Des Moines Metropolitan Area
Real Food 4 Kids licenses our proven nutrition education curriculum to educators, coaches, and other youth organizations, providing the tools to build a foundation for lifelong health.
Founder and owner of Real Food 4 Kids, LLC. We believe that kids who know where their food comes from and how to prepare it will develop a lifelong skill that impacts their health in a positive way. Real Food 4 Kids offers hands-on and online cooking classes and food education classes for kids of all ages.
Provided marketing services to support local foods and sustainable agriculture. Notable projects include Marketing Director for Greater Des Moines Buy Fresh Buy Local Campaign, Branding Consultant to Value Chain Partnerships at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Branding Consultant for the Iowa Food Hub.
Held five Brand Management positions at Kraft Foods, each with increasing responsibility. Worked within Kraft Foods New Product Development, South Beach Diet, umbrella Oscar Mayer Advertising/Promo/PR, and Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs. Within those roles, I evaluated new product platforms, launched new products, developed and led integrated marketing campaigns, managed multi-million dollar budgets, and was responsible for business performance tracking and volume tracking. Worked closely with cross divisional teams throughout tenure to ensure positive results.