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"Wendy's effectiveness is due to her strong listening and organizational skills coupled with an open and inclusive style"

--Dr. Sandy Stenmark, Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente

WPM CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

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STAFF SUPPORT FOR COLORADO FOOD SYSTEMS ADVISORY COUNCIL
Client: LiveWell Colorado
• Boost effectiveness of the council by fostering communication and collaborative decision making
• Provide expertise in emerging trends of food system policy, projects and research
• Develop a fundraising plan and securing funds from various resources

COLORADO FOOD ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
Client: LiveWell Colorado, State ARRA Grant
• Develop written/web-based framework for analyzing state and regional food systems
• Determine potential for increased food production, processing, distribution and access to healthy Colorado foods
• Collect resources demonstrating best practices in community food systems and develop tools to help local communities advance policies that will lead to improvements in their food systems

COLORADO FARM TO SCHOOL
Client: Colorado Department of Agriculture
• Support the development of regional Farm to School networks across the state
• Develop the tools needed to make long-term, market relationships thrive between fruit and vegetable growers and schools

LONGMONT COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEM ASSESSMENT
Client: LiveWell Longmont
• Work with the LiveWell Longmont Coalition and its food systems subcommittee to develop both product and process goals for a city-wide, participatory food systems assessment
• Inform LiveWell Longmont's policy and environmental strategies to improve access to healthy foods for all residents

COLORADO FOOD POLICY BLUEPRINT
Client: LiveWell Colorado
• Set a strategic framework for conducting a comprehensive analysis of Colorado's food systems
• Lead development of a practical food policy prescription to help state and local leaders increase access to healthy foods across Colorado

HEALTHY KIDS LEARN BETTER SUMMIT
Client: Colorado Legacy Foundation
• Coordinate and develop an interactive health summit to bring policy makers and community leaders together in partnership with educators and school districts to improve student health and wellness
• Work with districts to develop cross-disciplinary teams and assist in the recruitment of these teams

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE of Wendy Peters Moschetti

CIVIC RESULTS
• Staffed the Metro Denver Health & Wellness Commission’s Healthiest Schools & Early Childhood Team, and Access to Healthy Foods Team
• Promoted policy and environmental changes such as stronger school wellness policies and tools to work with local policy makers to improve access to local, fresh, healthy foods in Metro Denver
• Facilitated a strategic planning process to develop a Colorado Food systems Policy Council with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

NATIONAL HEALTHY EATING ACTIVE LIVING CONVERGENCE PARTNERSHIP
• Conducted formative research efforts in the initial stages of the Partnership and in their efforts to design a healthy living peer to peer learning network
• Co-authored the first Healthy People in Healthy Places report

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
• Project Coordinator for Gardens for Growing Healthy Communities
• Coordinated a multi-year research project funded by the Centers for Disease Control examining the physical, emotional, and social health benefits of community gardens

MOORE IACOFANO GOLTSMAN, INC.
• Managed projects relating to collaborative planning for rivers and watersheds, parks and recreation, and county social services

“Building Child-friendly Neighborhoods”, NeighborWorks America Community Leadership Institute, May 2005 (Miami) and September 2005 (New York)

An Exploratory Study of Participatory Evaluation and HOPE VI Community Supportive Services; Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California at Berkeley, 2003

Field & Classroom Instructor, Teton Science School, Kelly, WY, 2000

Family Support Specialist, YMCA Family Services & Mental Health, Seattle, WA, 1999

Community Buddies Coordinator, The Arc, Seattle, WA, 1999

Social Work Practicum, Head Start classroom, Seattle, WA, 1998

 
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