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Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Allison Righter, MSPH, RDN (Director of Health and Sustainability Programs, Strategic Initiatives Group, CIA)

  • Rupa Bhattacharya (Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives and Industry Leadership, CIA)

  • Walter Willett, MD, DrPH (Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) 

General Session I: A Global Perspective: Pathways to Achieving Healthy, Sustainable, and Equitable Food Systems

  • Danielle Nierenberg (President, Food Tank)

  • Smitha Haneef (Managing Director, Harvard University Dining Services)

  • Niyeti Shah, MPH (Co-Founder, Food Systems Collective)

  • Walter Willett, MD, DrPH (Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)  

  • Helene York (Strategic Advisor, Where Food Comes From; Adjunct Professor, The CIA’s Food Business School)

General Session II: Driving Desire: How to Help Customers Want Healthy, Sustainable Foods

  • Rupa Bhattacharya (Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives and Industry Leadership, CIA)

  • Karen Watson (Co-Chief Executive Officer, Kinetic Leaders)

 
 

General Session III: Tapping into Consumer Insights: Building Demand for Plant-Forward and Aquatic Foods

  • Abby Fammartino (Research Program Manager, Menus of Change University Research Collaborative, CIA)

  • Marie Molde, RD, MBA (Trend Analyst, Datassential)

  • Sophie Egan, MPH (Director of Strategy, Food for Climate League; Director, Stanford Food Institute and Sustainable Food Systems; Co-Director, Menus of Change University Research Collaborative)

  • Barton Seaver ’01 (Chef, Author, Faculty of Neuronutrition: Harvard)

 
 

Welcome & Introduction to the Day

  • Cathy Jörin, MBA (Senior Director, School of Graduate and Professional Studies, CIA)

General Session IV: Tackling Climate Change Through Food: Global Trends and Call to Action

  • Anne Bordier (Director of Sustainable Diets, World Resources Institute)

General Session V: Building a Better Burger: Reimagining an American Classic

  • Beth Forrest, PhD (Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Applied Food Studies, CIA)

  • Spike Mendelsohn ’05 (Co-Founder, PLNT Burger; Co-Founder, Eat the Change; Washington, DC)

  • Fiore Moletz (Executive Chef and Co-Owner, Burgh’ers Brewing and Della Terra Italian Bistro; Pittsburgh, PA)

  • Pam Smith, RDN (Culinary Nutrition Consultant and Founder, Shaping America’s Plate)

  • Matthew Ward ’99 (Executive Chef of Residential Dining, University of North Texas)

 
 

General Session VI: Beyond the Balance Sheet: Investing in the Future of our Food System

  • Michael Kaufman (Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School; Co-Chair, Menus of Change Business Leadership Council)

  • Bryce Fluellen (President & Co-Founder, Arthur Lee Consulting & Advisory)

  • Peter Herz (General Partner, 1st Course Capital)

 
 

General Session VII: Building Consensus: How to Create Buy-In at Every Level for Plant-Forward Culinary Training and Professional Development

  • Mark Erickson '77, CMC, MBA (Provost, CIA)

  • Evelyn Garcia ’06 (Teaching Kitchen Chef, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House)

  • Chavanne Hanson, MPH, RD (Food Choice Architecture and Nutrition Manager, Google; Co-Chair, MOC Business Leadership Council)

  • David Kamen ’88 (Director of Client Engagement, CIA Consulting)

  • Cynthia Madden ’19 (Menus of Change Chef Manager, CIA)

 
 

General Session VIII: Closing Keynote, Food is Care: Northwell Health’s Food Transformation Journey

  • Michael Kaufman (Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School; Co-Chair, Menus of Change Business Leadership Council)

  • Sven Gierlinger (Chief Experience Officer, Northwell Health)

Final Reflections and Calls to Action

  • Allison Righter, MSPH, RDN (Director of Health and Sustainability Programs, Strategic Initiatives Group, CIA)

  • Walter Willett, MD, DrPH (Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Chair, MOC Scientific & Technical Advisory Council)

  • Chavanne Hanson, MPH, RD (Food Choice Architecture and Nutrition Manager, Google; Co-Chair, MOC Business Leadership Council)

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