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Lark Christian, Lark Christian, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Lark Christian, Lark Christian, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Lark Christian has worked as a child care supervisor and statewide coordinator for child nutrition programs for the State of Mississippi. She is now the food service director for Jackson County, Mississippi.
Dianna Krebs, Dianna Krebs, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Dianna Krebs, Dianna Krebs, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Dianna Krebs has had an interesting path to school nutrition. After majoring in finance in college she worked as a bookkeeper, first at a bank, and then as the bookkeeper for her local school district, eventually becoming the bookkeeper for the child nutrition programs, where she rose through the ranks, becoming a coordinator, an assistant to the director, and finally the school nutrition director, where she currently supervises eighteen schools.
Saundra Isabelle, Saundra Isabelle, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Saundra Isabelle, Saundra Isabelle, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Saundra Isabelle started working part-time in child nutrition when her children started school, but immediately fell in love with it. She quickly rose through the ranks and became a manager at Pass Christian Elementary, Middle, and High Schools for five years. She is now the food service director for the Pass Christian School District.
Judy Mumphrey, Judy Mumphrey, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Judy Mumphrey, Judy Mumphrey, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
After earning bachelors and master’s degrees at the University of Southern Mississippi, Judy Mumphrey taught home economics for eleven and a half years, before moving into school food service. She started out as the School Foodservice Administrator at Pass Christian before moving to Bay-Waveland Schools, where she finished her career. Her biggest challenge over that career was dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Wanda Salley, Wanda Salley, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Wanda Salley, Wanda Salley, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
An Alabama native, Wanda Salley holds degrees from Auburn University and Mississippi State University, and is also a Registered Dietitian. After beginning her career in hospitals she transitioned into school food service, first becoming a food service director in Houston, MS, followed by stints in Greenville, Pass Christian, and Harrison County, MS schools.
Trudie Brinson, Trudie Brinson, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Trudie Brinson, Trudie Brinson, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Trudie Brinson earlier worked with the Head Start program in Virginia and then began working in North Carolina as a child nutrition manager with the migrant program.
Danny Seymour, Danny Seymour, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Danny Seymour, Danny Seymour, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Danny Seymour has been involved with school nutrition programs since 1971, beginning with a small suburban Philadelphia school district. His career path led him to direct four different school nutrition programs and to become director of the second largest school district in Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Public Schools. Throughout his career in schools, Danny built each program on strong fundamentals of procurement as well as human resource management. While in Pittsburgh he developed the department’s Standards of Operations, outlining almost every policy and procedure for implementing a successful school nutrition operation. From 2007 to 2015 Danny held a position with the …
Gail S. Kavanaugh, Gail S. Kavanaugh, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Gail S. Kavanaugh, Gail S. Kavanaugh, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Gail S. Kavanaugh has served as a child nutrition director in Mississippi for over twenty-five years. She has also been very active in the state and national school nutrition associations, including testifying before Congress in the early 2000s.
Jeannie Sneed, Jeannie Sneed, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Jeannie Sneed, Jeannie Sneed, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Jeannie Sneed is a former director of the Applied Research Division of the National School Food Service Management Institute. Sneed now holds a position in the USDA Food Safety unit.
Sylvia Dunn, Sylvia Dunn, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Sylvia Dunn, Sylvia Dunn, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Sylvia Dunn taught in Georgia and Texas before returning to her native Louisiana, where she also taught before going to work in nutrition programs at the State Department of Education. After four and a half years with the Department of Education she became the food service director for St. Tammany Parish, where she has worked for the last twenty-five years.
Susan Wood, Susan Wood, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Susan Wood, Susan Wood, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Susan Wood, a Nebraska native, has spent her entire working career in Alabama. She is a Registered Dietitian and spent a number of years working in hospitals and nursing homes, as well as teaching at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. In her current position Susan is the Director of Child Nutrition Programs for Hoover City Schools, where she has served the district’s children for the past twenty-two years.
Lynda Snow, Lynda Snow, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Lynda Snow, Lynda Snow, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Lynda Snow is a native Alabamian and has worked in school nutrition for thirty-five years in Birmingham and Bessemer, Alabama. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Alabama A&M University. She is currently Child Nutrition Director for Bessemer City Schools.
Mary Alexiou, Mary Alexiou, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Mary Alexiou, Mary Alexiou, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Mary Alexiou, a native Alabamian, recently retired as the Director of Child Nutrition Programs for Vestavia City Schools. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville State University and a master’s degree from University of Alabama, Birmingham. Prior to going into child nutrition she worked first as a consultant for various hospitals and nursing homes and then at the Guntersville Hospital. She has also been a very active member of the School Nutrition Association.
Charles Kirby, Charles Kirby, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Charles Kirby, Charles Kirby, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Mr. Kirby worked for the USDA for 25 years, which included serving as Southeast Regional Director for 15 years. Subsequently, he served as the State Director of Child Nutrition in Mississippi. During his tenure in Mississippi, he helped develop and operate a statewide purchasing cooperative for schools. Since retiring from Mississippi, he has provided consulting services in the area of purchasing and financial management to state and local school districts and the NFSMI.
Tommy Ramey, Tommy Ramey, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Tommy Ramey, Tommy Ramey, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Tommy Ramey worked for 34 years in the State of Alabama beginning as a teacher/coach and retiring in 2000 as State Director of the Child Nutrition Programs for the Alabama State Department of Education. His major accomplishments include developing and instituting a commodity processing program that saved local education agencies (LEAs) $1.5 annually; being recognized by the USDA for having the most efficient method for delivery of USDA donated food; initiating the development of the State Nutrition Policies and Procedures Handbook; and initiating and assisting in the development and passage by the State Board of Education, certification standards for local …
Gaye Lynn Macdonald, Gaye Lynn Macdonald, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Gaye Lynn Macdonald, Gaye Lynn Macdonald, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Gaye Lynn MacDonald worked in the school nutrition program of Bellingham Public Schools in Bellingham, Washington for 32½ years, 20 years as the program director, overseeing 23 sites offering breakfast, lunch and after school snacks. In 2002-2003, she served as president of the American School Food Service Association, representing 54,000 members.
Jerry B. Cater, Jerry B. Cater, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Jerry B. Cater, Jerry B. Cater, Institute Of Child Nutrition
Oral History Project (all interviews)
Jerry B. Cater retired after 11 years as Research Scientist with the Applied Research Division of the National Food Service Management Institute. She served 19 years as Director of School Food Services in Long Beach, Mississippi. While at NFSMI, she served as project manager on numerous research projects including the development of Financial Management Information System model for school nutrition programs. The model served as the basis the design of FUNDamentals, a financial management reporting software.