NWA 2014 Conference and Business Meetings Agenda
Saturday: May 17, 2014 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Ad Hoc Meetings of Committees & Task Forces (1 hr. increments – Must be pre-scheduled) Board Room
11:00 am – 12 Noon
NWA 2013/14 Conference Planning Committee Meeting Fort Pitt
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
NWA Finance Committee Meeting (Board Members Only) Duquesne Meeting Room
State Section Representative Meeting (Board Members Only) Smithfield Room
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Local Agency Representative Meeting (Board Members Only) Birmingham Meeting Room
Nutrition Services Section Meeting (Board Members Only) Ft. Pitt Meeting Room
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
NWA Executive Committee Meeting (Board Members Only) Duquesne Meeting Room
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Stretch Break NWA Full Board of Directors Meeting (Board Members Only) Duquesne Meeting Room
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Registration Desk Opens Check-in for the WIC: Let’s Move! Walk/Run Benedum Meeting Room
Sunday: May 18, 2014 WIC: Let’s Move! Walk/Run 5:30 am – 10:00 am 5:30 am – 6:30 am
Coordinated by Robert &Francois Check-in for the WIC: Let’s Move! Walk/Run Benedum Meeting Room
WIC: Let’s Move! Walk/Run 6:45 am – 7:30 am
Warm-up with Regie Thornton Outside the Benedum & North Liberty
9:00 am – 10:00 am
8:00 am – 6:00 pm 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
WIC: Let’s Move! Walk/Run Refreshments, Prizes and Giveaways At the Quay (PNC Baseball Stadium) Registration Desk Open Speaker/Media Ready Room (Green Room) Chartiers Meeting Room
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Lactation Suite Available Traders Meeting Room
8:00 am – 12:00 Noon
NINAC Meeting (NINAC Members Only) Brigade Meeting Room
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Ad Hoc Meetings of Committees & Task Forces
(1 hr. increments – Must be pre-scheduled) Board Room
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
State Agency Meet and Greet Commonwealth II Meeting Room
Opening Celebration ®
ReachUSA
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Welcome & Remarks from Shirley Sword, Conference Chair Jacqueline Marlette-Boras, NWA Board Chair Michael Wolf, Secretary, PA Department of Health Kevin W. Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, USDA/FNS Rev. Douglas Greenaway, NWA President & CEO Introduction of NWA’s Candidates for Elective Office Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Chair Exercise with Regie Thornton Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
Opening Plenary 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
“The power of Sesame Street and the National WIC Association: Keeping families healthy” Dr. Jeanette Betancourt, Sr. VP, Outreach and Educational Practices, Sesame Workshop Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
Traditional Indian and Native American WIC Leadership Honoring Ceremony 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Coordinated by Sherrie Perry, National Indian and Native American WIC Coalition Rep. Grand Ballroom 1 & 2 th
Board Chair's WIC 40 Anniversary Reception & Trade Show Opening 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cooking Demonstration with Gregory Silverman, Director, National Partnerships at Share Our Strength Kings Garden Ballroom +
6: 00 pm – Until
Dinner on Your Own
Monday: May 19, 2014 6:45 am – 7:15 am
Morning Exercise with Regie Thornton Brigade Meeting Room
7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Registration Desk Open Kings Garden Ballroom Foyer
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Speaker/Media Ready Room (Green Room) Chartiers Meeting Room
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast, Networking, Visit Exhibits and Poster Sessions Kings Garden Ballroom +
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Lactation Suite Available Traders Meeting Room
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Ad Hoc Meetings of Committees & Task Forces (1 hr. increments – Must be pre-scheduled) Board Room
8:30 am – 9:30 am
General Session
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” Dr. Adolph Brown Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
Break, Networking, Visit Exhibits and Poster Sessions
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Kings Garden Ballroom +
Section Forums
10:00 am – 12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon – 1:30 pm
State Agency Director’s Forum
Local Agency Section Forum
State Nutrition Services Section Forum
Betsy Clarke, Co-chair Sue Woodbury, Co-chair
Heather Miranda, Chair
Kathleen Baker, Co-chair Nicole Nicholson, Co-chair
Who should attend: State Directors Only
Who should attend: All Local Agency Staff are invited.
