Alaska School Nutrition Association
1120 Huffman Rd. Ste. 24
PMB 791
Anchorage, AK 99515
20 February 2024
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. AKDT
The meeting is hosted on Zoom and is open to all members in good standing. To request the Zoom link and password, contact Gavin Northey, AKSNA President, by emailing president@aksna.org.
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
Voting Members
| Present | Name and Title |
| Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS, President * | |
| Tanya Dube, SNS, President-elect | |
| Trevor Bridgewater, SNS, Treasurer and Past-President (2022-2023) † | |
| Sandie Ponte, Secretary, and Past-President (2021-2022) ‡ | |
| Carlos Perez, Chairman, Communications Committee | |
| Susan Pougher, Chairwoman, Public Policy and Legislation | |
| Tiffany Kurani, NDRT, Chairwoman, Nutrition Standards & Education Committee ‡ | |
| Sue Lampert, Past-President (2020-2021) |
* The President votes only in the event of a tie
† The immediate Past-President votes in the event that they hold another position with voting rights
Quorum is established when five or more voting members are present
‡ Newly elected board members are granted voting rights immediately following election, however, one person may only be granted one vote
Non-voting Members
| Present | Name and Title |
| Tracy Hulett, Member At-large | |
| Tonia Parfitt, Chairwoman, Awards and Recognitions Committee |
III. Adoption of Agenda
IV. Consent Agenda
A. Minutes of Previous Meeting(s)
B. Financial Reports
C. Membership Report
- 105 Members
- Director: 18
- Manager: 67
- Employee 12
- State Agency: 6
- Retired: 2
- 11 in grace
V. President’s Report
Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
A. Board Retreat
Annual Board Retreat
Anchorage Midtown Hyatt Place
23 – 24 March 2024
10:00 a.m.
Agenda to be published soon
VI. Treasurer’s Report
Trevor Bridgewater, SNS
VII. Standing Committee Reports
A. Public Policy & Legislation
Susan Pougher
B. Member Services
Remembers sent to multiple directors for member award nominations
C. Communications
Carlos Perez
1. Mush On News
Carolos Perez
2. Web Site
Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
3. Social Media
Trevor Bridgewater
D. Conference Committee
Tanya Dube, SNS
E. Food and Vendor Expo Committee
Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
E. Nutrition Standards & Education Committee
Tiffany Kurani, NDRT
VIII. Ad-hoc Committee Reports
A. Contract Executive Director Committee
Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
B. Awards & Recognition Committee
Tonia Parfitt
IX. Member Comments and Testimony
Member comments and testimony
X. Unfinished Business
No unfinished business
XI. New Business
A. Mailbox
B. Certificate of Deposit
XII. Announcements / Good of the Order
XIII. Adjournment
The next meeting will be 23 – 24 March 2024