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Sarah (she/her) is a servant leader with 10 years of experience in strategy and operations for acute, non-acute, and corporate healthcare sectors. She is enthusiastic about health care system engineering and solving problems of all sizes and scales across large delivery networks, leading to better and more efficient patient care.
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Amber (she/her) is the director of sustainability at Northwell Health, the largest health system in New York, comprised of 21 hospitals and 850 outpatient facilities. In her current role, she supports the development of Northwell's long-term environmental sustainability strategy and manages the implementation of decarbonization initiatives across all departments. She previously worked at the New York City department of sanitation, the world's largest sanitation department. There, she led zero waste programming in schools, offices, universities, and public housing developments. As a New York… Read More
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After years of research on the health benefits of pastured meats and clean eating, siblings Carrie, Noelle & Tom started Richards Regenerative in 2012 with the cattle from their 4th generation family ranch in California. In 2016, Carrie (she/her) & family moved to the ranch and transitioned the operation to a regenerative grazing system, taking a “soil first” approach. The ranch has continued to thrive since choosing to prioritize soil health, and so has the business, which sells into retail stores, schools, hospitals, and large chains like Shake Shack.
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As a Farm to Market Strategist for the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Ben (he/him) supports the Farm to Market Team to develop and deliver programs that help small-scale California family farmers and ranchers reach new markets and bring the food they grow to local communities. Ben is a founding member of Beef2Institution, bringing more than ten years of experience in value-based supply chain coordination for institutions throughout California. In addition to supporting Beef2Institution with CAFF, Ben manages Shared Plate Strategies, helping institutional buyers navigate their… Read More
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Kathy (she/her) works on various projects, including Beef2Institution, school food, processing issues for ranchers, certifications, and building consumer demand for regenerative agriculture. The ranch exists to practice and promote regenerative agriculture, inspire and catalyze action to transform five million acres to regenerative land management, and shift five million eaters to purchase food raised from regenerative farms. Growing up in California, Kathy studied nutrition/dietetics at CSU Chico State and is passionate about food and farming. She has been with the ranch since 2007 and… Read More
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Stephen (he/him) started at Stanford Health Care’s main Palo Alto, CA hospital in June 2020. He is responsible for purchasing, supplier relationships, managing the central food services storage locations, and all food service procurement. These responsibilities cover multiple operational units of food services, including patient dining, retail, catering, a restaurant, event services, and disaster/emergency food supplies stock. Before joining Stanford Health Care, Stephen was the Purchasing Manager for Delaware North at Petco Park. He was responsible for the purchasing for all food &… Read More
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David Opp, MPH, is the Senior Manager of Federal Advocacy at Boston Medical Center, where he advocates on behalf of the hospital and its patients through engaging with Congress, the federal administration, and national trade associations regarding federal legislation, regulation, executive action, and sub-regulatory agency policy. David has a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Health Policy from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA, and a B.A. in Biology (minor: Mathematics) from Clark University in Worcester, MA. He has held previous policy and program roles at… Read More
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Beth Schenk (she/her) serves as Chief Environmental Stewardship Officer for Providence, one of the nation’s largest non-profit health systems, which is committed to decreasing greenhouse gases and other pollution from its operations. Dr. Schenk and team lead this effort through strategy and innovation, efficiency of practices and processes, research, education, and engagement, built on her experience decreasing the environmental impacts of health care for over 30 years.
Dr. Schenk is an assistant research professor at Washington State University College of Nursing. She led the development of… Read More
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