CONGRESSIONAL HUNGER CENTER
2016 Hunger Leadership Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 | U.S. Botanic Garden#WeFightHunger
Fighting Hunger by Developing Leaders
Giving Voice.Sowing Hope.
Ending Hunger.
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We envision a world without hunger and poverty where every person can achieve their full potential because equitable systems exist to achieve financial
freedom and full access to healthful, affordable, and culturally appropriate foods.
That’s why the Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) is on a mission to develop, inspire, and connect leaders, and advocate public policies that create a food secure world. We focus our efforts in three key areas:
Leadership Development — We provide leadership development opportunities for hunger fighters to connect policy with practice, learn together in peer cohorts, apply an equity lens to their work, and make meaningful contributions to the fight against hunger in the U.S. and overseas.
Network Building — We facilitate collaboration across our network of alumni and partner
organizations and work at the intersection of hunger and its root causes. We break down silos and engage a broad range of allies who have a vested interest in ending hunger.
Advocacy — We are a one-stop shop for policymakers in need of accurate, field-based information, and expertise on hunger and its root causes.
Woven into all the work that we do is…
Our commitment to equity and ensuring that people who have experienced hunger and poverty are active leaders in designing, implementing and evaluating community solutions and public policies.
Our belief that leaders at the field and policy levels must collaborate and share knowledge in order to effect the systemic changes required to end hunger and poverty.
ABOUT THE CONGRESSIONAL HUNGER CENTER
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Our Heritage
In 1983, Representatives Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Mickey Leland (D-TX) and Tony Hall (D-OH) formed the House Select Committee on Hunger to find sustainable solutions to national and international hunger and poverty. Representative Mickey Leland chaired the committee until his death on a famine relief mission to the Horn of Africa in 1989. In 1993, the House of Representatives allowed a number of Select Committees to expire, including the Select Committee on Hunger. Rep. Tony Hall responded by embarking on a 22 day fast that helped bring Republicans and Democrats together to form the Congressional Hunger Center. Representative Bill Emerson (R-MO) joined Tony Hall as the first co-chair of the bi-partisan Congressional Hunger Center.
Our Impact
Since its inception 23 years ago, CHC has…
Third party evaluations indicate that CHC’s fellowship programs strongly influence the education and career decisions of alumni, positively impact the organizations and communities in which fellows work, and promote diversity and inclusion within the anti-hunger community.
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Graduated more than
500alumni from the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellows Programs.
Strengthened the capacity of more than
organizations working on the frontlines of hunger and poverty.
200Partnered with more than
130policy-focused organizations to inform, develop, and promote public policy solutions that will create a more food secure world.
Deployed fellows to more than
US states and territories and
countries worldwide.
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CONTACT USCongressional Hunger Center Hall of the States Building 400 North Capitol Street, NW Suite G100 Washington, DC 20001
Get Involved at hungercenter.org
■ Reconnect with Alumni — Alumni are the strongest link in CHC’s network, and while many of you are still well connected to CHC and your “fellow Fellows,” we encourage you to visit our website and reconnect, if you’ve been out of touch.
■ Host a Hunger Fellow — CHC meets the talent needs of organizations working at the intersection of hunger and its root causes. Looking for skilled and knowledgeable talent for 6-12 month assignments? Visit hungercenter.org/fellowships/host/ for info.
■ Apply to be a Hunger Fellow — Are you ready to become an effective leader with a deep understanding of hunger and poverty? Are you interested in finding innovative solutions and creating the political will to end hunger? Do you believe that a unique combination of field and policy experience will achieve this goal? Visit hungercenter.org/fellowships/apply/ to apply.
■ Make a Recurring Gift — Your tax-deductible donation supports the Emerson/Leland Fellowships and the advocacy work of CHC. By giving a small amount each month, you can make a sizeable annual contribution to CHC’s work.
■ Become a Corporate or Foundation Partner — CHC welcomes new partnerships with potential corporate and foundation funders. To discuss a potential partnership, please contact Victoria O’Reilly, Director of Development, at 202-547-7022 (x19) or [email protected].
