Food Security Alignment Team
The Polk Vision good Security Council’s purpose is to work to end hunger in Polk County by addressing equitable access to food; educating and empowering community members to make healthy food choices and aligning private and charitable food programs with government food programs.
2023-2024 Food Security Council Members
Rod Crowley, Ed.D., Co-Chair, United Way of Central Florida
Nicole Walker, Co-Chair, UF/IFAS Extension Polk
Benjamin Abbott, Multiply Christian Church
Jane Adams Waters, City of Haines City
Tonya Akwetey, Healthy Start Coalition of Hardee, Highlands, and Polk Counties
Marcia Andresen, Healthy Families Polk
Bernice Bass, Florida Department of Health in Polk County
Katherine Bates, Nutrition Reset
David Berry, The Mission of Winter Haven
Steve Bissonnette, VISTE
Kelley Brickfield, Feeding Tampa Bay
Leslyn Campbell Diaz, Polk County BoCC
Michelle Crawford, Yoga with Michelle Crawford
Kathy Dobson, Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida
Deena Drumgo, City of Lake Wales
Ashley Dukes, Polk County Public Schools
Katie Fincher, Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine
Lori Friers, Hardee Help Center
Elizabeth Gonzalez, Lake Wales Care Center
Alison Grooms, AdventHealth
Fatmeh Hafer, Polk County Public Schools
Melissa Hilligoss, The Freedom Tour
Claudine Humber, Florida Children’s Museum
Joy Jackson, M.D., Florida Department of Health in Polk County
Jenna Kaczmarski, Locally Grown, Inc
Teresa Kelly, Health Council of West Central Florida
Jenna Levine, Florida Department of Health in Polk County
Erin Martinez, Talbot House Ministries
June May, United Way of Central Florida
Jessica Napoleon, Florida Department of Health in Polk County
Andrea Nikolai, UF/IFAS Extension Polk
Kasandra Noel, Central Florida Health Care
Donald Nunnery, Winter Haven Police Department
Angie Pattison, Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Tampa Bay
Jessica Pease, United Way Central Florida
Emilie Quam, Lake Wales Care Center
Rob Quam, Lake Wales Care Center
Amy Royal, kidsPACK, Inc.
Terri Saltzman, BoCC
Rosalba Semidey, St Vincent de Paul Western District
Julie Sing, AdventHealth
Christie Sitek, Frostproof Care Center
Damaria Smith, Healthy Start Coalition of Hardee, Highlands & Polk Counties, Inc
Kristen Smith, BayCare Health System
Latonya Smith, Joules Wellness Concepts
Matt Spence, Feeding Tampa Bay
Sierra Till, Polk County Public Schools
Jill Vaillancourt, Hardee Help Center
Ismary Vento, Health Council of West Central Florida
Holly Vida, BoCC
Steve Warner, Ed.D, Polk County Public Schools
Karen Webb, Feeding Tampa Bay
James Wesley Nall, Health Council of West Central Florida
Samantha Wholley, Feeding Tampa Bay
Bobby Williams, The Freedom Church
Paul Womble, Polk County Emergency Management
Katie Yates, Mulberry Community Service Center