The 2022 OAC Fall Meeting is scheduled for November 1 at OSU’s Fawcett Event Center.
The Value of Our Food
The high food prices being experienced by everyone confirm how important it is to shepherd our resources carefully, and this begins by examining how to eliminate waste across the food system so that our scarce natural resources can be converted into the nutrition needed by all Americans. Join us as we hear from panelists: Brian Roe, OSU’s Van Buren Professor; Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, Ohio Association of Foodbanks; and Amy McCormick, Kroger Co. Corporate Affairs Manager.
Joree Novotny, of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks, will moderate this timely discussion.
Featured Speakers:
Brian Roe is the Van Buren Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at the Ohio State University. Prior to his employment at Ohio State, Roe worked on policy issues surrounding food safety and health information disclosure as a Staff Fellow at the US Food and Drug Administration in Washington, DC. Brian helped form and currently leads the Ohio State Food Waste Collaborative, a collection of researchers, practitioners, and students working together to promote the reduction and redirection of food waste as an integral part of a healthy and sustainable food system.
Lisa Hamler-Fugitt has served as executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks since 2001. Lisa has researched, written, and secured over $200 million in grants from local, state, and national government sources and private foundations to support food security and poverty relief. Previously, Lisa worked as the public policy director and statewide food and nutrition program coordinator for the Ohio Hunger Task Force. She was recently inducted into the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame.
In her current role as corporate affairs manager, Amy McCormick oversees all external stakeholder engagement activities for the Columbus division’s footprint in 116 stores and 39 counties across central, northwest and southeast Ohio, southeast Michigan and the panhandle of West Virginia. She is also responsible for government relations, sustainability initiatives, managing crisis communications and overseeing the division’s community foundation budget.
Panel Moderator
Joree Novotny has been part of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks team since 2010, serving as director of external affairs since 2012. In her role, she leads communications and public relations, grants and contracts management, and public policy advocacy in service to Ohio’s foodbanks and Ohioans at risk of hunger.
Meeting Agenda:
- 11:30 am: Registration
- 11:50 am: Brief Business Meeting
- Lunch
- Featured Speakers:
- Brian Roe, OSU
- Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, Ohio Association of Foodbanks
- Amy McCormick, Kroger Co.
- 1:30 pm: Adjourn
Cost & Registration:
- Members & Member Guests: $32
- Non-Members: $45