2016-2017 ASPHN Collaborations List – This list serves to indicate ASPHN’s relationships with other organizations and identify a contact person for each organization.

Partner Organization / Liaison(s) / Collaboration Member
Partnerships with Assigned Liaisons – These partnerships have an identified ASPHN member serving as a liaison and a Collaboration Committee member assigned to check-in on the partner’s status annually. Liaison- An ASPHN member or Consultant and is assigned by ASPHN’s Executive Director or by the Collaboration Committee in order to work with the designated partner.
Partner Organization / Liaison(s) / Collaboration Member
Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsPublic Health/Community Nutrition Practice Group (PHCNPG) / Shana Patterson
PHCNPG – ASPHN Expert Committee to update the Guidelines for Supervised Nutrition Experiences / Alison Conneally (NY)
Karen Probert (Executive Director)
Shana Patterson (Consultant) / Shana Patterson
Action for Healthy Kids (AHK) / Leslie Lewis (LA) / Martha Hagen (KS)
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Food and Nutrition Section / Helen Brown (ID)
ASTHO Prevention Policy Committee / Becky Adams (AR) / Pat Simmons
National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) / Carole Garner (AR)
Michelle Futrell (Consultant) / Mary Ann Ellsworth(NJ)
National Fruit and Vegetable Alliance (NFVA) / Mary Ann Ellsworth (NJ)
Sandy Perkins (Consultant) / OPEN
National Physical Activity Society (NPAS)
(working relationship with Pam Eidson) / Linda Scovern (OH)
Karen Probert (Executive Director) / OPEN
National Salt Reduction Initiative (NSRI) / Amy Koren-Roth (NY) / OPEN
Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB)
United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC)$ / Suzanne Haydu (CA)
Robin Stanton (OR)
Martha Hagen (KS)
Kelli Stader (WI) / OPEN

2016-2017 ASPHN Collaborations List – This list serves to indicate ASPHN’s relationships with other organizations and identify a contact person for each organization.

Consultant Partnership - The ASPHN consultants serve as a liaison with these organizations
Partner Organization / Liaison(s) / Collaboration Member
*Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics$ (working relationship with Susan Baron regarding the Certificate of Training project) / Karen Probert (Executive Director) / N/A
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) / Karen Probert(Executive Director)
Sandy Perkins(Consultant) / N/A
N/A
ASTHO Affiliate Council
Workforce Work Group / ASPHN President
Karen Probert (Executive Director) / N/A
Karen Probert (Executive Director)
Shana Patterson (Consultant) / N/A
*Breastfeeding Public Health Partners (BPHP) / Sandy Perkins (Consultant) / N/A
CDC, Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (OSTLTS) (working relationship with Lorine Spencer) / Karen Probert (Executive Director) / N/A
*Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Nutrition Training Grantees / Sandy Perkins (Consultant) / N/A
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) (working relationship with John Robitscher) / Karen Probert (Executive Director) / N/A
Legislative and Policy Committee / Michelle Futrell (Consultant) / N/A
De Beaumont Foundation
*National Consortium for Public Health Workforce Development / Karen Probert (Executive Director) / N/A
* National Farm to School Network / Amber Phipps & Sandy Perkins (Consultants) / N/A
National WIC Association (working relationship with Robert Lee regarding the public health nutrition course as part of the WIC Leadership Academy) / Karen Probert (Executive Director)
Shana Patterson (Consultant) / N/A
*University of Tennessee Maternal and Child Health Nutrition Leadership Training Program Advisory Committee / Karen Probert (Executive Director) N/A / N/A
*University of Washington$, Center for Public Health Nutrition$ (Donna Johnson, Mary Podrabsky, & Tori Bradford) / Karen Probert(Executive Director)
Sandy Perkins(Consultant) / N/A
N/A
*University of Wisconsin, Madison, LEND Program (Anne B Harris Director) / Karen Probert(Executive Director)
Sandy Perkins(Consultant) / N/A
*Young Invincibles$ / Karen Probert(Executive Director)
Sandy Perkins(Consultant) / N/A
N/A
Policy Partners – The ASPHN Policy Committee partners with these organizations to work on national policy initiatives
Partner Organization / Liaison(s) / Collaboration Member
Food Marketing Workgroup / Jennifer Young (OR) / Mary Ann Ellsworth (NJ)
United Fresh Produce Association (UFPC)-- / Mary Ann Ellsworth (NJ)
*Association of SNAP-Ed Nutrition Networks and Other Implementing Agencies (ASNNA) / Susan Foerster (CA) / N/A
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) / N/A
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) / N/A
The Pew Charitable Trust (Pew) / N/A
*Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) / N/A

* Designates a new partnership since 2015/2016

$ Designates Fiscal Partnerships

Liaison / Contact Information
Karen Probert (Executive Director) / 814 255-2829 ext 701

Alison Conneally (NY) / 518 402-6817

Helen Brown (ID) / 208 885-0172

Leslie Lewis (LA) / 504 568-3529

Becky Adams (AR) / 501 661-2334

Jennifer Young (OR) / 971-673-0245

Sandy Perkins (Consultant) / 814 255-2829 ext 702

Cyndi Atterbury
(Director of Operations) / 814 255-2829 ext 700

Carole Garner (AR) / 501 526-2318

Amber Phipps (Consultant) / 785-392-0474

Mary Ann Ellsworth (NJ) / 609 292-9122

Linda Scovern (OH) / 614 728-2722

Amy Koren-Roth (NY) Retiring in 2017 / 518 402-7390

Suzanne Haydu (CA) / 916 650-0382

Robin Stanton (OR) / 971 673-0261

Michelle Futrell (Consultant) / 919-946-1573

Martha Hagen (KS) / 785-291-3161

Shana Patterson (Consultant) / 814-255-2829 ext 708

Kelli Stader (WI) / 608-267-9194

Susan Foerster (CA) / 916-213-5956