• CANFIT (Communities • Adolescents • Nutrition • Fitness)
Completed policy paper on after school physical activity
• California Department of Public Health, School Health Connections
Completed a national assessment of tools and resources on
coordinated school health programs including policy and program planning
• National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, School Health Council
Completed a qualitative evaluation of NACDD’s publication, Partnering for Success:
How Health Departments Work and How to work with Health Departments
• University of California, Davis, Center for Community School Partnerships
and California Department of Public Health, California Project LEAN
Provided consultant services for the 2009 Childhood Obesity Conference
“Nancy has been a pioneer in creating environments that support and influence school and community health. With her eye always on the future, she skillfully develops programs that focus on long-term results.”
Peggy Agron, Chief
California Project LEAN,
California Obesity Prevention Program and
School Health Connections
California Department of Public Health
“Nancy is passionate, committed, and highly skilled. She adds value to any meaningful health effort, working with communities to implement policies that create healthier environments.”
Larry Cohen
Founder and Executive Director
Prevention Institute
“Nancy has provided visionary leadership — particularly in the areas of policy, environmental, and systems change.”
Harold Goldstein
Executive Director
California Center for Public Health Advocacy
“Nancy combines years of experience working in a variety of governmental nutrition and physical activity programs with a savvy strategic analysis framework. Her unique perspective results in effective program development and project management. She is a joy to have on your team.”
Arnell Hinkle
Executive Director
CANFIT
“Nancy is particularly skillful and effective in working with diverse groups. She can have a roomful of people with differing priorities and interests—from a multitude of agencies, organizations, and professional affiliations, and successfully work with them to establish and promote common goals.”
Caroline Roberts, Administrator,
School Health Connections (Retired),
California Department of Education
“Nancy’s leadership has been invaluable. She quietly created a revolution within the agencies she has worked, bringing integrity, innovation, leadership, and a collaborative spirit to the programs in which she was involved.”
Sarah Samuels, DrPH,
Executive Director,
Samuels and Associates
