Watch General Session videos from the 2022 Menus of Change conference below.

Watch a playlist of all 2021 Menus of Change videos here.

 
 

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Allison Righter, MSPH, RDN (Director of Health and Sustainability Programs, Strategic Initiatives Group, CIA)

  • Rupa Bhattacharya (Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives and Industry Leadership, CIA)

General Session I: Food, Health, and the Climate Crisis: The Case for Accelerating Change

  • Michael Kaufman (Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School; Co-Chair, Menus of Change Business Leadership Council)

  • Michelle Williams, SM, ScD (Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

  • Sara Bleich, PhD (Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity, USDA)

  • Walter Willett, MD, DrPH (Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Chair, Menus of Change Scientific & Technical Advisory Council)

  • Matthew Raiford ’98 (Chef/Owner, Gilliard Farms)

  • Emily Broad Leib, JD (Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic)

General Session II: Minding Our Future (and Your Brain): Healthy Aging, Food, and Lifestyle

  • Chavanne Hanson, MPH, RD (Food Choice Architecture and Nutrition Manager, Google; Co-Chair, Menus of Change Business Leadership Council)

  • Lilian Cheung, ScD, RD (Lecturer, Director of Health Promotion & Communication, and Director of Mindfulness Research & Practice, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Member, Menus of Change Scientific & Technical Advisory Council)

  • Rudy Tanzi, PhD (Director of Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Co-Director of the McCance Center for Brain Health, Co-Director of the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, and Vice-Chair of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital)

 
 

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Welcome & Introduction to the Day

  • Cathy Jörin, MBA (Senior Director, School of Graduate and Professional Studies, CIA)

General Session III: Plant-Forward, Plant-Based: The Business and Technology of Industry Change

  • Kate Cox (Food Journalist and Former Editor-In-Chief, The Counter)

  • Marie Molde, RD, MBA (Trend Analyst, Datassential; Member, Menus of Change Business Leadership Council)

  • Stephanie von Stein (Senior Associate Director, International Engagement, Good Food Institute)

  • Rachel Dreskin (CEO, Plant-Based Foods Association)

General Session IV: From “Meatless Monday” to #NoBeefWeek to “Meat Me Halfway”—Reimagining Engagement Strategies to Transform American Menus

  • Deena Shanker (Food Reporter, Bloomberg)

  • David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM (Founder/President, True Health Initiative; Founding Director, Yale University Prevention Research Center)

  • Daphene Altema-Johnson, MPH, MBA, RDN, LD (Program Officer, Food Communities & Public Health, The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future)

  • Brian Kateman (Executive Director, Reducetarian Foundation)

 
 

General Session V: Culinary Culture and Climate Change: Reimagining Excellence

  • Rupa Bhattacharya (Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives Group, CIA)

  • Naama Tamir (Co-Owner, Lighthouse; Brooklyn, NY)

General Session VI: On the Menu: Net Zero Emissions

  • Kathy Cacciola (Global Sustainability Lead, Food Program, Google Food)

  • Brent Loken (Global Food Lead Scientist, World Wildlife Fund)

  • Melanie Levine (Manager, Food & Agriculture Pathway, World Business Council for Sustainable Development)

  • Julia Jordan (Senior Sustainability Director, Compass Group North America)

General Session VII: Strategies for Change: Disruptive Foodservice Insights from Health Care and K-12 School Nutrition

  • Allison Righter, MSPH, RDN (Director of Health and Sustainability Programs, Strategic Initiatives Group, CIA)

  • Emma Sirois, MUEP (National Director, Healthy Food in Health Care, Health Care Without Harm)

  • Katie Wilson, PhD, SNS (Executive Director, Urban School Food Alliance)

 
 

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General Session VIII: Wine and the Climate Crisis: Collective Action to Decarbonize a Prized Beverage

  • Katie Jackson (Co-Founder, International Wineries for Climate Action)

General Session IX: The Business of Change: Financial Markets, ESG, and the Food Industry in Transition

  • Michael Kaufman (Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School; Co-Chair, Menus of Change Business Leadership Council)

  • Akash Mirchandani (Vice President, Kitchen Fund; Member, Menus of Change Business Leadership Council)

  • Megan Bloomer, PhD (Vice President of Sustainability & CSR, The Cheesecake Factory; Member, Menus of Change Business Leadership Council)

  • Cameron Rabe, MBA (Associate Professor, School of Business and Management, CIA)

General Session X: Growing Leadership: Educating the Next Generation of Food System Changemakers

  • Allison Righter, MSPH, RDN (Director of Health and Sustainability Programs, Strategic Initiatives Group, CIA)

  • Rupa Bhattacharya (Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives Group, CIA)

  • Roshara Sanders ’14 (Lecturing Instructor, School of Culinary Arts, CIA)

  • Anne E. McBride, PhD (Vice President of Programs, James Beard Foundation; Member, Menus of Change Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee)

  • Naila Varawalla ‘23 (Bachelor’s Student, CIA; Student Fellow, MCURC)

Reflections: Owning the Urgency of our Challenges

  • Allison Righter, MSPH, RDN (Director of Health and Sustainability Programs, Strategic Initiatives Group, CIA)

  • Chavanne Hanson, MPH, RD (Food Choice Architecture and Nutrition Manager, Google)

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