■ Sign Up for CHC Communications — Sign up to receive updates on CHC events, publications, news and fellowship opportunities at tinyurl.com/chcupdates.
■ Follow us on Twitter @hungercenter
ABOUT THE CONGRESSIONAL HUNGER CENTER
(202) 547-7022 www.hungercenter.org [email protected]
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CONGRESSIONAL HUNGER CENTER HUNGER LEADERSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY
June 15, 2016 | U.S. Botanic Garden 100 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, DC
#WeFightHunger | @HungerCenter
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Thank you for joining the Congressional Hunger Center for the 10th Annual Hunger Leadership Awards Ceremony, an evening to celebrate and honor
exemplary leaders working to end hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world.
Welcome and Recognition of SponsorsShannon Maynard, Executive Director, Congressional Hunger Center
Presentation of Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Leadership Awards
Senator Pat Roberts
Senator Debbie StabenowPresented by 2013 honoree Senator John Boozman
Representative Gwen Moore
Representative Jackie WalorskiPresented by CHC Board Chair Congressman James P. McGovern and CHC Board Member Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
Presentation of the CHC Entrepreneur AwardJosé Andrés, Chef/Owner of minibar by José Andrés & ThinkFoodGroup, Chairman of World Central Kitchen, Culinary Ambassador for the Global Alliance of Clean Cookstoves
Presented by CHC Board Member Lisa Marsh Ryerson
Presentation of Congressional Hunger Center Alumni Leadership Awards
Indivar (Indi) Dutta-Gupta, Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow Alumnus
Michael Johnson, Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow Alumnus
Presented by Emerson National Hunger Fellow Alumna Almas Sayeed
WELCOME AND PROGRAM
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The Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Leadership Awards
This evening we celebrate the dedication of exemplary leaders in the fight to end hunger and poverty. Our distinguished honorees are chosen for their significant contributions to fighting hunger in the United States and overseas. They embody the determination necessary to make hunger and poverty a focal point of U.S. policy at home and globally. We thank them for their bipartisan work in the ongoing fight against hunger.
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES
Past Honorees2015
USDA Under Secretary Kevin ConcannonRep. Marcia FudgeRep. Lynn Jenkins
2014Secretary of Agriculture Tom VilsackDeborah Frank, MDRep. Jo Ann Emerson (Former Co-Chair of the Congressional Hunger Center)
2013Senator John BoozmanRep. Sam Farr
2012Senator Roy BluntSenator Dick DurbinRep. Jo Ann EmersonRep. James P. McGovern
2011Rep. Betty McCollumSenator Jerry Moran
2010Rep. John LewisSenator Richard Lugar
2009Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.Senator Thad CochranSenator Herb KohlRep. Donald Payne
2008Rep. Rosa DeLauroSenator Tom HarkinRep. Frank Wolf
2005Sen. Elizabeth DoleFormer Secretary of Agriculture Dan GlickmanAmbassador Tony P. Hall
Top: CHC Board Chair Rep. James P. McGovern, Senator John Boozman, and CHC Board Member Katharine Emerson
Bottom: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and Rep. James P. McGovern, CHC Board Chair
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CHC’s Entrepreneur Award
This year, for the first time, we celebrate the work of an individual to change the world through private enterprise. Our honoree has been chosen for his spirited work to improve food systems and to create a more food secure world. We thank him for the passion and energy he brings to the fight against hunger.
The Congressional Hunger Center Alumni Leadership Awards
Tonight we will present awards to alumni from each of our Fellowship programs who have continued to promote food security in the U.S. and around the world. We honor their outstanding accomplishments and thank them for their dedication.
