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The SUMMIT is a FREE online event and will air from Saturday – Tuesday, October 24th – 27th, 2020.

Topics will address healthy eating at home and at school, creating change on your school’s menu, helping your family and your kids eat healthier, the impact of healthy eating on immunity, healthy eating on a budget, food and racism, to school or not to school, strategies for schooling at home while trying to do your job, and more!

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The GALA is a live virtual event that will take place from 7 – 9 PM on Wednesday, October 28^th.

This fun evening will support the Coalition for Healthy School Food’s work and will include visits with our sponsors, special hosts, speakers, honorees, a silent auction, and an opportunity to meet and talk with others in small groups. The event will also be GAMIFIED so you can earn points and win prizes!

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OUR SUMMIT EXPERTS

Eric Leroy Adams was born in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn on September 1, 1960, the fourth of six children for his mother Dorothy, a house cleaner and cook, and his father Leroy, a butcher. Growing up in a working-class household in South Jamaica, Queens, Eric showed an early interest in computers, but was drawn to public service at the early age of 15 after he and his brother were beaten badly by police officers; the violent encounter would later motivate him to pursue a career in law enforcement, a decision reinforced by mentors like Reverend Herbert Daughtry and Jitu Weusi.

Following a public school journey capped by his graduation from Bayside High School, Eric went on to earn an Associate in Arts degree in data processing from the New York City College of Technology, a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a Master of Public Administration degree from Marist College. Eric paid his way through his collegiate studies through a number of jobs, including work in the mailroom of an accounting firm, as a mechanic, and as a clerk in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office.

Eric graduated from the New York City Police Academy in 1984 as one of the highest-ranked students in his class. After initially serving with the New York City Transit Police Department, he was transferred to the New York City Police Department (NYPD) with the merging of the city’s police forces. During the course of his 22-year law enforcement career, Eric served in the 94th Precinct (Greenpoint), 88th Precinct (Clinton Hill and Fort Greene), and the 6th Precinct (Greenwich Village and West Village), where he retired at the rank of captain. As a member of New York’s Finest, Eric made the kind of life-and-death decisions that reflect insight, expertise, and poise under fire, earning him a reputation for going above and beyond the call of duty.

In 1995, Eric co-founded 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, an advocacy group that rose to nationwide prominence speaking out against police brutality, racial profiling, and departmental diversity. He also served at one time as president of the Grand Council of Guardians, a statewide fraternal society for African-Americans in law enforcement. Through leadership roles in these organizations, Eric helped raise thousands of dollars for worthy causes across New York City.

Eric was elected to the first of four terms in the New York State Senate in 2006, where he represented a diverse range of neighborhoods across brownstone and central Brooklyn. During his tenure in the State Legislature, he chaired both the Veterans, Homeland Security, and Military Affairs Committee and the Racing, Gaming, and Wagering Committee. In 2013, Brooklynites elected Eric as the first person of color to serve as their borough president; he is currently serving his second term as Brooklyn’s chief executive.

In 2016, Eric was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Having lost vision in his left eye and suffering from nerve damage in his hands and feet, he went against the initial recommendations of his doctors and pursued a whole-food, plant-based diet. Within three months, Eric reversed his diabetes diagnosis, and he has subsequently been able to impact the health of countless New Yorkers facing chronic diseases, including his own mother.

Eric lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where he has resided for more than 20 years. He enjoys biking through his neighborhood, meditating, and exploring new cultures through travel. Eric is the proud father of Jordan, an aspiring filmmaker and graduate of American University.

Changing School Food & Education Through Policy

Eric Adams

Brooklyn Borough President

Dr. Barnett is the High-Tech Doctor with Low-Tech Solutions. He is the founding president and board chair of Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute and the founder and CEO of Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Group. He earned his BS from Yale University and MD from Tufts University. Dr. Barnett is Board Certified in Diagnostic Imaging (1984) and Vascular and Interventional Radiology (inaugural exam 1995) and has practiced in the Rochester area since 1986. He is Board Certified in Lifestyle Medicine, having passed the inaugural examination given by the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine in October 2017. He Teaches a 6 week plant-based nutrition course for medical professionals (accredited for 12 professional CME), and is a trained CHIP facilitator. He, his wife and three children have thrived on an exclusively plant-based diet since 1991.

