![Rahim Budhwani, NACS Chairman, speaks during the plenary session of Partnership for a Healthier America's 2017 Building a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/664/sixteen_nine_large.jpg?1509908502)
2018 Summit Speakers
2018 Summit Speakers
![Nebeyou Abebe, Vice President, Health and Well-Being, Sodexo North America, is a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/746/small.jpg?1519326403)
![Image of Dr. Joshua Anthony, Vice President of Global Research and Development, Campbell Soup Company and speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/800/small.jpg?1521664596)
Dr. Joshua Anthony
Vice President of Global Research and Development, Campbell Soup Company
Speaker bio![Image of Lieutenant General Mick Bednarek, Member of Mission: Readiness and speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/801/small.jpg?1521664689)
![Maggie Biscarr, Director for Global Partnership Solutions, Public Policy and Government Affairs at PepsiCo, is a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/695/small.jpg?1516640525)
Maggie Biscarr
Director for Global Partnership Solutions, Public Policy and Government Affairs at PepsiCo
Speaker bio![Headshot for Sharon Bligh.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/715/small.jpg?1516750996)
![Headshot for Amaris Bradley, Partnerships Director and Registered Dietitian at Partnership for a Healthier America.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/732/small.jpg?1517498199)
Amaris Bradley
Registered Dietitian and Senior Director, Partnerships, Partnership for a Healthier America
Speaker bio![Victoria Kumpuris Brown, Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2017 Building a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/270/small.jpg?1490153476)
![Headshot of Dr. Susan Canizares of Learning Care Group.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/714/small.jpg?1516750905)
![Headshot of Philippe Caradec, Vice President, Public Affairs for DanoneWave and speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/779/small.jpg?1521063893)
![Headshot of William Colgrove, Chief Creative Officer at Threespot and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/876/small.jpg?1524507695)
William Colgrove
Chief Creative Officer at Threespot
![Headshot of Lauren Compere, Managing Director, Boston Common Asset Management; Member of the Board, Access to Nutrition Foundation, and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/859/small.jpg?1523977258)
Lauren Compere
Managing Director, Boston Common Asset Management; Member of the Board, Access to Nutrition Foundation
Speaker bio![Headshot of Tamika Curry Smith, Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Mercedes-Benz USA and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/781/small.jpg?1521065231)
![Portrait of PHA Board Member Dr. Bill Dietz.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/250/small.jpg?1523976185)
Dr. William Dietz
Chair of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness at Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University
Speaker bio![Image of Helen Driskell, Sales Director, Procter & Gamble and speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/797/small.jpg?1521663291)
![Headshot of Brian Ebersole, Senior Director of Springboard Health at Geisinger, and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/879/small.jpg?1524508857)
Brian Ebersole
Senior Director of Springboard Health at Geisinger
![Headshot of Dr. Christina Economos, Professor and the New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Medical School at Tufts University; co-Founder and Director of ChildObesity180, and speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/857/small.jpg?1523974883)
Dr. Christina Economos
Professor and the New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Medical School at Tufts University; co-Founder and Director of ChildObesity180
Speaker bio![Portrait of James R. Gavin III, Chair of PHA's Board of Directors.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/247/small.jpg?1493734436)
Dr. James Gavin
Clinical professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and clinical professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine
Speaker bio![Headshot for Dan Glickman, Vice President of the Aspen Institute and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/783/small.jpg?1521065963)
![Headshot for Melissa Graham.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/717/small.jpg?1516751238)
![Headshot for Caron Gremont, Senior Director of Healthy Eating at Martha's Table in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/761/small.jpg?1519334641)
![Headshot of Susan Harris, Senior Director, Obesity Management at Novo Nordisk and a speaker at Partneship for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/887/small.jpg?1524514143)
Susan Harris
Senior Director, Obesity Management at Novo Nordisk
![Headshot of Dr. Ed Harwood, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Aero Farms and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/885/small.jpg?1524512064)
Dr. Ed Harwood
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of Aero Farms
![Image of Dr. Todd Hobbs, vice president and chief medical officer for Novo Nordisk in North America, and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/963/small.jpg?1532624054)
![Alex Hurd, Business Development, U.S. Health and Wellness at Walmart, is a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/698/small.jpg?1516641661)
![Placeholder headshot for speakers at the Partnership for a Healthier America's 2017 Building a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/319/small.jpg?1491523779)
Dr. Wendy L. Johnson
Vice President, Nutrition, Health and Wellness, Nestle Corporate Affairs
![Inge Kauer is a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Summit;](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/854/small.jpg?1523930986)
![Headshot of Amber Kelley, Blogger and YouTuber at Cook With Amber, and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/750/small.jpg?1519328614)
![Headshot of Shiriki Kumanyika, Professor Emerita, University of Pennsylvania, and Chairman of the Expert Group of ATNF, and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/860/small.jpg?1523977770)
Shiriki Kumanyika
Professor Emerita, University of Pennsylvania, and Chairman of the Expert Group of ATNF
Speaker bio![Headshot of Silvia Lagnado, Global Chief Marketing Officer at McDonald’s and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/864/small.jpg?1524496590)
![Headshot of Bruce Y. Lee, MD, MBA is associate professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, executive director of the Global Obesity Prevention Center (GOPC) at Johns Hopkins, and director of Operations Research at the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) as well as associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/869/small.jpg?1524500527)
Dr. Bruce Lee
Director, Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
![Mike Lee, founder of The Future Market, is a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/709/small.jpg?1516658942)
![Headshot of Ido Leffler, the co-founder and Chairman of Brandless.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/670/small.jpg?1509913034)
![Image of Paul Lightfoot, Chief Executive Officer, BrightFarms and speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/798/small.jpg?1521663412)
![Headshot of Renske Lynde](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/720/small.jpg?1516751586)
![Headshot for Braeden Mannering, Founder of 3Bs: Braeden's Brown Bags.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/753/small.jpg?1519331486)
![Headshot of Tom McDougall, Founder of 4P Foods and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/742/small.jpg?1519324071)
![Headshot of Congresssman Jim McGovern.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/889/small.jpg?1524752588)
Congressman Jim McGovern
Congressman Jim McGovern represents Massachusetts's 2nd Congressional District.
