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

• OSN Organizational Chart
• Program Responsibility - OSN Contact List

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 and Oversight

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
• 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
• Resource Management of the Administrative Review
• Fiscal management and financial reporting
• Meal Counting and Claiming - Claim Reimbursements 
• Procurement
• Unpaid Meal Charges

Heather Hauswirth, RD - Training Supervisor

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

• Coordinates and oversees training and technical assistance programs

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

• Coordinates and oversees the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)

Megan Meermans -Grants Fiscal Analyst/Nutrition

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

• Equipment Grants
• Meal Counting and Claiming - Claim Reimbursements
  • Claim processing questions

Erica Boyd, RD - Program Specialist

boyd_e@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6306

• Afterschool Snack Program (ASP)
• Competitive Foods
• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (assist)
• Smart Snacks
• Special Milk Program (SMP)

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

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

Megan Johnson, RD, SNS - Procurement Specialist 

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

• Charter Schools 
• Capital Equipment Approval/ Equipment Grants 
• Food Service Management Companies (FSMCs) 
  • Vended Meals
• Procurement, Procurement Reviews

Denise Meredith, Program Specialist

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

• Emergency/Disaster Feeding
• New School Food Authorities (SFAs)
• Residential Child Care Institutes (RCCIs)
• Seamless Summer Option (SSO)
• Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) (assist)

Jonathan Padia, RD - Program Specialist

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

• Meal Patterns - Lunch and Breakfast
• Menu Planning
• Offer versus Serve
• School Breakfast Program (SBP)

Carrie Pearse, MPH, RD - Program Specialist 

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

• Grants
• Marketing Strategies
• Professional Standards

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

Benjamin Wetherbee - Program Specialist

wetherbee_b@cde.state.co.us
303-866-6529

• Alternate Point of Sale (POS)
• Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program
• CO Child Nutrition Hub
• Provisional Programs
  • Community Eligibility Provision
  • Provision 2, Provision 3
• Unpaid Meal Charges

Stacey Macklin, BS - Program Support

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

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

Donna Kolkman - Nutrition Consultant, part-time

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

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

McKenna Pullen, MPH - Nutrition Consultant, part-time

pullen_m@cde.state.co.us
720-520-0335

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