NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College)

NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College's Class of 2016 40 Under 40
2016-06-16 18:30 - 20:25 (America/New_York) | Union Square, 17 East 17th Street (4th Floor), NY, NY, 10003, United States
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
