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Dora Rivas Oral History, Dora Rivas
Dora Rivas Oral History, Dora Rivas
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Dora Rivas has dedicated more than thirty-five years of service to child nutrition and related programs. A Texas native, she grew up in the small town of Los Fresnos and attended collage at Texas A & I University (now Texas A & M) where she received a degree in nutrition and dietetics. She first entered the field of school nutrition in 1977 as a school dietitian and eventually promoted to Assistant School Director and then School Director in Brownsville, Texas. In 2005, she moved to Dallas, Texas to work as the Executive Director in the Dallas Independent School District until …
Rodney Taylor, Rodney Taylor, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Rodney Taylor, Rodney Taylor, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Rodney Taylor is the Director of Food and Nutrition Services for Fairfax County, Virginia, Public Schools. He was formerly Director of Nutrition Services for the Riverside Unified School District in Riverside, California. He holds a B.S. degree in Public Administration from California State University. A noted pioneer and expert in farm-to-school salad bars, Rodney is known for establishing the “Farmers Market Salad Bar” program in 1997 while working as Director of Food and Nutrition Services in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Rodney served on the California State Board of Food and Agriculture, the University of California President’s Advisory Commission …
Jamal Hazzan, Jamal Hazzan, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Jamal Hazzan, Jamal Hazzan, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Jamal Hazzan is a retired school nutrition program administrator with a strong track record in effectively managing stakeholders, revenue, and profit growth in multiple school districts. He has successfully led and participated on strategic planning committees. Many schools under his direction are recipients of HealthierUS School Challenge awards. Jamal holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from State University of New York at Buffalo and an MBA from Sam Houston State University. He is a member of the Texas Association for School Nutrition, and his program has been recognized by the association as a “Program of Excellence.” He has held office, …
Debby Webster, Debby Webster, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Debby Webster, Debby Webster, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Debby Webster is currently the Nutrition Services Director for Rainier School Districts in Rainier, OR. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Nutrition from Central Washington University, and has had a passion to feed students her whole career. Debby has worked in all sizes of districts from large to small, and had the pleasure of working as a consultant for the state agency doing nutrition analysis for SMI reviews. Debby is a member of the Oregon USDA Foods and Procurement Advisory committee and is active in several professional organizations. She has been training School Nutrition Professionals for over …
Education Edge 2018, University Of Mississippi. School Of Education
Education Edge 2018, University Of Mississippi. School Of Education
Education Newsletters
Cover Story: Making Marks: How SOE students and alumni partner with the Marks Project in the Mississippi Delta