Mary Ann Bennett
Project Specialist II
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- School based initiatives
- Maine-ly Nutrition and Take Time! School Program
- Communication and technical assistance with Farm to School and other local food ventures
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Charlie Carter
Research Assistant |
- Conducts literature reviews; drafts evaluation instruments and performs data collection and preliminary analysis work.
- Contributes to a variety of nutrition and physical activity projects.
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Jamar Croom
Research Analyst II |
- Development, implementation and evaluation of physical activity programs in a variety of settings with special population groups including Somali, Native Americans and older adults
- Mainely Nutrition and Take Time! program
- Healthy Maine Walks, use of trails, parks and recreation opportunities in Maine
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Kay Dutram
Director Public Health and Policy |
- Assures alignment with the Cutler Institute and Muskie School applied research goals, and integration with academic activities.
- Collaboratively leads with other senior staff the strategic visioning and positioning to achieve desired results for the teams of applied researchers working on MNN projects.
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Catherine Giles
Policy Associate II |
- Specializes in physical activity and healthy eating promotion program development with organizations serving children
- Program evaluation planning and assessment instrument implementation and design
- Team Nutrition
- SNAP-Ed school-based and child care center education programs to promote healthy eating and physical activity
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Teresa Hubley
Research Associate II |
- Specializes in evaluation, qualitative research, and GIS
- Assessing Access to Healthy Foods in Rural Environments
- MNN GIS initiative
- Educational and Administrative Reporting System (EARS) compliance
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Lori Kaley
Manager of Public Health Programs |
- Leadership and administrative responsibility for planning, oversight, strategic direction, and evaluation of public health-related projects including the Maine Nutrition Network
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Matt L'Italien
Project Specialist II |
- Development, administration, and evaluation of community-based nutrition education programming
- Investigation of the role of rural food environments in the diet of low-income families
- Use of technology to improve health communication
- Vegetable promotion with WIC participants
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Madeline Martin
Research Associate I |
- Provides specialized technical assistance and coordination assistance on SNAP-Ed projects for special populations, such as:
- Native Americans
- people with developmental disabilities
- Participates in implementation of the Healthy Weight Awareness Campaign (HWAC)
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DeeDee Reardon
Project Specialist |
- Maine Nutrition Network website design and development
- Web and graphic design for special projects
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Amy Root
Policy Analyst |
- Specializes in the area of policy and environmental change and best practices for physical activity and obesity prevention.
- Mainely-Nutrition and Take Time! School Program
- Legislative issures regarding PAN and Obesity Prevention
- Improvements in walking and biking transportation and connecting land use to physical activity issues as well as increased access to indoor and outdoor places for physical activity
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Chris Sady
Program Development Associate |
- Coordinates the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) Projects which directly impact special population groups including Somali, Native Americans, WIC participants and older Americans
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Alice Schlosser
Project Assistant |
- School based projects
- Maine-ly Nutrition and Take Time! School Program
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Kevin Scribner
Program Analyst |
- Development of Budgets, Projections and Reporting Systems for various projects within the Maine Nutrition Network
- Data Collection Design and Analysis for various projects within the Maine Nutrition Network
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