Past HonoreesEmerson National Hunger Fellows Program
2015: Christine Tran2014: Shane Murphy Goldsmith2013: Kate Bolz2012: Lindsey R. Baker2011: Rich Stolz2010: Javier Silva
Leland International Hunger Fellows Program
2015: Giselle Aris2014: Damiana Astudillo2013: Anne-Claire Hervy2012: Carmen Jaquez2011: Tammy Palmer2010: Ashley Aakesson
Left: Leland International Hunger Fellow Alumnae Damiana Astudillo and Giselle Aris
Right: CHC Board Member Kimberly Perry and Emerson National Hunger Fellow Alumna Christine Tran
DISTINGUISHED HONOREES
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DISTINGUISHED HONOREES
CHC honors Senators Pat Roberts and Debbie Stabenow in recognition of their bipartisan efforts to reauthorize the child nutrition programs through introduction and strong advocacy of their joint Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016 which reauthorizes and strengthens child nutrition programs under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS)U.S. Senator Pat Roberts is a Kansan through and through.
He was born in Topeka, graduated from Holton High School and went on to earn his journalism degree from K-State. For 16 years, he represented the Big First District, including his home of Dodge City, in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1996, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. He is currently serving his fourth term.
Senator Roberts is Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. He becomes the first member of Congress in history to have chaired both the House Agriculture Committee and now the Senate committee. Senator Roberts continues his work in the 114th Congress ensuring that farmers and ranchers have the tools they need to advance American agriculture. He is fighting barriers to trade and regulations that threaten producers’ competitiveness.
As a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, Roberts gives Kansans increased leadership on legislation ranging from taxes to trade, health care, Medicare, Social Security, the aviation industry and transportation.
Senator Roberts is also privileged to be a member of the Senate Rules Committee and the Senate Ethics Committee.
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow is a national leader on agriculture and hunger issues and has fought to address hunger and nutrition in the U.S. and around the world.
As Chair of the Agriculture Committee, she wrote the 2014 Farm Bill, which expanded opportunities for local, healthy food like farmers markets and community food projects, while establishing new programs to enhance the availability and affordability of healthy foods.
Along with advancements in agriculture, conservation, energy, and nutrition, the 2014 Farm Bill is truly a game-changer for international food aid. Thanks to Senator Stabenow’s hard work, the tax dollars that go toward humanitarian causes will travel further and help more people in crisis.
This year, as Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Stabenow is committed to fighting not only to reauthorize child nutrition programs but to strengthen them so that children’s breakfasts and lunches continue to be healthy and so students have access to healthy meals throughout the summer.
Time and again, Senator Stabenow has proven that she can effectively build coalitions in Congress to get things done.
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DISTINGUISHED HONOREES
CHC honors Representative Gwen Moore for her outspoken advocacy against “demonizing the recipients” of federal nutrition programs and efforts to require mandatory drug testing or limit the food choices of SNAP beneficiaries. She has been a longtime supporter of The Hunger Task Force in Milwaukee. She is also part of Oxfam America’s “Sisters of the Planet” Initiative, which brings together prominent women in the U.S., including Members of Congress and leaders in civic, business, faith-based and philanthropic communities, who recognize the disproportionate impact of poverty and hunger on poor people, especially women and children.
Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI)Congresswoman Gwen Moore has translated personal experiences into a powerful mission to improve life for women, low-income and working families, people of color, and others who face disadvantage and discrimination in our country.
Congresswoman Moore serves on the House Budget Committee where she works to protect programs like SNAP that serve the voiceless and most vulnerable in our society. Congresswoman Moore continues to support initiatives that help those from disadvantaged backgrounds and that increase economic opportunities in low-income communities.
She also serves on the House Financial Service Committee where she is the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade overseeing domestic monetary policy as well as U.S. involvement at international finance organizations like the World Bank.
She was the first African American and second woman from Wisconsin to serve in Congress when she was elected in 2004.
CHC honors Representative Jackie Walorski, chair of the House Subcommittee on Nutrition since 2015. As a member of Congress, Rep. Walorski has articulated her commitment to ensuring that no child or adult endures what she has seen others experience firsthand, both in her district and overseas. She is a co-sponsor of the Global Food Security Act. Congresswoman Walorski and CHC Board Chair Rep. James P. McGovern (D-MA) have worked hard to model effective and productive bipartisan dialogue and collaboration.
