Chef Ann Foundation
Lea Howe is the Project Director at Chef Ann Foundation, leading the development and implementation of a project aimed at transforming the school food system to ensure access to nutritious foods in K-12 schools. Previously, Lea worked at DC Greens in various roles including Director of Institutional Food Initiatives, Director of School Food Initiatives, and Farm to School Director. Lea's experience includes policy advocacy, program development, managing coalitions, and implementing educational programs related to food systems. Lea has also served as a Fellow at Princeton AlumniCorps and FoodCorps, gaining valuable professional development and leadership skills. With a background in anthropology from Barnard College, Lea brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the field of food advocacy and education.
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!