Dr. Kathleen Rasmussen, Chair

Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, Kathy is internationally known for her research, which has been supported by the NIH and the USDA, among other organizations, and which has included studies in experimental species, observational and intervention studies in human subjects in the US and several developing countries, and epidemiologic studies based on data from medical records and large cohorts. Continuing her long interest in mentoring future leaders in nutrition, Kathy serves as the principal faculty member at the Dannon Nutrition Leadership Institute, which she helped to develop in 1998. She has served as Secretary and then President of the American Society of Nutritional Sciences and also as the President of the International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation. Kathy was Associate Dean and Secretary of the Cornell University Faculty and, in 2004, began a 4-year term on Cornell’s Board of Trustees.

Judith Frampton serves as a consultant to leaders in and connected to the health care industry. She was named one of the 25 national leaders in disease management by Managed Healthcare Executive for her "commitment, results, innovation, and thought leadership." Prior to launching Judith Frampton LLC, Judith was the Vice President of Medical Management at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, where she is credited with bringing HPHC to the position of Number #1 health plan in the US for an unprecedented 8 years in a row. She brings more than 25 years of experience in the health care industry as a provider of direct patient care, as a leader of clinical innovations, services and strategies in hospitals, clinics, group practices, and as an executive in managed care.

Ray Goldberg co-developed the Agribusiness Program at Harvard Business School in 1955 and from 1970 to 1997 he was the Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business and the head of the Agribusiness Program.  Since 1997, as emeritus professor, Ray has chaired the Agribusiness Senior Management Seminars at HBS and he continues to teach a course on Food Policy and Agribusiness at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.  Ray has served on more than 40 Boards of Directors of major agribusiness firms, farm cooperatives, and technology firms and is an advisor and consultant to numerous government agencies and private firms.  He is also the author and/or editor of 23 books, over 110 articles, and over 1,000 case studies in his field and oversees the cases on The Full Yield.  His current focus includes developing strategies for private, public, and cooperative managers as they position their firms, institutions, and government agencies in a rapidly changing global food system upon which our lives and health depend, and he founded and leads the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic and Consumer (PAPSAC) Food Policy Group at the Kennedy School.   Representing businesses, farmers, government agencies, medical researchers, academics, and consumer activists, PAPSAC is dedicated to addressing the problems of health, economic development, food safety, food security, and managing land and water resources in response to societies’ needs.

Donna K. Lencki is an experienced healthcare entrepreneur with a passion for out-of-the-box thinking. She is currently engaged as a healthcare consultant through her company Geneia. Her clients include health plans, national employers and government sponsored benefit plans. From 1999-2005, she was Co Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Choicelinx Corporation. The Choicelinx Company was sold to CIGNA in August 2005. Today Choicelinx operates as a separate and stand-alone unit of CIGNA Healthcare and its configuration technology has become the foundation for their “custom design benefit builder” which is being deployed nationally. Prior to Choicelinx, Ms. Lencki served as Chief Executive Officer of the Healthsource New England based companies and Senior Vice President for the New England Region of CIGNA Healthcare, which purchased Healthsource in May 1997. In her capacity, she was responsible for managing multiple health plans, almost a billion dollars in revenue, and more than 1,600 employees. From July 1985 - 1993, Ms. Lencki served as Vice President of Marketing for Healthsource, contributing to its growth from a start-up organization to a national managed care company.

Dr. Ariel Linden, President of Linden Consulting Group, Ariel works with health plans on clinical quality improvement and research. His focus in the last three years has been on Disease Management, specifically evaluation strategies for determining program effectiveness and measurement of cost effectiveness. He is widely published and highly regarded in this area. He is active in the Managed Care accreditation process, serving as a surveyor for the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Additionally, he sits on several nationwide boards and committees focused on improving the quality of care delivered to patients, health plan members, and disease management program participants. Ariel currently holds adjunct positions at Oregon Health and Science University’s School of Medicine and School of Nursing.

Deborah Madison is a local writer, former chef, and long time voice for local and seasonal eating. She is the author of eleven cookbooks many of which have garnered national and international awards. Among her books, Local Flavors, Cooking and Eating from Americas Farmers’ Markets, explores the joys of shopping, cooking and eating locally based on visits to more than one hundred farmers markets across the United States. (In the past, she also managed the Santa Fe farmers market and served on its board for 12 years.) She is also the author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, and more recently, What We Eat When We Eat Alone, which was illustrated by her husband, Patrick McFarlin. Her latest book, Seasonal Fruit Desserts from Orchard, Farm and Market, came out this April. Deborah has contributed to such magazines as Gourmet, Food & Wine, Fine Cooking, Organic Gardening, Garden Design, Saveur and Orion. She writes for Culinate.com, Zester Daily, and her own blog at deborahamadison.com. She is a board member of the Seed Savers Exchange and co-director of the Edible Kitchen Garden at Monte del Sol charter school in Santa Fe. Deborah was inducted into the James Beard Hall of Fame in 2006. She lives in Galisteo, New Mexico where she attempts to grow at least some of the food she cooks. The farmers market supplies the rest.