Representative Jackie Walorski (R-IN)Jackie Walorski is a lifelong Hoosier, born and raised in South Bend, who has dedicated her career to helping Hoosier families. She is grateful to serve the people of Indiana’s Second District in the 114th Congress, where she serves on the House Armed Services, Veterans’ Affairs and Agriculture Committees and Chairs the Nutrition Subcommittee. In an effort to fulfill her commitment to serve on behalf of Hoosiers, she helped write a bipartisan law to combat military sexual assault and supported the Violence Against Women Act. Rep. Walorski is honored to serve the brave men and women of our Armed Forces in many ways, including improved support for our nation’s veterans. Using some Hoosier common sense, she welcomes the opportunity to work across the aisle to get our fiscal house in order and create American jobs.
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DISTINGUISHED HONOREES
CHC honors chef and restauranteur José Andrés for his passionate and entrepreneurial advocacy for people experiencing hunger in Washington, DC, the U.S, and globally. Mr. Andrés has given of his time, talent and treasure in many ways over the years with recent ventures including the creation of the Chef’s Network, which aims to build a network of renowned chefs that support initiatives to improve local and global food systems, and the launch of World Central Kitchen, which leverages many of the lessons learned at DC Central Kitchen to empower people experiencing food insecurity to be change agents in creating a more equitable food system. World Central Kitchen currently works in Haiti, Zambia, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and the U.S.
José AndrésChef/Owner of minibar by José Andrés & ThinkFoodGroup
Chairman of World Central Kitchen
Culinary Ambassador for the Global Alliance of Clean Cookstoves
Named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” and awarded “Outstanding Chef” by the James Beard Foundation, José Andrés is an internationally-recognized culinary innovator, author, educator, television personality, humanitarian and chef/owner of ThinkFoodGroup. A pioneer of Spanish tapas in the United States, he is also known for his groundbreaking avant-garde cuisine. Andrés’ award-winning group of restaurants includes locations in Washington D.C., Miami, Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, as well as in Mexico City, his first location outside the United States. A committed advocate on food and hunger issues, he is known for championing the role of chefs in the national debate on food policy. In 2012, Andrés formed World Central Kitchen, a non-profit that uses the power of food to empower communities and strengthen economies, providing smart solutions to hunger and poverty. Andrés also serves as Culinary Ambassador for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. Andrés’s impact on the global stage has earned him distinctions such as the McCall-Pierpaoli Humanitarian Award and the EY Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Greater Washington. A successful immigrant from Spain turned United States citizen, he serves as a Presidential Ambassador for Citizenship and Naturalization to boost awareness of new Americans’ contributions to the world, and was lauded as an Outstanding American by Choice by President Barack Obama. Andrés also holds the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Chair’s Medallion Award as an outstanding role model in the Latino community and the nation.
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DISTINGUISHED HONOREES
Indivar Dutta-GuptaIndivar Dutta-Gupta is Director of the Project on Deep Poverty and Senior Fellow at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality. Previously, Indivar was Project Director at Freedman Consulting, LLC, leading strategic initiatives for major philanthropies, children’s groups, and workers’ organizations.
Indivar served as Senior Policy Advisor at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, focusing on budget and tax policies and cross-cutting low-income issues. Earlier, he focused on safety net, tax, and social insurance programs and policies as U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Professional Staff.
As an Emerson National Hunger Fellow in the 12th class, Indivar worked for DC Hunger Solutions and the Center for American Progress. Indivar is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance, and has been named a First Focus Campaign for Children Champion for Children, as well as one of Washington Life magazine’s most Influential 40-And-Under Leaders (2013) and Rising Stars 40 And Under (2016). Indivar is an honors graduate of the University of Chicago and a Harry S. Truman Scholar.
Michael D. JohnsonMichael D. Johnson is an alumnus of the inaugural 1st Class of Leland Fellows (2001-2003). As a fellow, he worked on the links between desertification and food insecurity in the Caribbean and West Africa with the Global Mechanism of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. Since completing his fellowship Michael has been a consistent and highly valued supporter of CHC and the Leland Program. He is a founding member of CHC’s Small Grants Committee.
