
Hon. Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator (IA) Honorary Food Day 2012 Co-Chair

Hon. Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Representative (CT) Honorary Food Day 2012 Co-Chair

Hon. Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator (OR)
Hon. Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator (OR)

Hon. Earl Blumenauer, U.S. Representative (OR)

Hon. Jim McGovern, U.S. Representative (MA)

Hon. Chellie Pingree, U.S. Representative (ME)

Hon. Linda Sanchez, U.S. Representative (CA)

Hon. Jan Schakowsky, U.S. Representative (IL)

Hon. Louise Slaughter, U.S. Representative (NY)

Mayor Mike McGinn, Mayor, Seattle, (WA)

Will Allen, Founder and CEO, Growing Power, Inc.

Jose Andres, Chef/Owner, ThinkFoodGroup

Kenneth D. Ayars, Chief, Division of Agriculture, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Pat Babjak, CEO, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Dan Barber, Executive Chef, Co-owner, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Pocantico Hills, NY

Suzan Bateson, Executive Director, Alameda County (CA) Community Food Bank

Georges Benjamin, Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and President, PolicyLink

Kelly Brownell, Dean, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

Dr. Richard Carmona, former Surgeon General; President Canyon Ranch Institute

Isobel Contento, Professor, Columbia Teachers College

Jim Crawford, President, Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative

Laurie David, Author and film producer

Rev. Patricia de Jong, Senior Minister, First Congregational Church of Berkeley (Calif.)
Jeff Dunn, President and CEO, Bolthouse Farms

Caldwell Esselstyn, Director, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Reversal Program, Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute

Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission

Jonathan Fielding, Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

David Fleming, Director and Health Officer for Public Health - Seattle & King County

Jane Fonda, Actress and health advocate

Anthony Geraci, School Food Consultant, Laconia, New Hampshire

Reverend Douglas Greenaway, President & CEO, National WIC Association

Diane Hatz, Organizer, TEDxManhattan

Oran Hesterman, President/CEO, Fair Food Network

Rachel Johnson, Professor of Nutrition and of Medicine; former Dean of Agriculture, University of Vermont
David Katz, Director, Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

David Kessler, Pediatrician, Univ. California, San Francisco; former FDA Commissioner
Ellie Krieger, Host and Chef, Food Network
Shiriki Kumanyika, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Robert Lawrence, Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Sid Lerner, Founder, Meatless Monday

Michael Leviton, Board Chair, Chefs Collaborative; Chef/Owner, Lumiere restaurant

Susan Linn, Director, Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood

Kelle Louaillier, Executive Director, Corporate Accountability International
Liz McMullan, Executive Director, Jamie Oliver Food Foundation
Melody Meyer, Vice President of Policy and Industry Relations, United Natural Foods, Inc.
Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University

Jerry Newberry, Executive Director, Health Information Network, National Education Association
Demalda Newsome, Food First Board of Directors
Michel Nischan, President/CEO, Wholesome Wave
Dean Ornish, Founder & President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute

Daphne Oz, Author and Co-Host, ABC's The Chew

Wayne Pacelle, President, Humane Society of the United States

Robert Pearl, Executive Director and CEO, The Permanente Medical Group

Robert Pestronk, Executive Director, National Association of County and City Health Officials
David Pimentel, Professor, Ecology & Agriculture, Cornell University

Michael Pollan, Author, Professor of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley

Barry Popkin, Professor of Nutrition, University of North Carolina

Nora Pouillon, Chef/Owner, Restaurant Nora, Washington, DC

Daryll Ray, Professor and Director of Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Maria Rodale, CEO and Chairman, Rodale Inc.

Kathleen Rogers, President, Earth Day Network

Michael Roizen, Author; Chief Wellness Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Sally Sampson, Founder and President, ChopChop Magazine

David Satcher, Former Surgeon General; director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine

Deirdre Schlunegger, CEO, STOP Foodborne Illness

David Schwartz, Campaign Director, Real Food Challenge

Barton Seaver, Program Director, Healthy and Sustainable Food, Harvard School of Public Health
Nina Simonds, Cookbook author and journalist

Morgan Spurlock, TV and movie producer and actor
Kevin Strong, CEO and Founder, Dunk the Junk
Carol Tucker-Foreman, Consumer Federation of America

Alice Waters, Chef/Proprietor, Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley, CA

Tanya Wenman Steel, Editor-in-Chief, Epicurious.com
Walter Willett, Chair, Nutrition Department, Harvard School of Public Health

Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Patricia Young, Founder & National Coordinator, World Food Day