Healthy Eating Grant Recipients

Spring 2024

Vanessa Marquis, ACF Tampa Bay Culinary Association, Riverview, Florida
Shane Scaife, Nisichawayasihk Nehetho Culture and Education Authority, Manitoba, Canada
Bonnie Feola, Beehive, Salt Lake City, Utah
Dain Holland, The STEAD School, Commerce City, Colorado
Donald McMillan, Triad Chapter NC, Lewisville, North Carolina
Gabrielle Evans, ACF Columbus Chapter, Columbus, Ohio
Samuel Spencer, ACF Metro Mobile Chefs & Cooks Association, Mobile, Alabama
Shawn Smith, Hattie Mae and PALS, McLean, Virginia
Denise Fahrenbruch, ACF Flint/Saginaw Valley Chapter, Birch Run, Michigan

Ryan Manning, ACF YCC, Orlando, Florida
Annette Besnilian, Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition, & Dietetics, Northridge, California
Michael Garahan, Chef Mikey LLC, Emporia, Kansas
Bonnie Feola, Beehive, Salt Lake City, Utah
Ashley Keyes, ACF Atlanta Chef’s Association, Kennesaw, Georgia

Tony Hilligoss, Delmarva Chefs and Cooks Association, Salisbury, Maryland
Charlene Zinnel, Dorchester Career & Tech Center, Cambridge, Maryland
Cara Elio, ACF Chefs de Cuisine Association of California LA, Los Angeles, California
Vincent Blancato, ACF Tampa Bay Culinary Association, New Port Richey, Florida
Vanessa Marquis, ACF Tampa Bay Culinary Association, Riverview, Florida
Samuel Spencer, ACF Metro Mobile Chefs & Cooks Association, Mobile, Alabama
Michael Fenster, UMT-Missoula College Culinary Arts Program, Hamilton, Montana
Jennifer McGann, ACF Columbus Chapter, Columbus, Ohio
LaPorsha Cain-McCray, ACF Chefs of Charlotte, Trinity, North Carolina
Dain Holland, STEAD School, Denver, Colorado

Michael Garahan, Chef Mikey, Emporia, Kansas
Elieen Barett, Aromas Boutique Bakery, New York, New York
Marybeth Dunn, Chef de Cuisine of St Louis, Eureka, Missouri
Samuel Spencer, ACF Metro Mobile Chefs and Cooks Association, Mobile, Alabama
Catherine Brown, F.I.T. Nutrition, Aberdeen, Missouri
Jennifer McGann, ACF Columbus Chapter, Columbus, Ohio
Vince Blancato, ACF Tampa Bay Culinary Association, Tampa, Florida
Charlene Zinnel, Delmarva Chefs & Cooks Association, Bridgeville, Delaware
Kimberly Larson, ACF Chefs de Cuisine Association of California, Los Angeles, California
Ashley Keyes, ACF Atlanta Chefs Association, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Amy Lynn Queret-Mitchell, The ACF of Greater Baton Rouge, Melbourne, Arkansas
Jason Avelson, Texas Chefs Association Corpus Christi Chapter, Crowley, Texas

Annette Besnilian, Southern California Chapter, Northridge, California
Leslie Moyer, Treasure Coast Food Bank, Fort Pierce, Florida
Jamie Bostian, Statesville, North Carolina
Maria Anderson, ACF Chicago Chefs, Chicago, Illinois
Vince Blancato, ACF Tampa Bay Culinary Association, Tampa, Florida
Angela Wilson, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, Louisiana
Michael Garahan, Chef Mikey, Emporia, Kansas
Benjamin Whitmore, North Dakota State College of Science, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Joseph Leonardi, ACF Rhode Island Chapter, Plainville, Massachusetts