Currently, Michael serves as Political Affairs Officer, Political Affairs Division at the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. He performs situational analysis of political, security and socio-economic issues and has deepened divisional relationships with critical mission components, such as the Joint Operations Center and the Joint Mission Analysis Center. He also served as the liaison between the Division and the diplomatic community in Bamako. In October 2015, Michael undertook a voluntary redeployment from Bamako to Kidal, Mali to head the regional Political Affairs Division at one of the most dangerous UN peacekeeping regional offices in the world.
Prior to his current work in Mali, Michael served as the Planning and Program Development Specialist at the Secretariat of the South Sudan Recovery Fund, administered by the United Nations Development Program. During 4 years at USAID, Michael helped design the agency’s strategy on South Sudan and manage the Peace and Security Pillar in Haiti in 2007. He was a Fulbright Scholar to the State of Qatar in 1999.
Michael is a member of the United Nations Association of the USA and the U.S. Fulbright Association. He holds an M.A. in Comparative and Regional Studies-Middle East and International Development from the American University and a B.A. in Political Science, Economics and History with a French minor from the University of Colorado.
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Representative James P. McGovernMember of Congress CHC Board Chair
Representative Sheila Jackson LeeMember of Congress
Damiana AstudilloAssociate Director, Social and Gender Assessment Millennium Challenge Corporation
Pamela G. BaileyPresident and CEO Grocery Manufacturers Association
Karen Coble EdwardsPrincipal KCE Public Affairs Associates
Katharine EmersonManager, Government Affairs Monsanto Company
Brian FolkertsRetired from Mondelēz International
Lou GerberCommunications Workers of America (Retired)
Dennis HertelMember of Congress (Retired) Senior Counselor Franklin Partnership
Kate HoustonDirector, Federal Government Relations/Public Policy Cargill, Inc.
Daniel S. KahnAssistant Chief U.S. Department of Justice
David KantorPresident Victory Wholesale Group
Alejandra Lopez-FernandiniSupervisory Policy Analyst Federal Government
Wolfgang von MaackManaging Member Kaiser Investments, LLC CHC Board Treasurer
Lisa Marsh RyersonPresident AARP Foundation
Marshall MatzPartner Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman, Matz, P.C. CHC Board Secretary
Eric MitchellDirector of Government Relations Bread for the World
Kimberly PerryExecutive Director DC Vote
Leslie SarasinPresident and CEO Food Marketing Institute
Jim ScheibelExecutive in Residence Hamline University
Eric SilvaFounding Principal North South Government Strategies
Eric SteinerDirector, U.S. Government Affairs Elanco Animal Health
Mary Catherine TokerVice President, Government Relations General Mills, Inc.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHC Board Chair Rep. James P. McGovern
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22ND CLASS BILL EMERSON NATIONAL HUNGER FELLOWSEmerson Fellows spend half of their year in field placement across the country and half in a policy placement in Washington, DC, working on projects that address hunger and poverty.
Ashley Blackwell■■ Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago – Chicago, IL (Workforce participation for people living with disabilities)
■■ Center for American Progress (Food access and criminal justice reform)
Thoa Hoang ■■ The Good Samaritan Center – Jackson, MS (Hunger advocacy)
■■ Share Our Strength (Child Nutrition)
Caitlin Lowell ■■ 9to5 Colorado – Denver, CO (Hunger and economic security)
■■ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (TANF and SNAP)
Kalena Thomhave ■■ Just Harvest Education Fund – Pittsburgh, PA (SNAP)
■■ New America Foundation (Economic Security)
Wes Gaddie ■■ Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank – Pittsburgh, PA (Hunger advocacy)
■■ U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, Child Nutrition Programs (Child Nutrition)
Daron Holman ■■ United Way of King County – Seattle, WA (EITC and poverty)
