Mar 11, 2020

Chapter Frty-One >>>>> Culinary and Wellness Services


MPS Culinary and Wellness Services is led by Director Bertrand Weber and is one of many MPS staff members who reports directly to chief Operations Officer Karen Devet.


 

MPS culinary and Wellness Services has been one of the most responsive such entities in the nation with regard to the provision of healthy food options to students and was very welcoming of Michelle Obama’s campaign for such options to the young people of the United States.  On the relevant website of the Minneapolis Public Schools, one finds numerous links to information on lunch menus, current menus, smart snacks, recipes, nutrition and ingredients, fresh fruits and vegetables, special dietary needs, food trucks and catering, and such feature programs as the following:

 

>>>>>    Farm to School

 

>>>>>    Minnesota Thursdays

 

>>>>>    Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

 

>>>>>    Community Eligibility Provision

 

>>>>>    True Food Chef Council

 

>>>>>    Snack Supper

 

>>>>>    Great Lakes Apple Crunch

 

Staff and other information given on the Culinary and Wellness Services website is as follows:

 

Culinary and Wellness Services Staff

 

Bertrand Weber, Director

 

Mark Augsutine, Executive Chef & Operations Manager

Omar Guevera Soso, Operations Manager

Julie Danzi, Student Wellness Manager

Josiah Nebo, Senior Accountant

Ricard Hollenback, Sous Chef and Operations Supervisor

Lori Valenziano, Senior Buyer

John Kons, Logistics Supervisor

Eric Hansen, Catering Supervisor

Daniel Gilman, Supervisor & Packaging Distribution

Anita Clare, Training Specialist

Kate Seybold, Farm to School Coordinator

Erin Lynch, Registered Dietician

Dane Rosso, Dietetic Specialist

Anne Ferrera, Menu Planner

Konni Yingst, Site Supervisor

Teresa Nelson, Site Supervisor

Ashley Schneider, Site Supervisor

Anthony Caruso, Site Supervisor

Teresa Nelson, Site Supervisor

Sara Eugene, Extended School Meals Coordinator

Jennifer Bordon, Active Living

Kollin Leisinger, Graphic Artist

Wanda Micks, Account Clerk

Hashep Seka, Information Assistant

 

Quick Contacts

 

Questions?  Please reach out to some of our key staff members who are eager and ready to help you in any way they can.

 

Omar Guevara-Soto, Site Operation and Site Staffing

612-668-2839

 

Hashep Seko

Application for Educational Benefits (formally known as Free and Reduced Lunch)

612-668-2865

 

Julie Danzl, Wellness Policy, Student Wellness

612-668-2857

 

Jenny Bordon, Safe Routes to School, Bicycling, Bus Stop, and Walking

612-668-2877

 

Sara Eugene, After School Snacks, Suppers, Summer Meals

612-668-2822

 

Kate Seybold, Farm to School, Taste Tests, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, (FFVP), School Gardens

612-668-2852

 

Erin Lynch, Speical diet Requests, Nutrition Education

612-668-2847

 

Eric Hanson, Catering Functions. School Cookouts, Food Truck

612-668-2854

           

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