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School Nutrition Team Staff Directory

Overview

To reach a specific program area,
dial (608) 266-3509 and select one of the following options:
1 - USDA Foods (Commodities)
2 - School Nutrition
3 - Community Nutrition or Summer Food
4 - Fiscal or Claims
General School Nutrition Program Questions:
Phone: (608) 267-9228
Fax: (608) 267-0363
 
DPI Toll-Free Helpline
(800) 441-4563

Nutrition Program Consultants

For questions about contracts, certification and benefit issuance, verification, meal counting & claiming, finances, reporting, and CEP.

Public Health Nutritionists

For questions about meal pattern, production records, standardized recipes, crediting, OVS, Smart Snacks, and the Buy American Provision.

USDA Foods Contract Specialists

For questions about USDA foods, direct diversion, entitlement dollars, RFPs, food service management companies, and procurement.

Nutrition Education Consultants

For questions about the Team Nutrition Training Grant, student nutrition education, healthy school environments and the AmeriCorps Farm to School program.

General Program Support

For general school nutrition questions.

Accountant

For questions about claims or federal and state grant programs.

Farm to School Specialists

For questions about farm to school. 

Directors

For questions to the director and supervisors of the School Nutrition Team.

Accountant

Jacqueline Darrow
Claims 
Grant programs (federal and state)        
(608) 267-9134

General Program Support

Evangeline (Angie) Swanson
Direct Certification
Document Accessibility
Qualtrics Forms
Summer EBT
(608) 224-5386
Taylor Grace Zietz
General School Nutrition Questions          
Direct Certification
Web Content Author
Document Accessibility
(608) 264-9326
Patty Devine
Office Assistant
"And Justice for All" Posters
(608) 266-1045

Nutrition Program Consultants

Alyssa Santana, RDN, CD
Equipment Grant
Special Milk Program (SMP)
Wisconsin School Day Milk Program (WSDMP)
Free and Reduced Eligibility / Verification
(608) 266-1046
Ann Wiebelhaus
Free and Reduced Eligibility / Verification
Infant and Preschool Meal Pattern
Professional Standards
(608) 267-9233
Deb Wollin, SNS
Finance / Accounting
Food Service Management Companies
Resource Management
(608) 267-3724
Jennifer Tweed, RDN, CD, NDTR
RCCIs
Training Team and E-learning
(608) 266-5191
Jessica Lessner, RDN
Afterschool Snack Program (ASP)
Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)
Paid Lunch Equity (PLE)
Web Content Author
Jill Fehler
Seamless Summer Option (SSO)
Special Milk Program (SMP)
Wisconsin School Day Milk Program (WSDMP)
(608) 266-6947
Kaiten Morgan-MacEwen, RDN
Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)
Document Accessibility
(608) 264-9337
Karen Jardaneh, RDN, CD, SNS
Food Service Management Companies
Local Wellness Policies
Resource Management
ServSafe Instructor and Proctor
(608) 267-9128
Kirsten Homstad, MS, RDN, CD
Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)
Food Safety
ServSafe Instructor and Proctor
Traditional Foods
(608) 267-9132
Michelle Zvonar
FFVP Coordinator
RCCIs
Seamless Summer Option (SSO)
ServSafe Instructor and Proctor
Special Dietary Needs
(608) 267-9125
Susan Bostian Young
Elderly Nutrition Program
Farm to School
School Breakfast
(608) 267-1066
Tanya Kirtz
Free and Reduced Eligibility / Verification
Infant and Preschool Meal Pattern
SNACS Software
Special Milk Program (SMP)
Wisconsin School Day Milk Program (WSDMP)
(608) 266-2410

Public Health Nutritionists

Carla Schmitz-Frank, MS, RDN, CD
Training Team and E-learning Specialist
Web Content Author
(608) 266-5197
Christina Rothe, RDN, CD
SNT Newsletter
Special Milk Program (SMP)
Traditional Foods
Training Team and E-learning Specialist
Wisconsin School Day Milk Program (WSDMP)
(608) 266-2582
Christine Novak, RDN, CD
Afterschool Snack Program (ASP)
Let's Cook Cycle Menus
Smart Snacks
Web Content Author
(608) 261-6325
Haley Donlan, MBA, RDN
School Breakfast
RCCIs
(608) 266-7292
Heidi Rolf, RDN, CD
Food Safety
GOALS Curriculum
ServSafe Instructor and Proctor
Smart Snacks
(608) 264-6700
Kristan O'Toole, MS, RDN, CD
School Breakfast
Social Media
Web Content Author
(608) 266-8837
Maggie Pandl, RDN, CD
Farm to School
FFVP Customer Service
Social Media
Special Dietary Needs
(608) 267-9206

margaret.pandl@dpi.wi.gov

Molly Gregory, RDN, CD
FFVP Coordinator
GOALS Curriculum
ServSafe Instructor and Proctor
Training Team and E-learning Specialist
(608) 267-9276
Tracy Huffman, MS, RDN, CD
Equipment Grant
SNACS Software
(608) 266-7112

Nutrition Education Consultants

Kelly Williams, RDN, CD
Team Nutrition
Local Wellness Policies
Web Content Author
(608) 267-9120
Claire Koenig, MPH, RDN, CD
Team Nutrition
(608) 266-3079
Kara Ignasiak, MS, RDN, CD
AmeriCorps Farm to School Program
(715) 214-6080

USDA Foods and Procurement Contract Specialists

Dino Ante
Document Accessibility
DoD Fresh Program
Ordering System Contact
Web Content Author
(608) 267-4599 or (608) 266-3615
Lera Karns
Equipment Grant
Procurement
Direct Diversion Program
(608) 267-9288
Jessica Oele, MS, RDN, CD
Equipment Grant
Equipment Preapproval
Procurement
State Processing Program
Web Content Author
(608) 266-3296
Laura Paella
Direct Delivery (Brown-Box)
Warehousing / Distribution
(608) 267-4598
Kassidy Wright
Farm to School
Wisconsin Local Food for Schools Program
(608) 266-9686

Farm to School Specialists

Brittany Zerbe, MS, RDN, CD             
Nutrition Education Consultant
(608) 266-5185
Jeff Mallegni                  
Nutrition Program Consultant
(608) 266-2364
David Schneider            
Contract Specialist - Senior
(608) 264-9332

Directors

Jessica Sharkus, RDN, CD
Director
(608) 267-9121
Karrie Isaacson, RDN, CD
Public Instruction Supervisor
Nutrition Program Consultants
(608) 266-2416
Randy Jones
Public Instruction Supervisor
Procurement
(608) 267-2277
Rebekkah Plano, MS, RDN, CD
Public Instruction Supervisor
Public Health Nutritionists and Team Nutrition
(608) 261-6328