■■ Urban Institute, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center (Food Security)
Milanes Morejon ■■ Logan Square Neighborhood Association – Chicago, IL (Education access)
■■ National LGBTQ Task Force (Economic Justice)
Laurie Tran ■■ Mississippi Center for Justice – Jackson, MS (Affordable housing)
■■ Center for Community Change (Economic and racial Justice)
Dani Gilmour■■ Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona – Tucson, AZ (Emergency food)
■■ National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (Homelessness)
Emily Johnson ■■ United Way of King County – Seattle, WA (Child nutrition)
■■ Food Research and Action Center (Child nutrition)
Keithlee Spangler ■■ Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Earthworks Urban Farm – Detroit, MI (Food justice)
■■ RESULTS Educational Fund (Tax policy and racial equity)
Amy Woehling ■■ Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon – Portland, OR (Child nutrition)
■■ National Farm to School Network (Child nutrition and Racial Equity)
Martell Hesketh ■■ Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona – Tucson, AZ (Rural food security)
■■ Root Cause Coalition (Health)
Andy Kim ■■ Hunger Free Colorado – Denver, CO (Federal nutrition programs)
■■ Farmworker Justice (Health)
Morgan Spears ■■ Detroit Black Community Food Security Network – Detroit, MI (Food justice)
■■ The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (Economic Security)
Miru Yoo ■■ Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon – Portland, OR (Child nutrition)
■■ National WIC Association (Child nutrition and maternal child health)
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8TH CLASS MICKEY LELAND INTERNATIONAL HUNGER FELLOWSLeland Fellows spend their first year in a developing country field placement and their second doing policy work, usually at the headquarters of their field organization. The 8th Class of Fellows is currently in the first year of the program.
Carlo Abuyuan■■ FHI 360■■ Mkushi, Zambia / Washington, DC
■■ Establishing referral systems to link nutrition, health and livelihood support
Jennie Lane■■ Land O’Lakes IDD■■ Lilongwe, Malawi / Washington, DC
■■ Researching livestock’s role in household livelihoods and nutrition
Harley Stokes■■ CRS■■ Baucau, Timor-Leste / Washington, DC
■■ Designing, implementing, and evaluating nutrition interventions
Meghan Anson■■ Concern Worldwide■■ Lilongwe, Malawi / Dublin, Ireland
■■ Integrating nutrition into programs and advocating for good nutrition policy
Miti Patel■■ HKI■■ Kathmandu, Nepal / Phnom Pehn, Cambodia
■■ Evaluating homestead gardening’s impact on nutrition and household income
Hanneke Van Dyke■■ World Food Program■■ Siem Reap, Cambodia / Phnom Penh, Cambodia
■■ Managing programs to improve maternal and child nutrition
Michelle DeFreese■■ iAGRI/APLU■■ Morogoro, Tanzania / Washington, DC
■■ Building capacity for higher education in agriculture
Caitlin Shaw■■ PCI■■ Zomba, Malawi / Washington, DC
■■ Value-chain analysis to identify agribusiness opportunities for rural women
Michael Wilcox■■ ACDI/VOCA■■ Tamale, Ghana / Washington, DC
■■ Improving agricultural value-chains for smallholder farmers
Amihan Jones■■ Save the Children■■ Kathmandu, Nepal / Washington, DC
■■ Evaluating and sharing learnings on nutrition-sensitive agriculture and gender and cash assistance
Julia Shuck■■ Foundation for Ecological Security/IFPRI
■■ Anand, India / Washington, DC
■■ Integrating research and communications on natural resource management and climate change
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CHC Fellowship Alumni
Our fellowship alumni—more than 500 strong—continue to fight hunger and poverty in their professional and personal endeavors. In recognition of your dedication and contributions, we salute you!
Where They WorkCHC alumni serve in prominent roles in the nonprofit, government, and corporate sectors. They are school superintendents, nonprofit CEOs, public servants for
state and federal government programs, state legislators, think tank analysts and researchers, public policy advocates, social entrepreneurs, higher education professors and administrators, and CSR and government relations leaders in the food and agriculture industry.
