Who We Are

Cara is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with a culinary background as a trained chef. With previous experience as a canteen manager, Cara has a comprehensive understanding of the challenges involved in canteen operations.

A passionate advocate for the role of food in education, Cara adopts a collaborative and team-oriented approach to ensure that school food not only meets nutritional standards but also supports health education. Cara is dedicated to working closely with schools, staff, and the community to promote student health and well-being.

Nutrition Australia

Nutrition Australia is a Health Promotion Charity with 45-year history of helping Australian communities build nourishing, affordable and sustainable food environments.

Megan is the Chief Executive Officer of Foodcore Nutrition Services Inc. and has nearly 20 years’ experience as a Public Health Nutritionist.

Megan has extensive knowledge and expertise in strategic development, project management, public health, community engagement and training and assessment. She has high level skills in developing partnerships and a proven track record of implementing multi-year projects and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. Megan is passionate about providing and promoting food that is tasty, nutritious and builds healthy eating foundations.

Foodcore Nutrition Services Inc

Foodcore is a not for profit charity that advocates for healthy food environments in schools, community, sport, health services, workplaces and early years settings.

Based in Western Australia Foodcore has over 30 years’ experience in supporting food services to operate healthy, sustainable food businesses by offering training, resources, and advocacy for canteen staff and volunteers.

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is to advance the health of children and young people living in sustainable communities across Australia by introducing pleasurable food education to children and young people during their learning years.

Our evidence-based Kitchen Garden Program is a positive, preventative health and education program proven to build food literacy, knowledge and skills, while supporting cross-curriculum learning and development outcomes, school engagement and social connection for children and young people in schools and early childhood.

Keryn is a qualified nutritionist with a background in teaching Health and Nutrition and Business Studies at The University of Queensland. She has a long career in various food industries and has an interest in food innovation and cooking in a healthy and sustainable environment.

Queensland Association of School Tuckshops (QAST)

The Queensland Association of School Tuckshops is a not-for-profit membership association working with Queensland school communities to build capacity in tuckshops and improve health outcomes for children.

Our vision is Healthy and empowered school tuckshops, and we exist to support Queensland tuckshops to deliver healthy food and sustainable services.

Skye is a public health nutritionist who leads the nom! Schools program at Foodbank WA. She has extensive experience working with children and young people across Western Australia, delivering the hands-on healthy eating and cooking program which aims to improve students knowledge, confidence and skills to support healthy eating.

Skye’s work values equity, empowerment, collaboration and evidence-based practice, to ensure every program is tailored to meet the needs of the communities and participants she works with.

Foodbank WA

Foodbank WA is a not-for-profit organisation with the purpose to feed, educate and advocate for Western Australians in need.

We feed people facing food insecurity through our six branches, Mobile Foodbank, charity partners and School Breakfast Program. We educate people about healthy eating through nom!, our nutrition education and cooking programs and we advocate for those facing food stress.

At Foodbank WA we believe everyone should have access to healthy food because it’s a basic human right.

Rob is currently the CEO of Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation with previous experiences across food systems including in the UK leading as Chairperson the establishment of the School Food Trust – an arm’s length Government organisation responsible from 2004-2016 for the Transformation of School Food, Nutritional Standards, Food Based Standards, Policy and Advocacy for 10 million meals per day in English schools.

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is to advance the health of children and young people living in sustainable communities across Australia by introducing pleasurable food education to children and young people during their learning years.

Our evidence-based Kitchen Garden Program is a positive, preventative health and education program proven to build food literacy, knowledge and skills, while supporting cross-curriculum learning and development outcomes, school engagement and social connection for children and young people in schools and early childhood.

Kathryn is CEO of EON Aboriginal Foundation. She has over 15 years’ experience in community development, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery, with a strong focus on long-term impact – through capacity building – in remote Aboriginal communities.

EON Aboriginal Foundation

EON works to improve food security and reduce health disparities in remote Aboriginal communities through edible gardens and hands-on nutrition education, empowering children, families and communities to thrive.