![Headshot for David McInerney, Co-Founder and Chief Food Adventurer at FreshDirect, and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/676/small.jpg?1510759436)
![Headshot for Theresa Miller of Girls on the Run International.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/713/small.jpg?1516750812)
![Headshot of H. Melvin Ming, Former President and CEO of Sesame Workshop.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/866/small.jpg?1524498559)
H. Melvin Ming
Former President and CEO, Sesame Workshop
![Headshot of Caitlin Morris, Senior Director, Community Impact at Nike and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/883/small.jpg?1524511392)
Caitlin Morris
Senior Director, Community Impact at Nike
![Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, Dean at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, is a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/701/small.jpg?1516642627)
Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian
Dean, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Speaker bio![Headshot of Andrea Muscadin, Partnerships VP at Partnership for a Healthier America.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/875/small.jpg?1524506121)
Andrea Muscadin
Vice President, Partnerships at Partnership for a Healthier America
![Headshot of Andrea Nielsen, Director of Corporate Responsibility for Target and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/786/small.jpg?1521068563)
![Headshot of Kapil Parakh, Medical Lead at Google Fit and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/873/small.jpg?1524504550)
Kapil Parakh
Medical Lead at Google Fit
![Headshot for Rachel Pratt](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/718/small.jpg?1516751365)
![Nancy Quan, Chief Technical Officer at Coca-Cola North America, is a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/749/small.jpg?1519327857)
![Image of Rod Reasen, Chief Executive Officer, Springbuk Analytics and speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/796/small.jpg?1521663164)
![Headshot of Lisa Roberson, National Director of Wellness and Sustainability at Morrison.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/871/small.jpg?1524501747)
Lisa Roberson
National Director of Wellness and Sustainability at Morrison
![Headshot for Dr. Sally Rockey, executive director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR).](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/881/small.jpg?1524510129)
Dr. Sally Rockey
Executive Director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
![Headshot for Dr. Dina Rose](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/719/small.jpg?1516751468)
![Headshot for Lisa Ross, President, Edelman Washington, DC, and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/846/small.jpg?1523455009)
![Headshot for Alexa Schmidt, Dietitian for Binghamton University Dining Services.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/754/small.jpg?1519331873)
![Image of Dr. Shreela Sharma, Co-Founder, Brighter Bites and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/795/small.jpg?1521663074)
![Headshot of Daniel Sieberg, Eco-System Growth Lead; Co-founder of Civil and speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/789/small.jpg?1521069307)
![Headshot for Brigadier General Allyson Solomon, U.S. Air Force, Retired; Mission: Readiness Member; President of the National Guard Youth Foundation, and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/858/small.jpg?1523975118)
Brigadier General Allyson Solomon
U.S. Air Force, Retired; Mission: Readiness Member; President of the National Guard Youth Foundation
Speaker bio![Tanya Steel, a global leader in the food, health and wellness, is a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/745/small.jpg?1519325306)
![Image of Rick Stollmeyer, Chief Executive Officer, MINDBODY and speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/799/small.jpg?1521664477)
![Headshot for Stacy Taylor, Head of Social Innovation at Fresh EBT and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/763/small.jpg?1519335891)
![Headshot for Haile Thomas, Founder and CEO of the nonprofit HAPPY (Health Active Positive Purposeful Youth).](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/757/small.jpg?1519332754)
![Headshot for Brooks Tingle, President and Chief Executive Officer at John Hancock Insurance.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/758/small.jpg?1519333143)
![Allen Twigg, Executive Director, Behavioral & Community Health Services at Meritus Health, is a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/705/small.jpg?1516644542)
Allen Twigg
Executive Director, Behavioral & Community Health Services at Meritus Health
Speaker bio![Headshot of Elizabeth Vegas, Director, Business Sector Strategies, Alliance for a Healthier Generation and a panel moderator at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/861/small.jpg?1523977976)
Elizabeth Vegas
Director, Business Sector Strategies, Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Speaker bio![Headshot of Richard Way, Chief Executive Officer at Sport for Life Society and a speaker at Partnership for a Healthier America's 2018 Innovating a Healthier Future Summit, May 2-4 in Washington, DC.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/791/small.jpg?1521070504)
![Headshot of Dr. Howell Wechsler, CEO of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/867/small.jpg?1524498716)
![Headshot or Braxton Young, Founder of Healthy Little Cooks.](https://pha-cms.s3.amazonaws.com/image/760/small.jpg?1519334209)