02
March 2015
Past Event
How Food Executives Think: From Profit Margins to New Products

How Food Executives Think: From Profit Margins to New Products

Past Event
FHI 360 Building, Vista Room - 8th Floor
March 02, 2015
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02
March 2015
Past Event

1825 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005

Speakers:
Hank Cardello

Former Senior Fellow and Director, Food Policy Center

Lisa Gable

President, Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation

Wendy Johnson-Askew

Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Nestlé

Richard Black

Vice President, Global Nutrition, PepsiCo

Join the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Hudson Institute at the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research for a quarterly seminar series: Articulating the Food Industry Context: Potential Frameworks for Profiting Health led by Hank Cardello, senior fellow and director of the Obesity Solutions Initiative at Hudson Institute.

The first seminar, How Food Executives Think: From Profit Margins to New Products, will be held on March 2, 1:30-4:30 pm at the FHI 360 Building, Vista Room - 8th Floor, 1825 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. Mark your calendars for the other upcoming seminars on May 19, October 20, and December 10.

To RSVP or request more information, please contact Mary Ellen Brown at the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation by emailing mebrown@healthyweightcommit.org

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