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Stronger with School Meals: Back-to-School Resources from USDA’s Team Nutrition

  • Thursday, August 12, 2021
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • GoToWebinar - 3pm EST / 12pm PST

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Stronger with School Meals: Back-to-School Resources from USDA’s Team Nutrition

Thursday, August 12 | 3:00 p.m. EST

Learning Objective - 3200 Program Management


It’s back to school time again!  Join us for an informative and interactive webinar on many multifaceted resources that USDA’s Team Nutrition has to help schools get off to the right start.  This year, with schools transitioning back to normal, these helpful school meals resources may be just what you need.  

Speakers

Sheldon Gordon, MS, RDN, USDA 

Sheldon E. Gordon, MS, RDN is currently the Chief for the Nutrition and Technical Assistance Branch in USDA, Food and Nutrition Service’s (FNS) Child Nutrition Programs (Alexandria, VA). He is responsible for leading the nutrition and technical assistance for programs that provide healthy meals to children including the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Summer Food Service Program. In addition, he oversees the development of technology-based training and technical assistance resources for Child Nutrition program administrators, operators, and stakeholders. Sheldon has over 18 years of service with USDA. He earned Master of Science in Food and Nutrition Science from Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL) and is Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. Sheldon is also a past-president for the Washington, DC chapter of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) and is a current member of the AND.


Erica Smith, MS, RDN,  USDA

is a Nutritionist with The Nutrition and Technical Assistance Branch in Child Nutrition Programs at the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service. She works on several projects ,Crediting Tip Sheets for Meal Components, the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs, Recipe Standardization, and Food Yield Studies. She attended both Colorado State University (BS Nutrition) and D’Youville College (MS Nutrition).


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