Spoons Across America

Our team

Board of Directors

Diane Harris Brown
The James Beard Foundation, Director of Educational and Community Programming

Jared Brown
Brown and Guilbert, Counselor at Law

Barbara Cabassa
UBS Investment Bank, Executive Director

David Dallis
Bear Dallis Associates, Consultant

Lynda Dias
New York City College of Technology, Lecturer of Hospitality Management

Rita Jammet
Bouquet Ventures, LLC, Owner

Julia V. Jordan
New York City College of Technology, Professor of Hospitality
Management

Reuel M. Jordan
Bank Street College of Education, Dean of Children’s Programs

Waldy Malouf
Beacon Restaurant & Bar, Partner/Chef

Keith Myers
American Express, Vice President

Bill Yosses
Pastry Chef

National Spokesperson

Jacques Pépin
Chef/Author/TV personality

National Advisory Board

Michael Batterberry
Food Arts Magazine, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher

Tina Breslow
Breslow Partners, President

Ivan Charner
National Institute of Work & Learning, Vice President

Kathy Charner
Gryphon House Publishing, Editor-in-Chief

Andria Chin
Lehrman + Chin Public Relations, Co-owner

Feliberto Estévez
Office of the Mayor, New York City, Executive Chef

Deborah Freundlich
Freundlich Associates, Vice President

Richard Grausman
Careers Through Culinary Arts Program, (CCAP), President and Founder

Babara Haber
Food Historian

Dorothy Hamilton
French Culinary Institute at the International Culinary Center, Founder and CEO

Perri Klass, M.D.
New York University, Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics

Laura Lehrman
Lehrman + Chin Public Relations, Co-owner

Michael Lomonaco
Porter House New York, Executive Chef

Tim Love
Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Chef/Owner

Marion Nestle, Ph.D.
New York University, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition

Salvatore Rizzo
De Gustibus Cooking School, Owner

Richard Smilow
The Institute of Culinary Education, President

Chef Bobo
The Calhoun School, Executive Chef

Ann Harvey-Yonkers
FarmFRESH Markets, Co-Director

Staff

Robert Grabel
Spoons Across America, Executive Director
robert@spoonsacrossamerica.org

Ali Weisman McDowell
Spoons Across America, Education Director

Marva Butler
AmeriCorps.VISTA. NYC Civic Corps
Spoons Across America, Development and Community Relations
butler@spoonsacrossamerica.org

Alix Small
AmeriCorps.VISTA.NYC Civic Corps
Spoons Across America, Volunteer Coordinator
small@spoonsacrossamerica.org

* Alix Small & Marva Butler