georgia Department of Education as an area consultant, and finally becoming a food service director.
-
Clare Miller
Clare Miller and Institute of Child Nutrition
Clare Miller spent her career first working for the Louisiana State Department of Education as an Area Supervisor before becoming the Food Service Director for the Diocese of Lafayette. She then went to work for the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC, from where she retired.
-
Shelly Mohr - Covid 19 Oral History Project
Shelly Mohr and Institute of Child Nutrition
During 2022 the Child Nutrition Archives conducted multiple interviews investigating how child nutrition professionals dealt with the Covid 19 pandemic and its effects on the operations of school feeding programs. This interview examines the experiences of Shelly Mohr. Mohr is in her 23rd year as a Food Service Director in a K-12 School District.
-
Patricia Mouser
Patricia Mouser and Institute of Child Nutrition
Patricia Mouser is a retired Child Nutrition Services Director with 36 years of school nutrition service. She began her career in child nutrition working in the Texas Tech University food service, followed by work in the San Antonio schools and then 27 years as the Director of Child Nutrition Services for the Midland Independent School District in west Texas. Patricia received her bachelor’s degree in Foods and Nutrition from Texas Tech University and she continues to be active with the Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics as well as the School Nutrition Association, having served on local, state, and national boards and in offices over the course of her career. Patricia works as an independent consultant to provide training programs for school nutrition employees and she is a certified Master Trainer.
-
Judy Mumphrey
Judy Mumphrey and Institute of Child Nutrition
After earning bachelors and master’s degrees at the University of Southern Mississippi, Judy Mumphrey taught home economics for eleven and a half years, before moving into school food service. She started out as the School Foodservice Administrator at Pass Christian before moving to Bay-Waveland Schools, where she finished her career. Her biggest challenge over that career was dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
-
Ann Nicholson
Ann Nicholson and Institute of Child Nutrition
Ann Nicholson is a role model to all who may want to work their way up through a system. Ann started out in the Okolona Public School System as a cafeteria worker, moved up to be manager of the Okolona Elementary School cafeteria, and has been food service director since 1980. A firm believer in on-the-job training, she is an inspiration to all who work with her.
Printing is not supported at the primary Gallery Thumbnail page. Please first navigate to a specific Image before printing.