Here are just a sample of the well-known institutions where our alumni are serving in leadership roles…
Academia Corporate Sector
International NGOs
Domestic NGOs
Government
■■ Boston College
■■ Georgetown
■■ Harvard
■■ Macalester College
■■ Northwestern
■■ Princeton
■■ Stanford
■■ UC Berkeley
■■ UCLA
■■ UT Austin
■■ Deloitte
■■ Elanco
■■ Land O’Lakes
■■ Mars
■■ Walmart Foundation
■■ Wall Street Journal
■■ CARE
■■ Concern Worldwide
■■ FHI 360
■■ IFPRI
■■ Mercy Corps
■■ PCI
■■ Save the Children
■■ UN World Food Program
■■ Feeding America
■■ Greenlining Institute
■■ National Domestic Workers Alliance
■■ National Governors Association
■■ Share Our Strength
■■ Urban Institute
■■ Year Up
■■ Federal Reserve
■■ HHS
■■ HUD
■■ Millennium Challenge Corporation
■■ NYC Department of Education
■■ US Congress
■■ USDA
■■ USAID
■■ World Bank
ALUMNI HIGHLIGHTS
Minneapolis alumni gather for a dinner and focus group with fellow alums and CHC Executive Director Shannon Maynard
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Amy Margolies, 5th Class Leland International Hunger Fellows ProgramAs a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Amy is deepening the skills and commitment that have characterized her work since before becoming a Leland Fellow. Through her policy placement and subsequent work at the International Food Policy Research Institute, Amy has already made enormous contributions to the evidence base for effective food and nutrition security interventions. Her doctoral research recently brought her to Zomba, Malawi where she found Caitlin Shaw, a current Leland Fellow working with PCI to promote women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains.
Eileen Hyde, 15th Class Emerson National Hunger Fellows ProgramEileen is a dedicated, strategic, intelligent, proactive anti-hunger leader extraordinaire who recently joined the Walmart Foundation as its Senior Manager for Sustainability. For the six years prior, Eileen worked at Feeding America where she developed key strategies and initiatives that have become integral to the organization, including the development of Feeding America’s SNAP and Senior Hunger Strategies, and Collaborating for Clients work, which focuses on collective impact to move clients out of poverty. Eileen also pioneered the concept of Capacity Institutes (a peer to peer cohort learning model) for Feeding America, a robust program model which has been replicated numerous times since its first inception in 2011 on topics such as SNAP and Latino, Senior, and Child Hunger.
Lindsey Horton, 6th Class Leland International Hunger Fellows ProgramLindsey is a champion for both the Leland Fellowship and working to eliminate malnutrition across the globe. At the World Food Program’s Asia Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand, she provides technical guidance to WFP’s Country Offices in the Asia region on WFP nutrition program, including the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition, prevention of acute malnutrition, prevention of chronic malnutrition, and prevention of micronutrient deficiencies. As a fellow at WFP’s Cambodia office, she was a shining star in the fight against maternal and child undernutrition. She works tirelessly and has left a powerful impression on everyone with whom she has worked. She has also been a great mentor to other Leland Fellows working in the region.
Bay area alumni network and socialize at one of their frequent social gatherings.
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Page May, 17th Class Emerson National Hunger Fellows ProgramPage is a leading member of the Chicago racial justice movement. Through her work with We Charge Genocide, Assata’s Daughters, and other community-based groups, Page is creating spaces for Black women, young people, and LGBTQ people of color to lead local social movements with national and global implications. Page brings young people to the forefront of the racial justice movement by coordinating rides, scholarships, and other tangible structures to ensure successful youth leadership. During the last five years, Page’s work has focused on bringing attention to racist violence by the Chicago Police Department.
At We Charge Genocide, Page was the lead author of “Police Violence Against Chicago’s Youth of Color,” a 2014 report to the United Nations Committee Against Torture, and a key organizer of We Charge Genocide’s youth delegation to the UN’s November 2014 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Page is also currently co-leading an effort by an alliance of four Black-led organizations to restore funding to Chicago State University, a predominantly Black and predominantly woman learning institution in the South Side of Chicago.
