Stacy Dean is a nationally recognized leader in food policy and nutrition programs, currently serving as Director of the Global Food Institute at George Washington University. Over the course of her career, she has shaped and implemented some of the nation’s most critical food assistance programs, including SNAP, WIC, and school meals. Creating "Access' is the heart of who Stacy is and how she leads.

When Stacy Dean joined Food Secure Nation, the conversation centered on a single but complex word: access. Drawing on a career that spans shaping national nutrition policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, administering SNAP, WIC, school meals, and food bank funding at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and now leading the Global Food Institute at George Washington University, Stacy has influenced food access from nearly every vantage point. Her journey reflects a consistent through-line: leadership is influence, and influence shapes whether access expands or contracts for families across the country and around the globe.

Gerry and Phil sit down with Virginia Witherspoon, the Executive leading Channel One Food Bank in MN. She chairs the National Advisory Committee for Feeding America. Lawery, CEO and Chairperson - 3 Chairs, Unique Perspectives from Virginia Witherspoon.

Our guest, Tory Martin, is a leader at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, where she helps study and interpret national trends shaping the nonprofit and philanthropic world. Her work looks beyond headlines to examine how trust, technology, and data are reshaping how nonprofits operate and how the public experiences their work.

Melissa Cherney speaks with both candor and inspiration. "We’re not here just to move food. We’re here to fix the system that determines who eats in America. When we design policy, we must remember: behind every application is a human being with dignity, resilience, and a future. Hunger does not define a person. It reflects a moment in time."

Food Secure Nation welcomes Dr. Sheril Krishenbaum, a renown writer and scientist who cares deeply about this stubborn challenge of food security. A positive solution oriented scholar who brings her unique insight to both policy and practices of addressing hunger and creating food security.

The Six Dimensions of Food Security, first developed by the United Nations offers a framework whereby professionals, those interested in a healthy community and others who simply believe hunger should not exist in the US a launching pad to discuss ideas, chart solutions and implement those ideas so we move towards the next threshold of food security in and across America. Join the conversation.

Policies, programs and being people centric helps create a stable food supply chain. Scott Piggott, a farmer discusses with Gerry and Phil the realities of how programs designed to support agriculture need to be stable so our access to food is as well.

Know Better Do Better, LLC is designed to help us think better and do more in the challenge of creating a food secure nation.

Policy, programs and people can create a stable food supply chain that works together to support both farmers and families cohesively.