Chef Ann Foundation
Imari Whalen is a skilled marketing professional with experience in program coordination and operations. Currently serving as Programs Marketing Coordinator at Chef Ann Foundation since August 2021, Imari has progressed through various marketing roles within the organization. Prior experience includes working as an Operations Assistant for The Association of Women in Water, Energy and Environment and holding leadership positions such as Co-President at UCSB Nikkei Student Union, where Imari facilitated events focused on Japanese American culture. Educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and a minor in Applied Psychology from UC Santa Barbara, completed in 2020.
Chef Ann Foundation
The Chef Ann Foundation (formerly Food Family Farming Foundation, or F3) was founded in 2009 by Ann Cooper, an internationally recognized author, chef, educator, public speaker, and advocate of healthy food for all children. Chef Ann’s vision was to create an organization that helps schools take action so that every child has daily access to fresh, healthy food. Today, the Chef Ann Foundation (CAF) carries out that vision by actively supporting school districts nationwide through grant programs and by providing tried and tested tools for school food change. Want to bring healthy, scratch-cooked food into schools? Head over to SchoolFoodInstitute.org to learn more about becoming a leader in school food change. Three new courses launching fall 2018!