37th Annual National Food Policy Conference
April 22 & 23, 2014
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC

Brochure — Program


Tuesday, April 22, 2014

8:00am
Welcome

Chris Waldrop, Director, Food Policy Institute
Consumer Federation of America

8:15am
A Conversation with the White House’s Sam Kass

 

Interviewer

Mary Clare Jalonick, Food Policy Reporter
The Associated Press

Speaker

Sam Kass, Executive Director of Let’s Move! and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy
The White House
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9:00am
Keynote Address

 

Speaker

The Honorable Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
Department of Agriculture
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9:45am
Facilitated Discussion: Consumer Trends: How are Millennials Shaping Our Food System?
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Moderator

Cathy Copley, Senior Vice President
Porter Novelli

Panelists

Harry Balzer, Chief Industry Analyst and Vice President
NPD Group

Marcia D. Greenblum, Senior Director, Health and Wellness Communications
International Food Information Council
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Paul Taylor, Executive Vice President, Special Projects
The Pew Research Center
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Kate Wyatt, Senior Vice President & Group Head, Food and Nutrition
Edelman
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11:15am
Breakout Panels

 

Panel 1: The Future of SNAP

 

Moderator

Lisa Eaton Wright, Chair, Legislative & Public Policy Committee
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Panelists

Oran B. Hesterman, President/CEO
Fair Food Network

Jim O’Hara, Director, Health Promotion Policy
Center for Science in the Public Interest

Gabrielle Serra, Senior Policy Associate
Public Health Institute

Jessica Shahin, Associate Administrator, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Food and Nutrition Service

Panel 2: Ensuring the Safety of Imported Seafood

 

Moderator

Helena Bottemiller Evich, Food and Agriculture Reporter
POLITICO

Panelists

John Connelly, President
National Fisheries Institute

Sandra B. Eskin, Director, Food Safety
The Pew Charitable Trusts

David Moreno, Senior Analyst, Natural Resources and Environment
Government Accountability Office

Michael Roosevelt, Acting Director, Division of Seafood Safety
CFSAN Office of Food Safety
Food and Drug Administration

Panel 3: How the Local Food Movement is Impacting National Policy

 

Moderator

Ami Gadhia, Senior Policy Counsel
Consumers Union

Panelists

Claire Benjamin, Managing Director
Food Policy Action

Twilight Greenaway, Managing Editor
Civil Eats

Elanor Starmer, National Coordinator and Advisor, Local and Regional Food Systems
Department of Agriculture

1:30pm
Keynote Address: Food Policy and the Midterm Elections

 

Introduction

Sandra B. Eskin, Director, Food Safety
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Speaker

Jay Campbell, Vice President
Hart Research Associates
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2:00pm
Facilitated Discussion: Transforming the Consumer Right to Know

 

Moderator

Robert C. Post, Chief Science Officer
FoodMinds, LLC

Panelists

Michael Cervino, Chief Technology Officer
Environmental Working Group
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Sally Greenberg, Executive Director
National Consumers League
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Karil Kochenderfer, Principal
Linkages

3:45pm
Panel Breakouts

 

Panel 1: Meat and Poultry Safety: 20 Years after Jack in the Box

 

Moderator

Amber M. Healy, Deputy Editor and Video Producer
Food Chemical News

Panelists

Caroline Smith DeWaal, Food Safety Director
Center for Science in the Public Interest

Daniel L. Engeljohn, Assistant Administrator, Office of Field Operations
Food Safety and Inspection Service

Mike Robach, Vice President, Corporate Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs
Cargill, Inc.

Panel 2: Updating the Nutrition Facts Panel

 

Moderator

Randy Green, Partner
Watson Green LLC

Panelists

Richard Black, Vice President, Global Nutrition
PepsiCo

Jessica Leighton, Senior Advisor, Nutrition Science and Policy
Food and Drug Administration

Laura MacCleery, Chief Regulatory Affairs Attorney
Center for Science in the Public Interest

Panel 3: The Impact of Sequestration on Food Programs

 

Moderator

Ellyn Ferguson, Agriculture Reporter
CQ Roll Call

Panelists

Martin Delgado, Principal
Shockey Scofield Solutions

Barbara Kowalcyk, CEO and Director of Research
Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention

Kelly Pike Poulsen, Director, Government Affairs
American Frozen Food Institute

Kathy A. Saile, Associate Director, Government Affairs
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

9:00am
Welcome

Chris Waldrop, Director, Food Policy Institute
Consumer Federation of America


Panel Breakouts

 

Panel 1: Reducing Obesity among Infants and Young Children

 

Moderator

Tamar Magarik Haro, Assistant Director, Department of Federal Affairs
American Academy of Pediatrics

Panelists

Susan Brenner, Senior Vice President, Education
Bright Horizons
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Mary Cheh, DC Councilmember
District of Columbia

Allison Gertel-Rosenberg, Director, National Prevention and Practice
Nemours

Jenna Seymour, Senior Scientist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Panel 2: The Ripple Effect: Pressures on a Global Food Supply

 

Moderator

Lesly Weber McNitt, Director, Government Relations & Program Development
Farm Journal Foundation

Panelists

Katrin Kuhlmann, President and Founder
New Markets Lab

Andrew Muhammad, Chief, International Demand and Trade Branch
Economic Research Service

Panel 3: A Discussion on Consumer Behavior and Nutrition

 

Moderator

Tracy Fox, President
Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC

Panelists

Yvonne Bronner, Professor, Department of Behavioral Health Sciences
Morgan State University

Nancy M. Childs, Professor, Food Marketing
Saint Joseph’s University

Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Professor of Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Jessica Todd, Agricultural Economist
Economic Research Service

10:45am
Facilitated Discussion: The Changing Landscape of the Farm Bill

 

Moderator

Beth Johnson, Principal
Food Directions, LLC

Panelists

Chuck Abbott, Contributing Editor
Food and Environment Reporting Network

Scott Lilly, Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress

Bill O’Conner, Senior Agricultural Counselor
McLeod Watkinson & Miller

Mary Kay Thatcher, Senior Director, Congressional Relations
American Farm Bureau Federation

12:00pm
Keynote Address

 

Introduction

Jim Weill, Executive Director
Food Research Action Center

Speaker

The Honorable Jim McGovern
U.S. House of Representatives

12:00pm
Adjournment