Remy Trupin, 3rd class Emerson National Hunger Fellows ProgramRemy has always brought a deep sense of social justice to his work, inspired both by his own diverse, working class upbringing in Seattle and as an expression of his Jewish faith. Following the fellowship, Remy continued to work at his policy placement at the US Conference of Mayors on tax, budget, food and anti-poverty policies. He eventually returned to Seattle where he founded the Washington State Budget & Policy Center, which has emerged as a critical pillar in the broader anti-poverty and economic justice movement in Washington State. The Center is the leading organization in Washington State pressing to reform Washington’s revenue system, and has been a consistent presence defending, and expanding where possible, a broad range of anti-poverty, anti-hunger, and social service programs. The Budget & Policy Center, under Remy’s leadership, has become a key voice in advocating for social and racial equity in the context of revenue policy, in proposals to address the impacts of climate change, and in policies to raise wages for low-income workers.
ALUMNI HIGHLIGHTS
21st Class Emerson National Hunger Fellows
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CONGRESSIONAL HUNGER CENTER STAFF
(L to R) Jon Wogman, Victoria O’Reilly, Mohamed Gurey, Shannon Maynard, Kristin Anderson, Emily Byers, Zack Bly, Albert Ramirez
Heartfelt appreciation to the Interns, Volunteers, Alumni, and Legacy International Fellows who join in our work and who make this Ceremony possible.
Thank you!
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22nd Class Emerson Fellows Keithlee Spangler and
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8th Class Leland Fellow Julia Shuck with co-workers from FES in India.
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Congratulations to the awardees:
Senator Pat Roberts
Senator Debbie Stabenow
Representative Gwen Moore
Representative Jackie Walorski
Chef José Andrés
Indivar Dutta-Gupta
Michael Johnson
and sincere gratitude to the Congressional Hunger Center
for its profound work.
Emerson Fellowship Advisor Albert Ramirez (second from left) with
22nd Class Emerson Fellows (L to R) Martell Hesketh,
Amy Woehling, Daron Holman, and Caitlin Lowell at the
Highlander Center, New Market, TN
8th Class Leland Fellow Jennie Lane examines livestock in Malawi
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HUNGER LEADERSHIP AWARDS SPONSORS
PARTNER■■ General Mills Foundation ■■ Kellogg Company Fund
CULTIVATOR■■ Land O’Lakes, Inc.■■ Monsanto, Inc.■■ PepsiCo
■■ Tyson Foods■■ Walmart
SOWER■■ AARP ■■ The Kraft Heinz Company
PLOWER■■ American Beverage Association■■ Biotechnology Innovation
Organization (BIO)■■ Cargill
■■ CQ Roll Call■■ Diageo■■ The Hill■■ Nestlé USA
ASSOCIATION SPONSOR■■ Abbott■■ Albertsons Companies Foundation■■ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation■■ Coca-Cola Company■■ Elanco■■ Food Marketing Institute (FMI)
■■ General Motors■■ Grocery Manufacturers Association■■ Mars, Inc.■■ Unilever■■ Victory Wholesale Group
FRIEND OF THE CENTER■■ Bunge North America■■ C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.■■ Corn Refiners Association■■ Feeding America
■■ Mondelēz International■■ Share Our Strength■■ WFP USA■■ World Cocoa Foundation
NON-PROFIT/INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR■■ AFSCME■■ AGree■■ Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini■■ Alliance to End Hunger■■ American Farm Bureau Federation■■ Bread for the World■■ Can Manufacturers Institute■■ Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities■■ Food Research & Action Center
(FRAC)■■ Global Harvest Initiative
■■ International Dairy Foods Association
■■ Levinson & Associates■■ Marshall & Debbie Matz■■ National Farmers Union■■ National Grocers Association■■ Sara Lynn Parker &
Edward M. Cooney■■ Students Team Up to Fight Hunger■■ The Sugar Association
The Congressional Hunger Center is grateful to the following corporations, foundations, organizations and individuals for their support of this event:
ADDITIONAL SUPPORTERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL HUNGER CENTER
CHC especially thanks the U.S. Department of Agriculture for providing significant program funding for the
Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Fellowship Programs.
CHC gratefully acknowledges the generous support of these funders for our work:
Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation for primary support of an Emerson field and policy placement focused on ending childhood hunger
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger for CHC’s advocacy work
C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. for Emerson Fellows’ work on childhood hunger and child nutrition.
