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Friday, February 24, 2012

5:00PM – 7:00PM             Registration open (Upper Lobby)

5:00PM – 7:00PM             Welcome Reception at Capital Hilton (Federal Room AB) 

 

Saturday, February 25, 2012

8:00AM – 11:00AM          Registration open (Upper Lobby)

8:00AM – 9:00AM            Breakfast Buffet (Federal Room AB) 

 

PLENARY SESSION  (Federal Room AB)

9:00AM – 9:15AM           Welcome & Goals for the Day

Ambassador Tony P. Hall, Executive Director, Alliance to End Hunger
Kori Reed, Vice President, Foundation and Cause, ConAgra Foods

9:15AM – 9:45AM            Keynote Speech—Elected Officials and Hunger Free Communities

The Honorable Eva Clayton, Former Member of Congress (D-NC)

 

 

10:00AM – 11:30AM       BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Hunger Free Communities in Action:  Urban Coalitions (Massachusetts Room)

Moderator/Presenter: Dave Miner, Indianapolis Food Resource Network
Alexandra Ashbrook, DC Hunger Solutions
Cindy McCown, Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
Rosemary King Johnston, Maryland Governor’s Office for Children
Rhonda Jackson, No Kid Hungry New Orleans

Hunger Free Community coalitions based in urban areas discuss their innovations and best practices unique to their urban settings.

 

Hunger Free Communities in Action:  Rural America (New York Room)

Moderator: Meghan Dallin, New Mexico Collaboration to End Hunger
Kathy Gardner, Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force
Rick McNary, Numana, Inc.
Maureen Roche, Campus Kitchens Project
Stefonie Sebastian, National FFA

Coalitions in rural areas face unique challenges and opportunities for innovation.  Come hear from key leaders in rural anti-hunger coalitions about their specific strategies, challenges, innovations, and success stories.

 

Models for Private-Sector Partnerships (Pan-American Room)

Moderator: Kori Reed, ConAgra Foods
Glenn Moehling, Elanco Animal Health
Stephanie Lomibao, Bank of America
Bethany Pautsch, Tyson Hunger Relief
Shondra Jenkins, Sodexo

Private sector partnerships can mean far more than foundation dollars. Moving beyond the traditional donor dynamic, businesses are looking to make transformational change and finding innovative ways to share their expertise, engage their employees, and even lend their executive leadership to hunger free community efforts.   Presenters will share innovative examples from personal experience and provide insight into the motivations beyond traditional philanthropy – employee satisfaction, productivity and retention.

 

Data and Hunger Free Communities (Statler Room AB)

Moderator: Emily Engelhard, Feeding America
Kristine Frakes, Des Moines Area Religious Council
Dr. Mariana Chilton, Center for Hunger-Free Communities
Beth Blauer, Maryland StateStat

An in-depth, participatory discussion for anti-hunger coalitions to share, discuss, and debate the various methods of rigorously assessing needs and resources in their communities, as well as appropriate methods for monitoring and evaluating progress towards a coalition’s goals.

 

 

11:30AM – 12:30PM        Networking Break (Upper Lobby)

 

PLENARY SESSION  (Federal Room A & B)

12:30PM-1:00PM             Lunch Buffet

1:00PM – 2:00PM             Innovation and Hunger Free Communities

Moderator: J.K. Granberg-Michaelson, Alliance to End Hunger

Panelists will be the three Innovation Award winners.  Winners have been notified and their placement will be announced at the Summit.  Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry.

 

 

2:15PM – 3:45PM        BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Thinking outside the (lunch) box:  Hunger Free Community coalitions and the school feeding programs (New York Room)

Moderator:  Ellen Teller, Food Research and Action Center
Gary Davis, ES Foods
Sue Arment, Hunger Free Heartland
Anne Sheridan, Maryland Partnership to End Childhood Hunger
Tina Namian, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

 The school feeding programs have a critical role to play in making sure no child in a community goes hungry.  Come learn about some of the more unique ideas and practices that multi-sector  anti-hunger coalitions are putting into place to more effectively leverage the National School Lunch Program (NLSP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

 

Funding & Staffing Your Hunger Free Effort (Pan-American Room)

Moderator: Courtney Smith, Share Our Strength
Lauren McGowan, United Way of King County
Duke Storen, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Jeremy Everett, Texas Hunger Initiative
Kathy Underhill, Hunger Free Colorado

Learn about the variety of public and private funding sources available to help support your collaborative capacity building work. What resources are out there? What are the barriers to accessing them? What resonates with donors?  This session will explore fundraising ideas to help build the capacity of your coalition and increase community engagement.

 

Reaching Vulnerable Populations:  Latino Hunger and Hunger Free Communities (Massachusetts Room)

Moderator: Alfredo Estrada, LATINO Magazine
Thomas Evers, Abbott Nutrition
Betsy Ambrosino, Cooking Matters Colorado
Alejandra Gepp, National Council of La Raza
Roxana Barillas, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Latinos consistently have the highest rate of food insecurity of any ethnic group in America.  This discussion will focus on the efforts of Hunger Free Community coalitions to address the specific challenges around ending Latino hunger in their communities.

 

Strategies for reaching older adults:  Hunger Free Communities and senior citizens (Statler Room AB)

Moderator:  Maggie Biscarr, AARP Foundation
Rebecca Brislain, Florida Association of Food Banks
Stephanie Cihon, ProMedica
Peggy Ingraham, Meals on Wheels Association of America

 

Older adults are a population that is sometimes left out of the conversation around ending hunger.  In this session, coalitions will discuss the importance of integrating organizations and strategies that focus on reaching vulnerable senior citizens into their efforts.  They will also share their best practices and lessons learned from these efforts.

 

 

4:00PM – 6:00PM             CLOSING RECEPTION  (Federal Room AB)

Ambassador Tony Hall, Alliance to End Hunger
Vicki Escarra, Feeding America
Jim Weill, Food Research and Action Center