NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College’s Class of 2016 40 Under 40

Join the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College for an exciting evening honoring New York City’s 40 under 40 working to transform the food system. Our honorees include policymakers, educators, community advocates, farmers, innovators and more who are making significant strides to create healthier, more sustainable food environments and to use food to promote community and economic development.

Appetizers featuring produce from the Union Square Greenmarket and drinks will be served. Special thanks to Bartleby & Sage, www.bartlebyandsage.com

Meet The 2016 NYC Food Policy Center Class of 2016

Alyson Abrami, Director, Food and Nutrition Programs, Children’s Aid Society

Yemi Amu, Co-Founder and Farm Manager of Oko Farms and Farm Manager at Moore Street Farms

Kate Barney, East Coast Director at Fare Resources

Sabrina Baronberg, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Programs at Health Solutions

Alex Beauchamp, Northeast Region Director of Food & Water Watch

Ellie Berens, Development and Outreach Manager, Wellness in the Schools

Bianca Bockman, Community Healthy Food Advocate at the Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation

Leanne Brown, Author of Good and Cheap

Dan Carr, Q Farms Farm Manager, Beavertides Bee Farm Owner, FormerBeekeeper/Livestock Experimentation Manager at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

Jenifer Clapp, Director of Healthy Eating Initiatives, NYC Health Department

Challey Comer, Chief of Staff, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets

Taisy Conk, Director of Community Food Action at New Settlement Apartments

Molly Culver, Manager, The Youth Farm

Sarita Daftary-Steel, Food Dignity Project Consultant and former Project Director at East New York Farms!

Meserete Davis, Food & Menu Management Project Specialist, NYC SchoolFood

David DeVaughn, Senior Manager, Policy & Community Partnerships at City Harvest

Leah Eden, Policy Fellow at United Way of New York City/ Former Director of Food Policy, Office of NYC Council Member Ben Kallos, District 5

Curt Ellis, Co-founder and CEO FoodCorps

Ashley Fitch, Senior Project Manager – Mount Sinai DSRIP Project Management Office

Ben Flanner, Brooklyn Grange, Head Farmer/CEO Brooklyn Grange

Roy Frias, Youth Program Director, East New York Farms

Colleen Flynn, Director of Programs at Local Initiatives Support Coalition (LISC)

Rachna Govani, Co-founder and CEO, Food Stand

Daniel Gross, Executive Director, Brandworkers

Molly Hartman, Senior Advisor for Food Policy, Office of the Mayor

Ashley Lederer, Nutritionist at Thoughtful Food Nutrition

Adam Liebowitz, Food and Environment Program Officer, North Star Fund

Javier Lopez, Deputy Director at the Center for Health Equity New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene/Center for Health Equity

Ben Kallos, New York City Council Member, District 5

Annie Novak, Founder and Director of Growing Chefs and the Co-Founder and Farmer of Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Greenpoint

Brendan Parker, Assistant Garden Manager, Edible School Yard NYC

Leah Penniman, Co-director Soul Fire Farm

Diana Robinson, Campaign and Education Coordinator, Food Chain Workers Alliance

Milan Taylor, CEO at Rockaway Youth Task Force

Ashley Tyrner, Founder of Farmbox Direct

Claire Uno, Assistant Executive Director at Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Teachers College, Columbia

Jessie Kerr-Vanderslice, Director, Grow to Learn

David Vigil, Project Director at East New York Farms

Christopher Wayne, Director at FARMRoots, GrowNYC

Kimberley Wong, Program Director, BronxWorks

WHEN Thursday, June 16, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT) – Add to Calendar

WHERE 17 East 17th Street 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003