School Nutrition Contact Information

• Phone: 303-866-6661 or toll-free within Colorado at 888-245-6092
• e-mail: nutrition@cde.state.co.us

• Mail: 1580 Logan Street, Suite 760, Denver, CO 80203-1942
• Program Responsibility - OSN Contact List (updated list - coming soon!)

Brehan Riley, MS, RD, SNS - Director

riley_b@cde.state.co.us
P  303-866-6299  C  720-202-3338

• Manages all Child Nutrition Programs administered by CDE; determines program goals and objectives.
• Formulates, interprets and implements state and federal statutes, rules and regulations for the Child Nutrition Programs
• Provides leadership and expertise in planning, developing, promoting, implementing, and evaluating Child Nutrition Programs
• Oversees budgets related to federal and state funding
• Liaison to Colorado School Nutrition Association (CSNA)

Amanda Mercer, MS, RD - Program Manager

mercer_a@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6659

• Interprets regulations and develops and disseminates written guidance to ensure compliance with federal, state, local policies and rules and regulations for all participating entities
• Plans, develops, implements and evaluates child nutrition programs to meet changing priorities that support the mission of the program
• Oversees the development of outreach activities to expand the scope and effectiveness of child nutrition programs
• Oversees the CDE OSN internship program
• Coordinates and oversees child nutrition-related grant activities.

Lyza Shaw, MS - Business Operations Manager

shaw_l@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6670

• Assists with the financial management aspects of the Child Nutrition Program
• Coordinates the Resource Management section of the Administrative Review
• Liaison for fiscal management and financial reporting
• Meal Counting and Claiming - Claim Reimbursements 
• Procurement

Heather Hauswirth, RD - Training Supervisor

hauswirth_h@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6871

• Coordinates and oversees training and technical assistance programs
• New School Food Authorities (SFAs)

Kerri Link, MS, RD, SNS - Review Administrator

link_k@cde.state.co.us
303-866-3686

• Coordinates Administrative Review Process
• Lead for nutrient analysis protocols

Ashley Moen, MS, RD, SNS  - Summer Food Service Program Administrator

moen_a@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6653

• Emergency/Disaster Feeding
• Seamless Summer Option (SSO)
• Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

Megan Meermans -Grants Fiscal Analyst/Nutrition

meermans_m@cde.state.co.us
303-866-5692

• Fiscal Management
• Meal Counting and Claiming - Claim Reimbursements
  • Claim processing questions
• USDA Reports

Erica Boyd RD - Program Specialist

boyd_e@cde.state.co.us
Cell:  720-693-3232

• Afterschool Snack Program (ASP)
• Procurement - assist
• Resource Management - assist
• Special Milk Program

Rachael Burnham, BA-Program Specialist

burnham_r@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6450

• Direct Certification
  • Direct Certification email
• Free and Reduced Price Meals
• Independent Review of Applications
• Verification
  • Verification email

Sara Rose Foreman, RD, SNS - Program Specialist

foreman_s@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6650

• Farm to School
• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP)
• Food Safety and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)

Megan Johnson, RD, SNS - Procurement Specialist 

johnson_m@cde.state.co.us
303-866-5983

• Charter Schools 
• Equipment Approval/ Equipment Grants 
• Food Service Management Companies (FSMCs) 
• Procurement 

Denise Meredith, Program Specialist

meredith_d@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6934

• Administrative Reviews
• Summer Food Service Program Reviews
• Technical Assistance

Jonathan Padia, RD - Program Specialist

padia_j@cde.state.co.us
303-866-3685

• Meal Patterns
• Menu Planning
• Offer versus Serve
• Residential Child Care Institutes (RCCIs)
• School Breakfast Program (SBP)
  • Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program
• Smart Snacks and Competitive Foods

Carrie Pearse, MPH, RD - Program Specialist 

pearse_c@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6759

• Alternate Point of Sale (POS)
• CO Child Nutrition Hub
• Provisional Programs
  • Community Eligibility Provision
  • Provision 2

Kristi Rolfsen, MS, RD - Program Specialist

rolfsen_k@cde.state.co.us
303-866-5985

• Civil Rights
• HealthierUS School Challenge:  Smarter Lunchrooms (HUSSC:SL)
• Smarter Lunchrooms
• Special Dietary Needs
• Wellness Policy

Stacey Macklin, BS - Program Support

macklin_s@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6661

• Administrative Duties
• Advisory Council for School Nutrition (ACSN)
• Program Support
• Thursday Update
• Website Content Coordinator

Donna Kolkman - Nutrition Consultant 

kolkman_d@cde.state.co.us
720-202-8794

• Administrative Reviews
• Summer Food Service Reviews
• Training and Technical Assistance 

Nutrition Consultant - VACANT

• Administrative Reviews
• Summer Food Service Reviews
• Training and Technical Assistance