Jumpstart Your Health: Supporting Change

Ted Barnett, MD, FACLM

Founder and CEO, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Group

Jabari Brisport is an American politician, activist, actor, and teacher from New York City.

To School or Not to School in the Age of COVID-19

Jabari Brisport

Politician, Activist, Actor, and Teacher

T. Colin Campbell, PhD has been dedicated to the science of human health for more than 60 years. His primary focus is on the association between diet and disease, particularly cancer. Although largely known for the China Study--one of the most comprehensive studies of health and nutrition ever conducted, and recognized by The New York Times as the “Grand Prix of epidemiology”--Dr. Campbell’s profound impact also includes extensive involvement in education, public policy, and laboratory research.

Dr. Campbell grew up on a dairy farm and was the first in his family to go to college, where he studied pre-veterinary medicine at Pennsylvania State University. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree, and while completing his first year at the University of Georgia veterinary school, he received a telegram from a well known professor at Cornell University, offering a scholarship and research opportunity too good to turn down. And so he completed his education at Cornell University (M.S., Ph.D.) and MIT (Research Associate) in nutrition, biochemistry and toxicology. He then spent 10 years on the faculty of Virginia Tech’s Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition before returning to Cornell in 1975 where he presently holds his Endowed Chair as the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry in the Division of Nutritional Sciences.

Dr. Campbell’s research experience includes both laboratory experiments and large-scale human studies. He has received over 70 grant-years of peer-reviewed research funding (mostly with NIH), served on grant review panels of multiple funding agencies, actively participated in the development of national and international nutrition policy, and authored over 300 research papers. Throughout his career, he has confronted a great deal of confusion surrounding nutrition and its effects. It is precisely this confusion that he has focused so much on, in recent years.

In order to synthesize the findings of his long and rewarding career, and to give back to the public whose lives are threatened by rampant misinformation and special interests, Dr. Campbell co-wrote The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health, which has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. He is also the author of the The New York Times bestseller Whole, The Low-Carb Fraud, and the upcoming The Future of Nutrition to be published in December, 2020. Several documentary films feature Dr. Campbell and his research, including Forks Over Knives, Eating You Alive, Food Matters, and PlantPure Nation. He continues to share evidence-based information on health and nutrition whenever given the opportunity. He has delivered hundreds of lectures around the world and he is the founder of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and the online Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate in partnership with eCornell.

Food Policy & the Food Industry

T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.

Author, The China Study, Whole, the Low Carb Fraud, and the upcoming The Future of Nutrition

Kason Daniels is a 16 year old plant based advocate from Virginia. He is passionate about animal welfare, the environment, and human rights.

Students Can Change the World

Kason Daniels

Student Activist

Patricia Devaney is a mother of three with a Bachelor of Commerce, who has certificates in Plant Based Nutrition and International Migration. Born and raised in Peru, Patricia now resides in Edmonton, Canada. Previously involved in the finance of global entities, Patricia now focuses 100% of her time on her family and plant-based initiatives. She was successful in introducing plant-based school lunch options and pioneered the first plant-based film and restaurant sampler event (a dozen restaurants participated) in Edmonton, Canada. She is also heavily involved with the Alberta Whole Food Plant Based Society.

My Family Transitioned to Plants

Patricia Devaney

Reversed Diabetes

and Healed

My Family

Erin is a 14 year old vegan and anti-oppression activist from New York. She has spoken at the 2020 International Animal Rights Conference and has been awarded PETA's Hero to Animals Award, has been a nominee of PETA's Libby Awards 2019, and is a mentor for Animal Activism Mentorship. Erin often rescues and cares for “farmed” animals who have survived animal cruelty. She was selected to speak at TEDx Oneonta for September 2021.

Students Can Change the World

Erin Ersoy

Student Activist

Brian Falcon is a registered architect and permaculture designer with a passion for working collaboratively to create transformative regenerative change. A loving husband and father to four amazing kids, he enjoys camping, gardening and endurance sports.

Strategies for Schooling & Working from Home

Brian Falcon

Architect and Designer

Stephanie Goodman is a Plant Based Nutritionist. She holds a BS in Exercise & Health Science from the University of Massachusetts Boston

To School or Not to School in the Age of COVID-19

Stephanie Goodman

Board of Health Elected Official, Mom, Plant Based Nutritionist

A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition. He has videos on more than 2,000 health topics freely available at NutritionFacts.org, with new videos and articles uploaded almost every day. Dr. Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in the defense of Oprah Winfrey in the infamous “meat defamation” trial. He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. Three of his recent books— How Not to Die, the How Not to Die Cookbook, and How Not to Diet all became instant New York Times Best Sellers. His latest book, How to Survive a Pandemic, was just released in May. All proceeds he receives from the sales of his books go to charity. Dr. Greger is also a board member of the Coalition for Healthy School Food.

How to Survive

a Pandemic

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM

Author of "How to Survive a Pandemic"

Bob Groff

Principals of Vegetarian Schools Speak Out!

Bob Groff

Principal

Amie Hamlin

Creating Change on Your School's Menu

Amie Hamlin

Executive Director, Coalition for Healthy School Food

Tony Hillery is the Founder and Executive Director of Harlem Grown. Tony founded Harlem
Grown to address the health and academic challenges facing public elementary school students
in Harlem.
In 2011, Tony began volunteering with a local elementary school and was witnessing first-hand
the lack of resources allocated to the schools and the poor nutrition of students. He noticed an
abandoned and overrun community garden across the street from the school. Tony rallied
volunteers and raised the funds needed to transform the lot into a thriving urban farm, kicking off
Harlem Grown’s first-ever growing season.
The first year, Tony worked with 400 students to plant 400 seedlings. He watched as students
transformed their eating habits and learned skills like patience, teamwork, and responsibility.
The first season, they grew 38 lbs of produce. Six years later, in 2017, Harlem Grown has
expanded to partner with five local Harlem schools, reached over 4,900 youth, composted over
20,000 lbs of food scraps and grew over 5,400 pounds of fruits and vegetables that are then
distributed to families-in-need throughout the community.
His work in the community has impacted more than just the youth, Tony has done his part to
help transform Harlem community through the power of growing food and building healthy
relationships.

How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood

Tony Hillery

Founder and Executive Director of Harlem Grown

Aadith Kannan is a 15 year old vegan activist from California. Through political, online, and in person activism, Aadith constantly works towards a more sustainable and humane planet.

Students Can Change the World

Aardith Kannan

Student Activist

Eilan is a 16 year old sustainable food system and animal rights lobbyist, and the co-founder of the Youth Agricultural Revolution. Eilan loves working with public policy and founded Avalon microsanctuary to rescue animals from exploitation.

Students Can Change the World

Eilan Keister

Student Activist

Dr. Kira Lawton is originally from Queens, New York. She completed her undergraduate education at the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, and Biochemistry in addition to her pre-med studies. As a testament to her commitment to provide accessible health care internationally, she organized a medical mission at Hunter College that travelled to Honduras with the Global Medical Brigades Organization. Her collegiate chapter provided medical services with a family practice physician via a mobile medical clinic serving over 500 patients in 1 week.

She earned her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and completed her residency training in general pediatrics at the Bristol Myer’s Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Lawton has a particular interest in nutrition, in the care of newborns, children and adolescents. Like many pediatric providers she believes that promoting active lifestyles and helping kids to make healthy dietary choices are imperative for preventing long term illnesses that affect adults including coronary artery disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, and hypertension.

She is excited to mentor students to pursue careers in medicine and hopes to complete additional medical missions abroad. Dr. Lawton is a member of the Academy of Pediatrics and is currently practicing in the Hudson Valley. In her free time she enjoys being with her family, travelling, going to vegan festivals, and attending ballet and opera performances at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts.

Social & Emotional Health During COVID-19

Dr. Kira Lawton

General Pediatrician

Tracye McQuirter

10,000 Black

Vegan Women

Tracye McQuirter, MPH

10,000 Black Vegan Women

The Vegucated

Family Table

Marisa Miller-Wolfson

Filmmaker and Cookbook Author

Milton Mills, MD practices urgent care medicine in the Washington DC area, and has served previously as Associate Director of Preventive Medicine and as a member of the National Advisory Board, for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). He has been a major contributor to position papers presented by PCRM to the United States Department of Agriculture regarding Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and has been the lead plaintiff in PCRM’s class action lawsuit that asks for warning labels on milk.

Dr. Mills earned his medical degree at Stanford University School of Medicine, and completed an Internal Medicine residency at Georgetown University Hospital. He has published several research journal articles dealing with racial bias in federal nutrition policy. He frequently donates his time via practicing at free medical clinics, and travels widely, speaking at hospitals, churches and community centers throughout the country. He was featured in the recent attention-getting film “What the Health,” and will also appear in the upcoming film “The Silent Vegan.”

A major focus of Dr. Mills’ patient advisement as well as his lecturing, is the use of nutritional measures to reduce the risk of major chronic diseases. He notes that the scientific research literature shows plant-based diets as supporting better overall immune system function, and during work with HIV-positive and AIDS patients at clinics, he’s observed that those who go vegetarian seem to improve, with increased energy and higher T-cell counts. He therefore hopes throughout the future to examine further the relationships between diet and immune functionality, particularly the effects of plant-based eating choices upon outcomes for HIV-positive patients.

Meat, Dairy,

& Racism

Milton Mills, MD

Co-Author of Racial Bias in Federal Nutrition Policy

Mark Negron has dedicated his life to the health of people and their environment. As a young man, he served in the US Navy as a corpsman (medic). Since then, he has served in a variety of leadership positions to reduce our footprint and even reverse the damage we have already caused. His passion is organizing communities to install and develop food forests. He has led, founded, or helped helped many local non-profit organizations develop these edible habitats in neglected urban settings. These projects beautify public spaces, feed the needy, and support native wildlife.

Mark knows that the we need to educate the next generation of leaders to champion environmental causes, so he makes sure that school kids have a chance to participate in the food forest projects described above. He educates students from the Norwood public schools and the Accord Park School, a private school for special needs children, both in Massachusetts. They help plant the trees and bushes, maintain them, and harvest the fruit.

Mark has participated in other environmental projects over the years. In 2013, he donated his marketing and graphical skills as a volunteer on the grassroots CasiNO Campaign to create public awareness of the negative impact of a major casino proposal that would eliminate major open space at the Charles River headwaters.

Mark is an avid cyclist, and was a volunteer with the New England Mountain Bike Association. He served for five years in the leadership of the Land Management Committee for their association owned mountain bike property in the Charles River headwaters. He rolled up his sleeves to design, build and maintain trails on the property. He also mapped the 47 acre property and designed the map and trail brochure for the property.

To School or Not to School in the Age of COVID-19

Mark Negron

Parent

Toni Okamoto

Plant-Based

On a Budget

Toni Okamoto

Author and Founder of Plant-Based On a Budget

Ruth Stanislaus

Principals of Vegetarian Schools Speak Out!

Ruth Stanislaus

Principal

OUR SUMMIT HOSTS

Ronnie 'Tsunami' Gandiza is the CEO and co-founder of the Plant-Based Network. He also started PlantBasedLearning.com and PlantBasedEntrepreneurs.com

Ron Gandiza

CEO, Plant-Based Network

Amie Hamlin

Amie Hamlin

Executive Director, Coalition for Healthy School Food

Nia Harris is a junior at New York University from Charlotte, North Carolina, studying Global Public Health and Anthropology. Nia plans to attend graduate school for a Master’s in Public Health upon graduation and pursue a career in the Community Health field that encompasses her interests of alternative healing modalities, food, and plant medicine.

Nia Simone Harris

Junior, New York University

Cynthia King is the Founder of Cynthia King Dance Studio and Vegan Ballet Slipper company located in Brooklyn, New York. She is a board member of the Coalition for Healthy School Food.

Cynthia King

Founder, Cynthia King Dance Studio

Major King is a professional b-boy and recent Brooklyn College grad with a degree in exercise science. He is a long time vegan and animal rights advocate.

Major King

Vegan and Animal Rights Advocate

Adhi is a student at Cornell University studying Nutritional Sciences. She hopes to become a physician in the future and emphasize the importance of dietary choices on quality of life and in the prevention of chronic disease.

Adhi Muthukumar

Cornell Pre-Med Student

Emani Parsons

Emani Parsons, MS

Nutritionist

Marco de Mel Pedersen

Marco de Mel Pedersen

Graphic Designer

GALA

Chef Ayinde is a restaurant trained chef and lifelong vegan living in Los Angeles, CA. He launched iEatGrass, LLC., a vegan food business, which includes a national delivery service featuring his signature Mac & Yease and more plant-based dishes found at macandyease.com. The mission has also evolved into a vehicle for helping the environment. With the beef and dairy industry being the leading contributors to climate change, Chef Ayindé is passionate about bringing more ethically produced food to the market.

Ayinde Howell

Host

Rebecca Amis

Rebecca Amis

Honoree

Tony Hillery is the Founder and Executive Director of Harlem Grown. Tony founded Harlem
Grown to address the health and academic challenges facing public elementary school students
in Harlem.
In 2011, Tony began volunteering with a local elementary school and was witnessing first-hand
the lack of resources allocated to the schools and the poor nutrition of students. He noticed an
abandoned and overrun community garden across the street from the school. Tony rallied
volunteers and raised the funds needed to transform the lot into a thriving urban farm, kicking off
Harlem Grown’s first-ever growing season.
The first year, Tony worked with 400 students to plant 400 seedlings. He watched as students
transformed their eating habits and learned skills like patience, teamwork, and responsibility.
The first season, they grew 38 lbs of produce. Six years later, in 2017, Harlem Grown has
expanded to partner with five local Harlem schools, reached over 4,900 youth, composted over
20,000 lbs of food scraps and grew over 5,400 pounds of fruits and vegetables that are then
distributed to families-in-need throughout the community.
His work in the community has impacted more than just the youth, Tony has done his part to
help transform Harlem community through the power of growing food and building healthy
relationships.

Tony Hillery

Honoree

Patricia Devaney is a mother of three with a Bachelor of Commerce, who has certificates in Plant Based Nutrition and International Migration. Born and raised in Peru, Patricia now resides in Edmonton, Canada. Previously involved in the finance of global entities, Patricia now focuses 100% of her time on her family and plant-based initiatives. She was successful in introducing plant-based school lunch options and pioneered the first plant-based film and restaurant sampler event (a dozen restaurants participated) in Edmonton, Canada. She is also heavily involved with the Alberta Whole Food Plant Based Society.

Patricia Devaney

Parent

A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, MD, is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition. He has videos on more than 2,000 health topics freely available at NutritionFacts.org, with new videos and articles uploaded almost every day. Dr. Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in the defense of Oprah Winfrey in the infamous “meat defamation” trial. He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. Three of his recent books— How Not to Die, the How Not to Die Cookbook, and How Not to Diet all became instant New York Times Best Sellers. His latest book, How to Survive a Pandemic, was just released in May. All proceeds he receives from the sales of his books go to charity. Dr. Greger is also a board member of the Coalition for Healthy School Food.

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM

NutritionFacts.org

Major King is a professional b-boy and recent Brooklyn College grad with a degree in exercise science. He is a long time vegan and animal rights advocate.

Major King

CHSF Instructor

Tracye McQuirter

Tracye McQuirter, MPH

10,000 Black Vegan Women

Milton Mills, MD practices urgent care medicine in the Washington DC area, and has served previously as Associate Director of Preventive Medicine and as a member of the National Advisory Board, for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). He has been a major contributor to position papers presented by PCRM to the United States Department of Agriculture regarding Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and has been the lead plaintiff in PCRM’s class action lawsuit that asks for warning labels on milk.

Dr. Mills earned his medical degree at Stanford University School of Medicine, and completed an Internal Medicine residency at Georgetown University Hospital. He has published several research journal articles dealing with racial bias in federal nutrition policy. He frequently donates his time via practicing at free medical clinics, and travels widely, speaking at hospitals, churches and community centers throughout the country. He was featured in the recent attention-getting film “What the Health,” and will also appear in the upcoming film “The Silent Vegan.”

A major focus of Dr. Mills’ patient advisement as well as his lecturing, is the use of nutritional measures to reduce the risk of major chronic diseases. He notes that the scientific research literature shows plant-based diets as supporting better overall immune system function, and during work with HIV-positive and AIDS patients at clinics, he’s observed that those who go vegetarian seem to improve, with increased energy and higher T-cell counts. He therefore hopes throughout the future to examine further the relationships between diet and immune functionality, particularly the effects of plant-based eating choices upon outcomes for HIV-positive patients.

Milton Mills, MD

Meat, Dairy, & Racism

Emma Rose Nathenson

Emma Rose Nathenson

Student

TBA

NYC Office of Food & Nutrition Services

Emani Parsons

Emani Parsons, MS

CHSF Instructor

Marco de Mel Pedersen

Marco de Mel Pedersen

Parent

Darshana Thacker

Darshana Thacker

CHSF Instructor

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