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Wayne Roberts

Wayne Roberts

principalWill Work for Food Policy

engaging speaker; expert on food issues ; connects local food, jobs, health and environment

Local Food ProductionSustainable FoodGreen JobsFood ChartersCommunity Organizing & Development
Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.

Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.

Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health (Principal Investigator); Professor, Department of Human Development and Family StudiesUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Schwartz specializes in school wellness and nutrition programs, and food insecurity.

Food PantriesSchool FoodSNAPSchool Food OptionsNutrition
Frances Fleming-Milici,  PhD

Frances Fleming-Milici, PhD

Director of Marketing Initiatives, Rudd Center for Food Policy and HealthUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Fleming-Milici's work focuses on analyzing the impact of marketing practices on exposure and consumption of unhealthy food and beverages

Food marketing and childhood obesityFood Marketing and PolicySocial Media MarketingSocial MediaMarketing Strategy
Rebecca Puhl, Ph.D.

Rebecca Puhl, Ph.D.

Deputy Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health; Professor, Human Development and Family StudiesUniversity of Connecticut

Clinical psychology expert, specializing in the study of bullying and weight stigmatization

Weight DiscriminationWeight StigmaWeight-based bullying
Professor Louisa Ells

Professor Louisa Ells

Professor of ObesityLeeds Beckett

Louisa has specialised in applied obesity research for the past two decades.

ObesityNutritionPublic HealthWeight Management
Steffanie  Scott

Steffanie Scott

Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental ManagementUniversity of Waterloo

Leading international scholar on food security, food system change, and COVID-19 impacts on the food suppy.

Food Agriculture & EnvironmentCOVID-19 (Coronavirus)ChinaFood PolicyLocal Food Systems
Lisa F. Clark

Lisa F. Clark

Research Associate University of Saskatchewan

Political Scientist researching food politics and food policy

Food Agriculture & EnvironmentPublic Policy AnalysisGovernance & Regulation InnovationFood Safety and Security
Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow

Senior Fellow The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Pulitzer prize finalist with a wealth of experience writing about global food issues, hunger, poverty and international affairs

AfricaFood PolicyAgriculturePovertyTransmedia
Surupa Gupta

Surupa Gupta

Professor of Political Science and International AffairsUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Gupta is an expert on Indian politics and economics, international political economy, gender and development, and South Asian politics.

Indian Politics and EconomicsInternational Political EconomyPolitics of Economic Development South Asian PoliticsGlobal Economic Governance
Allison Karpyn

Allison Karpyn

Associate Professor, Education; Senior Associate Director, Center for Research in Education and Social PolicyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Karpyn can speak to topics such as obesity, food policy and community nutrition.

Farmer’s MarketsSupermarket AccessObesityFood InsecurityPublic Health