Who should attend: State Nutritionists and Nutrition Coordinators
Grand Ballroom 3
Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
Commonwealth 1 & 2
Lunch on Your Own / Networking, Visit Exhibits and Poster Sessions Kings Garden Ballroom +
General Session “Perinatal Neuroscience and Skin-to-Skin Contact” 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Dr. Nils Bergman Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Local Agency
State/Federal Partners
Community Stakeholders
Retailers/Food Industry
“Maternal Perinatal Neurobehavior”
“Disaster Planning: Considerations for Program Managers”
“WIC and the Maryland Community...Working Together for Improved Breastfeeding Outcomes”
“Yogurt in WIC- What you Need to Know About the Yogurt Category”
Dr. Nils Bergman
Gail Lumsden, FIS Ellen Vollinger, FRAC
Tammy Seitel, General Mills
Amy Resnik Grand Ballroom 1
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Grand Ballroom 3
Commonwealth 1 & 2
Sterlings 1, 2 & 3
Break, Networking, Visit Exhibits and Poster Sessions Kings Garden Ballroom +
General Session “WIC Research: Food for Thought” 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Loren Bell Linnea Sallack Grand Ballroom 1&2
Organized Off-site Evening Event – Just Ducky Tours (Pre-paid) 5:30 pm – Until 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
(Meet in Wyndham Hotel Lobby at 5:30 PM. Tour Starts at 6:00 PM) Sponsored Reception(s) via Sponsor Notification(s)
6:00 pm – Until
Dinner on Your Own
Tuesday: May 20, 2014 6:45 am – 7:15 am
Morning Exercise with Regie Thornton
Brigade Meeting Room
Registration Desk Open
7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Kings Garden Ballroom Foyer
Speaker/Media Ready Room (Green Room)
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Chartiers Meeting Room
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast / Networking, Visit Exhibits and Poster Sessions Kings Garden Ballroom +
Voters’ Registration – NWA Voting Members Only
7:00 am – 7:30 am
Ft. Pitt/Smithfield/Birmingham Foyer
NWA Business Meeting – NWA Voting Members Only
7:30 am – 9:30 am
Ft. Pitt/Smithfield/Birmingham Foyer
Lactation Suite Available
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Traders Meeting Room
Ad Hoc Meetings of Committees & Task Forces (1 hr. increments – Must be pre-scheduled)
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Board Meeting Room
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Local Agency
State/Federal Partners
Community Stakeholders
Retailers/Food Industry
“Intimate Partner Violence”
“USDA Town Hall”
“Reducing Infant Sleep Related Deaths – What You Need to Know”
“Cost Containment & the Pennsylvania Special Formula Distribution Center”
Michael Goodstein Judith Bannon
Greg Landis John McKowen
Commonwealth 1 & 2
Sterlings 1, 2 & 3
Dr. Diana Cheng
Grand Ballroom 4
Debbie Whitford and staff
Grand Ballroom 3
Break, Networking, Visit Exhibits and Poster Sessions
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Kings Garden Ballroom +
11:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Local Agency
State/Federal Partners
Community Stakeholders
Retailers/Food Industry
“If Your Thighs Could Talk”
“Best Practice for Incorporation of Text4Baby into Daily WIC Operations”
“The Influence of Parenting Styles on Feeding Practices
“Food Industry Partnerships that Improve the WIC Experience: What You didn’t know”
Leslie Bonci, RD for Pittsburgh Steelers
Grand Ballroom 4
Anna Hoff Paulette Sinclair-Weir Arielle Burlett,
Jennifer Savage Williams
Melanie Hall
Commonwealth 1 & 2
Grand Ballroom3
Sterlings 1, 2 & 3
NWA Awards Luncheon 12:00 Noon – 2:00 pm
Video: Saving the Children – The Story of WIC, Office of Maryland WIC Program Dr. David Paige Grand Ballroom 1&2
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Local Agency
State/Federal Partners
Community Stakeholders
Retailers/Food Industry
“Hello Courage: An Invitation to Inspire Change
“Retention of Participants Throughout the First
“AAP & WIC – Future Partnerships and Collaborations”
“Vendor Integrity” Lauren Hosterman Donna Hines
by Triggering Heart Buttons” Debi Tipton Pam McCarthy Connie Merriman, Chickasaw Nation Grand Ballroom 4
Five Years”
Dr. Sandra Hassink
Stephanie Bess Angela Odoms-Young Keriann Uesugi Tammy Brooks
Grand Ballroom 3
Commonwealth 1 & 2
Sterlings 1, 2 & 3
Break and Networking
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Kings Garden Ballroom Foyer
General Session “When Obesity Becomes the Norm, What Do We Do?”
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Dr. Gary Bennett, PhD Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
5:30 pm – Until 6:00 pm - Until
Organized Evening Off-site Event – Baseball Game (Pre-paid) (Meet in Wyndham Hotel Lobby) Dinner on Your Own
Wednesday: May 21, 2014 Registration Desk Open
8:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Kings Garden Ballroom Foyer
Continental Breakfast, Networking
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Kings Garden Ballroom Foyer
Speaker/Media Ready Room (Green Room)
8:00 am – 11:00 am
Chartiers Meeting Room
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Local Agency
State/Federal Partners
Community Stakeholders
Retailers/Food Industry
“Eliminating Breastfeeding Disparities for African Americans”
“WIC Reauthorization 101: What Is It and Why Should I Care?”
“Preconception and Prenatal Nutrition: Effects on Infant Mortality and Low Birthweight”
“UPC Codes! What Are They Really All About?”
Martelle Esposito NWA
Kiddada Green Grand Ballroom 4
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Craig Kreider
Jamie Stang Grand Ballroom 3
Commonwealth 1&2
Sterlings 1, 2 & 3
Break, Networking Kings Garden Ballroom Foyer
Closing Plenary
10:30 am – 11:45 am
“Secrets to Making Healthy and Affordable Family Meals (and getting the kids to eat them!)” Melissa d’ Arabian, Celebrity Chef, Television Host, and Best-selling Author Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
11:45 am – 12:00 Noon
Introduction of NWA 2014 – 2015 Board of Directors Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
12:00 Noon – 12:15 pm
NWA's New Board Chair Closing Remarks Grand Ballroom 1 & 2
12:30 pm – 3:00 pm
NWA New Board of Directors Luncheon Meeting Kings Garden Ballroom North & South