Annual Conference
2019 Conference Sessions
Sort by: Key Areas - HandoutsFriday, November 08th
Session A
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m."Administrative Review Strategies for Success"
Room: 100
Speaker(s): Melissa Manning, RD - Owner, My School RD, My School RD
Jennifer L. McNeil, RDN - Founder, LunchAssist , LunchAssist
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"California Food for California Kids®: Strategies and Resources for Exciting Students About Freshly-Prepared Meals at School"
Room: 203
Speaker(s): Caitlin Joseph - California Food for California Kids®Â Statewide Coordinator, Center for Ecoliteracy
Leyla Marandi - Program Manager, California Food for California Kids®, Center for Ecoliteracy
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"Everything You Wanted to Know About Kitchen Design, But Were Afraid to Ask"
Room: 104B
Speaker(s): Tim Stafford, FCSI - Principal, Stafford Design Group
Frank Muller, FCSI - Principal, Muller Design
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"Plant Based Meals that Your Oompa Loompas Will Eat!"
Room: 200
Speaker(s): Julie BoarerPitchford - Nutrition Education Consultant, Nutrition Services Division, California Department of Education
Dawn Soto - Senior Food Service Training Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
Kristin Hilleman - Food Service Director, Capistrano Unified School District
Adleit Asi, Food Service Director, and Danielle Willhite, Operations Manager - Food Service Director and Operations Manager, Riverside USD
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"Up your Veggie Quotient: Playful Strategies to Encourage Fruit and Vegetable Intake"
Room: 204
Speaker(s): Jamie Kubota - Assistant Professor, San Jose State University
Nahid Sistani - Professor/Coordinator, Alabama A&M University
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Session B
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m."Culinary Cutting Techniques for preparing and serving fresh safe produce"
Room: 104B
Speaker(s): Chef Ron
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"Customer Service That Shows You CARE"
Room: 203
Speaker(s): Cecilia Milner - Food Service Training Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
Vicka Plubell - Food Service Training Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
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"Direct Certification 101"
Room: 100
Speaker(s): Stephanie Bruce - Director, Nutrition Services, Palm Springs Unified School District
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"Plant-based Meals Part II: key strategies for increasing participation rates"
Room: 204
Speaker(s): Elizabeth Vaughan - Senior Food and Agriculture Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
Tara McNamara - Marketing Coordinator, San Diego Unified School District
Adleit Asi, RD, MBA - Director, Nutrition Services , Riverside Unified School District
Brandy Dreibelbis - Director of Nutrition Services, Napa Valley Unified School District
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"Wonka Bars! Everlasting Gobstoppers! Fizzy Lifting Drink! Three-course Meal Gum! Cavity-filling Caramels! Clearly Willy Wonka Had No Competitive Food Standards!"
Room: 200
Speaker(s): Michael Danzik - Nutrition Education Consultant, Nutrition Services Division, California Department of Education
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Saturday, November 09th
Session C
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m."Choose What You Want, Eat What You Choose! OVS Finally Understood"
Room: 204
Speaker(s): Selina Gordian - Food Service Training Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
Dawn Soto - Senior Food Services Training Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
Vicka Plubell - Food Service Training Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
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"Connecting with your Customer"
Room: 104B
Speaker(s): - TBD
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"How 'Pure Imagination' can Increase Meal Participation"
Room: 203
Speaker(s): Matt Upton - Fellow Leapologist, Matt Upton Speaking of Success
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"Supper Made Easier"
Room: 100
Speaker(s): Julie Dorman - National Sales Manager, Heartland
Joye McKetty - Food Service Director, Folsom Cordova Unified School District
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"The Evolving 'Agricultural' Landscape: Enabling a Plant Based Future"
Room: 107
Speaker(s): David Grotto, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND - Senior Manager of Nutrition and Wellbeing, Kellogg Company
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"Trends in School Nutrition Administrative Reviews"
Room: 200
Speaker(s): Laurie Bracket and Ann Mo - Child Nutrition Consultants, Nutrition Services Division, California Department of Education
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Session D
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m."'Time' Management in Today's World"
Room: 100
Speaker(s): Dawn Soto - Senior Food Service Training Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
Cecilia Milner - Food Service Training Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
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"Have a Seat at the Healthy Eating TABLE: Supporting Academic Success through Child Nutrition Programs"
Room: 204
Speaker(s): Alyson Foote, RDN - Project Manager, Dairy Council of California
Phoebe Copp - Community Nutrition Adviser Supervisor, Dairy Council of California
