Please find a selection of videos from the 2025 Menus of Change conference below, thanks to the generous support of our webcast sponsors. Please click on the tool icon in the lower right corner on the video player screen and click “cc” to watch any of the videos with closed captions.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Abby Fammartino, MBA, MSFS (Director of Health and Sustainability Programs and Research, CIA)
Walter Willett, MD, DrPH (Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Opening Keynote: A World View on Leading Change: Crafting Strategy and Leveraging Opportunities
Michiel Bakker (President, The Culinary Institute of America)
General Session I: On Leading Change: Leadership Skills to Drive Incremental Progress at any Level
Danielle Nierenberg (President, Food Tank)
Ann Cooper ’79 (Founder, Chef Ann Foundation)
Jeff Steelman (Head Chef and Vice President of Culinary, HMS Host)
Fariyal Abdullahi ’14 (Executive Chef, Hav & Mar)
Santana Diaz (Director of Culinary Operations and Innovation, Executive Chef, UC Davis Health)
Missy Schaaphok (Director of Global Food Innovation, Sustainability, and Regulatory, Taco Bell)
Amy Keister (Global Director of Sustainability, Compass Group)
General Session II – Part 1: Policymakers Reshaping Menus in Collaboration with Foodservice
Tariq Sheriff, MPH (Business and Development Strategy Manager, Government of the District of Columbia)
Neeti Jain (Strategic Partnerships Advisor, NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy)
Nelson Quiles ‘06 (Senior Director of Policy, Partnerships and Communication, New York City Public Schools Office of Food and Nutrition Services)
Philip DeMaiolo (Corporate Chef/ Senior Manager Culinary Development, Sodexo, Health & Hospital)
Mary McCarthy (VP of Sustainability, Levy Restaurants)
General Session II – Part 2: Policy: Federal Advocacy and Resources for Collaboration with Foodservice
Presentation on City and Federal Level Advocacy Opportunities and Climate Change Resources for Restaurants and Foodservice
Anne E. McBride, PhD (Vice President of Impact, James Beard Foundation)
General Session III – Part 1: Supporting and Expanding Ethical, Values-Based Sourcing of Animal Proteins
Raychel Santo (Senior Food and Climate Research Associate, World Resources Institute)
Ramanan Laxminarayan (Founder and President, One Health Trust; Senior Research Scholar, Princeton University)
Julia Johnson (Head of Food Business, Compassion in World Farming)
Mike Charles (Founder and CEO, La Belle Patrimoine)
Hamzah Abu-Ragheb (Director of Sustainable Sourcing, Aramark)
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