Annual Conference
Conference Session
2013-11-16
"Specialty Lines"Key Areas: Operations
Session: Session C - Saturday, November 16th: 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
- Smoketree DE
Session Repeat: Session G - Sunday, November 17th: 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. - Smoketree DE
Speaker(s): Anna Apoian - Director, Food Services, RD, MPH, Hawthorne SD
Gina Christian - School Equipment Specialist/Corporate Chef, The Preferred Marketing Group
Toni Song - Operations Manager, Hawthorne SD
Laura Mena - Manager, Hawthorne School District
Objectives: Participants will obtain ideas for creating specialty lines for the school lunch program.
Description: Invest to improve. This session will show you how to have a panini line; sub station; and a wok line. Listen to employees and directors who have created specialty lines at their schools. This session will help you stimulate ideas so you can stimulate the student's appetites.
Speaker Bio(s):
Anna Apoian - Hawthorne SD
Speaker Bio:
EDUCATION
Masters of Public Administration
California State University, Dominquez Hills
Bachelor of Science, Dietetics and Food Administration
California State University, Long Beach
Dietetic Internship, California State University, Long Beach
WORK EXPERIENCE
Masters of Public Administration
California State University, Dominquez Hills
Bachelor of Science, Dietetics and Food Administration
California State University, Long Beach
Dietetic Internship, California State University, Long Beach
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Hawthorne School District, Hawthorne, CA, Food Service Director
- ABC USD, Cerritos, CA, Network for a Healthy California Director
- St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, Clinical Dietitian specializing in heart disease and diabetes
- Corona-Norco USD, 1994-1998, Nutrition Supervisor
- Free-lance writer for Shape, Hers, Muscle & Fitness, and Fit Pregnancy for 10 years, 1993-2003
- Educational curriculum reviewer for the Society for Nutrition Education. Reviews published in the Journal of Nutrition Education for 5 years, 1993-1998
- Legislative Chair, Southern California School Nutrition Association, 2012-2013
- Nutrition Standards Chair, California School Nutrition Association, 2013-2014
- Served on the Executive Board for the Southern California School Nutrition Association for four years.
- Legislative Co-chair, Southern California School Nutrition Association, 2011-2012
- CASBO Professional Council Chair - Nutrition - Southern Section, 2010-2011
- Editorial Chair, Southern California School Nutrition Association, 2010-2011
- Recording Secretary, Southern California School Nutrition Association, 2009-2010
- Speaker at CASBO Conference, 2011
- Speaker at the California School Food Service Association Annual Conference, 1996-1998
Gina Christian - The Preferred Marketing Group
Speaker Bio:
- Supervisory Chapter 1 Member since 2006 and Co-Industry Advisor 2013-2014
- Bachelor of Science Degree Hospitality and Restaurant Management - Cal State Long Beach
- Associate Arts Degree in Culinary Arts and Hospitality - City College of San Francisco
- Single Subjects Credential Foodservice Occupations and Marketing - Los Angeles County Office of Education
- Taught High School and Community College Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Marketing
- Managed my Family's Special Events and Catering Company 22 years
- Current Position with PMG since November 2006
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