Chef Ann Foundation
MJ Kepner is currently the Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy at Chef Ann Foundation, having joined in August 2023. Prior experience includes serving as the Assistant Director of Federal Policy at Project Bread from January 2022 to July 2023 and as the Senior Government Relations Coordinator at The Greater Boston Food Bank from November 2020 to January 2022. Additional roles encompass Deputy Campaign Manager for Elise For Congress, State Strategist for Majority Strategies, and Vice Chair of the New Hampshire Log Cabin Republicans. MJ Kepner has also contributed as a Board Member at The Front Door Agency and held positions with the Republican National Committee and Bruce Crochetiere for Congress. Educational background includes a Political Science degree with minors in Communication and Public Administration/Policy from American University, and earlier studies at Nashua High School North and St. Paul's School - Advanced Studies Program.
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!