Food as Medicine: From Promise to Implementation to Scalable Impact
Nutritional Security • Medically Tailored Meals • Produce Prescriptions • Evidence-Based Diets
Nutritional Security • Medically Tailored Meals • Produce Prescriptions • Evidence-Based Diets
2026 Speakers Include

Jeffrey Bellows
Vice President
Corporate Citizenship & Public Affairs
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Jim Kirby
Chief Commercial Officer
Kroger Health

Geeta Maker-Clark
Co-Director, Culinary Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor Pritzker School of Medicine
University of Chicago

Shreela Sharma
Professor & Vice Chair
Department of Epidemiology
The University of Texas

Jim Thorne
President, Nourish Ventures &
Senior Vice President, Partnerships & Strategy
Griffith Foods

Monica Yepes-Rios
Medical Director, Community Health/Food as Medicine
Cleveland Clinic

Allison Collins
Director, Lifestyle & Culinary Medicine
Kaiser Permanente

David Dungan
Director/Champion
Duly Culinary Medicine & Duly Wellness

Haleta Belai
Vice President, Enterprise Health Equity & Drivers of Health
Centene

Rick Leach
Executive Director
Food as Medicine Initiative
Arizona State University

Adam Wallace
Director, Health
Instacart

Jon Van Der Veer
Founder & CEO
Hy-Vee Health Exemplar Care
Participants of the Food as Medicine Movement Include:

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