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"How to Become a Clear in your message"
Room: 203
Speaker(s): Matt Upton - Fellow Leapologist, Matt Upton Speaking of Success
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"I've accepted an interview...but I'm nervous"
Room: 107
Speaker(s): April Brown - Assistant Director, Hesperia Unified School District, Nutrition Services Department
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"State Update"
Room: 200
Speaker(s): Kim Frinzell
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"The Bid Generator: Streamlining Procurement and Automating RFP Creation"
Room: 104B
Speaker(s): Yousef Buzayan - Farm to Cafeteria Coordinator, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)
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"Your Golden Ticket on how to increase revenue by artful catering "
Room: DoubleTree Big Bear Room
Speaker(s): Cecilia Vasquez - District Chef, Lennox School District
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Session E
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m."Campus Catering District-Wide Wasted Food Reduction And Food Recovery Programs"
Room: 104B
Speaker(s): Lenea Pollett - LVJUSD Campus Catering Director, Livermore Unified School District
Hugo Gregoire - Wasted Food Reduction And Recovery Coordinator, Stopwaste
Annalisa Belliss - Food Waste Specialist, StopWaste
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"CEP Overview & Best Practice"
Room: 100
Speaker(s): Daryl Hickey - Director-Food and Nutrition Services, Pomona USD
Patrice Chamberlain, MPH - Food Research & Action Center Consultant, FRAC
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"Farm to School and Student Leadership with High School Students"
Room: 204
Speaker(s): Ali Villegas - Nutrition Educator, OUHSD Farm to School Program
Anna Litz - Farm Manager and Garden Educator, OUHSD Farm to School Program
Anna Jackson - Farm to School Coordinator, OUHSD Farm to School Program
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"How to Become a Music Maker and Dreamer of Dreams"
Room: 203
Speaker(s): Matt Upton - Fellow Leapologist, Matt Upton Speaking of Success
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"How to Survive a Procurement Review"
Room: 107
Speaker(s): Stephanie Bruce - Director, Nutrition Services, Palm Springs Unified School Distric
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"State Update"
Room: 200
Speaker(s): Kim Frinzell
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"Your Golden Ticket on how to increase revenue by artful catering "
Room: DoubleTree Big Bear Room
Speaker(s): Cecilia Vasquez - District Chef, Lennox School District
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Sunday, November 10th
Session F
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m."Go Wild Marketing Commodity Meals"
Room: 104B
Speaker(s): Ronald D Adams - Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine, Wild Blueberries
Cheryl Wixson - Consultant, Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine
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"How to Manage our Daily Task to Accomplish more"
Room: 203
Speaker(s): Matt Upton - Fellow Leapologist, Matt Upton Speaking of Success
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"No Hairnet Required"
Room: 107
Speaker(s): Lindsey Copeland - Solution Expert, PrimeroEdge
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"Personal wellness and growth"
Room: 204
Speaker(s): WINNIE CHANG - Chef Mama Chang, Chef's Corner Foods
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"Recipe for Effective Communication"
Room: 200
Speaker(s): Vicka Plubell - Food Service Training Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
Selina Gordian - Food Service Training Specialist, Los Angeles Unified School District
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"The Golden Ticket to your Financial Future!"
Room: 100
Speaker(s): Kia Perkins - Senior Membership Development Officer, SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union
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Session G
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m."Ace Your Administrative Review"
Room: 100
Speaker(s): Raheli Kory, RD - Program Manager, School Food and Wellness Group
Clare Keating - Program Director, School Food and Wellness Group
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"Bountiful Breakfast"
Room: 204
Speaker(s): Lauren Pitts, RD - Food & Nutrition Manager, Forward Food, The Humane Society of the US
Kerry Billner - Food & Nutrition Coordinator, Forward Food, The Humane Society of the US
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"How to Gain the Golden Ticket to Overcoming Confrontations"
Room: 023
Speaker(s): Matt Upton - Fellow Leapologist, Matt Upton Speaking of Success
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"Legislation: How to be involved in decision making"
Room: 200
Speaker(s): Suzanne Morales - Director of Nutrition Services, Placentia Yorba Linda USD
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"Marketing for Magical Beans... fostering a healthier and greener future for our kids. "
Room: 107
Speaker(s): Barbara Gates - Executive Director, Lean and Green Kids
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"Menu Innovations with Fruit"
Room: 104B
Speaker(s): Ronald D Adams - Consultant, Wild Blueberries
Alexandra Mediate - Consultant, Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine
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