Rooted in Evidence (RIE) Cohort 3 In-person Meeting

Pictured above: Kate Morrill, grants manager at Manzanita Outreach, highlighting Manzanita Outreach's project outcomes and highlights. 

Rooted in Evidence (RIE) Cohort 3 In-person Meeting

September 13, Omaha, Nebraska

Attendees: Senior Research Scientist Betsy Anderson Steeves, Senior Marketing and Communications Manager Courtney Freitag, Project Manager Whitney Clausen, Culture & Engagement Manager Tony Gargano, Research Associate Laura Flournoy 

Main takeaways and highlights: Grantees from seven national food banks ended the third cohort of RIE with an in-person meeting and workshop highlighting project outcomes and lessons learned. Each grantee gave a final presentation and learned about how to sustain knowledge gained in the cohort and addressing high turnover. Additionally, grantees shared knowledge, brainstormed how to market and disseminate their findings, and how to secure future funding using data gathered in the RIE program. 

Pictured above: Jessica Hernandez, interim director of programs at Redwood Empire Food Bank, highlighting Redwood Empire’s project outcomes and highlights. 

Pictured above: The third Rooted in Evidence cohort. From left to right: Dr. Betsy Anderson Steeves (CNHI), Tony Gargano (CNHI), Laura Flournoy (CNHI), Colleen Almeida Smith (Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma), Homar Vicencio (Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma), Kate Morrill (Manzanita Outreach), Rachel McCandless (Feeding Northeast Florida), Vanessa Hernandez (Central California Food Bank) and Leyla Cruz (Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee).