Philadelphia Food Summit
Planning Committee
Ted Hewson
Summit Co-Chair
Facilitator, Community Connections Collaborative
Ericka Gaines, MHS
Summit Co-Chair
Director of Community Empowerment and Director of 37th Ward & Frankford Communities That Care Coalition, Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia, 37th Ward Communities That Care Coalition
Ken Myers
Fiscal Sponsor
Co-Founder, The 'M' Movement
Edward J. Borek III
Communications Lead
Communications Chair, Think Dignity
Serita Lewis
Volunteer Coordinator
CEO, UrbnSEEK
Summit Leaders & Content Experts
Rev. Vito Baldini
Executive Director, Small Things, Inc.
Elias Bitar
Co-Founder & President, Normas Restaurant
Dimka Braswell
Co-Director, Philadelphia Food Advisory Council and Farm Administrator, Futurist Farms & Community Garden/FAC
Dianna Coleman, MPH, MA
Eastern Pennsylvania Director, Clean Water Action
Evan Ehlers
Founder & CEO, Sharing Excess
Yvonne Hughes
COO, SCOPE
Roland Kassis
Founder & CEO, Kassis & Co.
Co-Founder, The 'M' Movement
Jean Kirkley
CEO, Boomers R’ Heroes
Dennis Mahoney
Distinguished Fellow, Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania
Sally McCabe
Associate Director, Community Education at Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
April McGreger
Culinary Program & Operations Leader, People's Kitchen Philadelphia
Erica Mines
Agricultural Resource Specialist, Farm Philly
Eli Moraru
Co-Founder & President, The Community Grocer
Erin Morton
Executive Director, Philadelphia Partnership for Nutrition and Health for United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
Ken Peeples, MPH, MSW
Owner & Principal Consultant, Sacred Realm Consulting
Chef Kory Smith
Managing Director & Executive Chef, Philly People of Hope
Owner, Slowcooking, LLC
Michelle Snow
President, Grow Together Snow Foundation
Alicja Spaulding
Adjunct Professor, Saint Joseph's University