New Leadership Elected for SNA! 2021-03-03Some great leadership talent will be stepping up to lead the association in the years ahead for the SNA Board of Directors, Industry Advisory Council, and the Leadership Development Committee. Our school nutrition programs face challenges on many fronts and your SNA leaders provide direction and lead action to protect and strengthen programs for the children you serve. A total of 2,104 members voted. A map on the SNA website shows voting participation in states across the country during the two-week voting period. The digital and social media campaigning was in full-swing this year, with creative videos and information being shared by the candidates. We repeated the popular video interviews of candidates for Vice President which were posted on SNA’s website. If you didn’t get a chance to see them during the campaigning, check them out now to meet your elected leaders! A special thanks to all the 2021 candidates. Each demonstrated professionalism and courage by making this important commitment to serve school nutrition programs and you. Congratulations to our newly elected leaders! SNA Board of Directors Voter Participation Over 2,100 SNA members voted in the 2021 election! Thank you for joining us to select the future leaders of SNA! View the map to see the voting participation for your state. Candidate Biographies To view biographical information for each candidate, click on their name below or you can view information for all the candidates here, including video interviews of the 2021 Vice President candidates Monica Deines-Henderson, MBA, SNS and Chris Derico, SNS. Vice PresidentChris Derico, SNS Harrison County Schools West Virginia Southeast Regional DirectorAshley Powell, RDN, PhD, SNS Auburn City Schools Alabama West Regional DirectorErin Bronner, RD, SNS Creighton School District Arizona At-Large DirectorChris Burkhardt, SNS Cleveland Metropolitan School District Ohio SNA Leadership Development Committee Northeast Regional RepresentativeTonya McGill, Ed.D. Newark Board of Education New Jersey Northwest Regional RepresentativeLisa Ward West Jefferson School District 253 Idaho Southwest Regional RepresentativeTeresa Brown, MS, RD, LDN, SNS Saint Charles Parish School Board Louisiana SNA Industry Advisory Council Industry Advisory Council ChairNicole Nicoloff Greenleaf Foods Michigan