W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Sterling Speirn. Sterling K. Speirn has been Chief Executive Officer and President of W.K. Kellogg Foundation since January 2006. Mr. Speirn also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Peninsula Community Foundation from 1992 to 2005. In his first 15 years at Peninsula Foundation, Mr. Speirn launched the Center for Venture Philanthropy in 1999, co-founded Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth and… See full bio.

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Story: “Americans want pizza, burgers and nuggets pulled from school menus, poll finds:” A majority of Americans believe nutrition in local school meals falls far short of what children need, a new survey finds, surveying 801 adults from all regions of the country. And the foods people most associate with school meals – pizza, chicken nuggets, and hamburgers – are the same foods they believe should be cut drastically from school menus. Moreover, the survey finds near-universal agreement that childhood obesity is a problem or crisis, and that improving the health of American children requires communities to prioritize access in schools to fresh produce and exercise. "The data in this survey highlight the widespread support for transforming school food to help all children lead healthier lives," said Dr. Gail Christopher, who oversees food, health, and well-being as vice president of programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. "When students have access to healthy, locally-grown food and physical activity, it allows them to thrive both in and out of the classroom." Through its Food & Community Program, the Kellogg Foundation targets investments to improve school food, increase access to good food and physical activity environments, and shape the national healthy eating and active living movement. (Source: http://www.wkkf.org/news/Articles/2010/04/Americans-want-pizza-burgers-and-nuggets-pulled-from-school-menus-poll-finds.aspx)

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The Kellogg Foundation funds legislative advocacy as well as specific initiatives like the Farm to School program. They partner with other organizations in efforts to help children and their parents make better decisions.
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Sterling K. Speirn has been Chief Executive Officer and President of W.K. Kellogg Foundation since January 2006. Mr. Speirn also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Peninsula Community Foundation from 1992 to 2005. In his first 15 years at Peninsula Foundation, Mr. Speirn launched the Center for Venture Philanthropy in 1999, co-founded Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth and Families. He has worked for the US Department of the Interior in Washington ... DC, practiced law in North Carolina, taught English and Literature to 7th and 8th graders in Cleveland, Ohio and managed a large community health center in Arcata, California. In 1986, Mr. Speirn joined Apple Computer and led its national computer grants program for nearly four years. He serves as Chairman of the statewide League of California Community Foundations. Mr. Speirn served as Chairman of Northern California Grant makers. He has been a Director of Kellogg Co. since March 1, 2007 and serves as a Trustee of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Trust since January 2007. He serves on Board of Advisors of Silicon Valley Community Ventures and the Entrepreneurs' Foundation, and serves on the Board of Directors of the American Leadership Forum of Silicon Valley and the Northern California Grant makers. Mr. Speirn has been a Guest Lecturer at University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Harvard Business School, University of Santa Clara, University of San Francisco and Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. In 2000 and 2001, he taught a graduate seminar on Philanthropy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Speirn is Co-Creator and served as Board Member of the Raising A Reader take-home book bag program, which earned a Fast Company Social Entrepreneurship Award for 2006. He served on the Advisory Council of the Global Philanthropy Forum. Mr. Speirn studied Degree in Political Science from Stanford and a Law degree from the University of Michigan.

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