Laura Milliken leads NH Hunger Solutions, a statewide advocacy non-profit organization working to end food insecurity, improve access to nutritious food, and address hunger’s root causes for all New Hampshire residents. 

NH Hunger Solutions works to increase participation in federal nutrition programs like SNAP, WIC, school meals, child care and afterschool meals, and summer meals, and builds partnerships and coalitions to support our vision that hunger is eliminated in New Hampshire.  Before coming to NHHS, Laura was the Director of Spark NH, the state’s early childhood advisory council for 9 years.  Laura is an attorney who has spent her career advocating for social justice. 

Laura enjoys hiking and reading.  She has two adult sons and she lives in Concord with her husband and giant black lab, Remi.

Email: lmilliken@nhhungersolutions.org 

Riona Corr is the Deputy Director for NH Hunger Solutions serving to increase food access, nutrition security, and improving food security for all in New Hampshire. She specializes in LifeCycle Nutrition, including maternal, infant, and child health. Riona is passionate about nutrition and breastfeeding and has been an active breastfeeding/chestfeeding supporter and advocate for nursing parents in NH. Riona will continue to collaborate with the community, local organizations, businesses, schools, and state and federal programs to implement sustainable models of change in her pursuit to end hunger.

Before joining NHHS, Riona worked to improve health outcomes for New Hampshire residents in the WIC Program for 14 years. She helped in projects at the federal and state levels, pinpointing areas of limited access and decreasing barriers to federal nutrition programs and other food programs available in New Hampshire. Riona is passionate about child health and advocating for an aligned systemic approach regarding nutrition and access. Her training ranges from school readiness, child literacy, generational trauma & health, early intervention, lead poisoning prevention, and medical nutrition therapy. Riona will focus on improving participation in school breakfast and summer meals while collaborating with local coalitions across New Hampshire to bridge the gaps between food access, agriculture, and federal nutrition programs. She will use data in regions to support policy efforts while advocating for change.  

Riona completed her BS in Nutrition and Dietetics at  Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She resides in New Hampshire with her three active children and spends her days on the football and baseball sidelines. She loves volleyball and enjoys staying active by golfing in her free time. 

Email: rcorr@nhhungersolutions.org  

Jessica serves as Social Impact & Development Director for NH Hunger Solutions and is a facilitative leader who is passionate about improving the health of all people through creating access to healthy foods. She implements the Collective Impact Model to foster collaboration between community members, organizations, institutions, businesses, and government. The collaborative efforts of her work help improve access to federal nutrition programs and other food programs for all people in New Hampshire.

Her area of focus at NHHS is to improve participation in school breakfast and summer meals statewide, with a focus on Nashua and Manchester. Prior to NHHS, she worked as a food systems consultant, where she helped to establish and strengthen networks as well as analyze health data, food access data, and social vulnerability for her clients. She was the co-founder and Executive Director of Greater Nashua Food Council, NH’s first official food council. She continues her work at the food council and continues to expand access to healthy foods for all in the Greater Nashua Region. Her work with farms and food producers identified opportunities for collaboration, performed SWOT analysis, and created strategic plans.  Through her work, she makes system change recommendations and creates maps for implementing those changes to improve food production, food distribution, and equitable food access.

Jessica is married with 3 adult children, enjoys hiking and recently has started roller skating again.

Email: jgorhan@nhhungersolutions.org 

Tiffany Brewster is the Community Engagement Director at NH Hunger Solutions working to connect organizations and advocates across the state working to eliminate hunger. As part of these duties, she coordinates and co-facilitates the NH Food Access Coalition; a group of interested partners across NH connecting to educate about hunger and its roots causes as well as advocate for and empower those with lived experience to achieve equitable access to nutritious food.

This work is close to Tiffany’s heart as a NH native and Registered Dietitian (RD). Throughout her studies to become an RD, it became clear to Tiffany that coaching people on a healthy diet and lifestyle could only be effective if they have access to nutritious food and the capacity to prioritize their health and that health policy can either hinder or help that. Tiffany is a published author both in peer-reviewed literature on topics of childhood obesity and clinical nutrition research as well as local magazines on nutrition topics such as plant-based and intuitive eating.

She completed her BS in Nutrition Dietetics with a minor in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire. She went on to complete her MS in Nutritional Sciences from Oklahoma State University and her Master of Public Health from George Washington University. Tiffany is also a military veteran, serving first in the NH Air National Guard as an IT Specialist, then in the Oklahoma Air National Guard where she served a tour in Qatar.

Tiffany enjoys cooking and anything outdoors, but especially hiking with her fiancé and very old dog.

Email: tbrewster@nhhungersolutions.org 

Karyn Rice is the Child Nutrition Manager for NH Hunger Solutions, dedicated to increasing access to nutritious food and ending hunger in New Hampshire. She works closely with the Executive Director and Deputy Director to strategize approaches to improve participation in school and summer meals as well as the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Her work at NHHS is primarily focused on increasing participation in school breakfast and lunch programs, as well as providing technical assistance and support to school district staff to implement the evidence-based model, Breakfast After the Bell, in NH schools.

Karyn’s passion for ending hunger began in college, where she studied community nutrition. She received her BS in Nutrition and Wellness with a dual major in Ecogastronomy and a minor in Horticulture at the University of New Hampshire. She worked for the Women, Infants, and Children supplemental food program for over 5 years, where she implemented projects to decrease barriers to food access and raised awareness of the importance of breastfeeding across southern New Hampshire and the seacoast. Karyn has been a board-certified Lactation Counselor since 2018 and works to help breastfeeding mothers achieve their goals. In addition, she has also helped facilitate other child nutrition programs, such as the Summer Food Service program.

In her spare time, Karyn enjoys spending time with her husband and two boxers, practicing yoga, cooking, and arts and crafts. 

Email: krice@nhhungersolutions.org

Kailene is a Regional Community Engagement Coordinator for NH Hunger Solutions in the North Country of NH. She is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. As a single mother of three children living in rural NH, she knows now more than ever how crucial it is to improve access to quality care and resources for underserved populations—this includes food!

Before joining NHHS, she worked as a project specialist at Dartmouth Health, where she provided technical assistance to a new nonprofit working to develop a residential treatment center for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorder. Kailene also served as a project manager in DH’s population health department to help formalize the collaboration between 8 healthcare and social service organizations providing maternity care services/support to families, which has become the North Country Maternity Network she continues to advise as a community member representative today.

Born and raised in Coos County, Kailene leverages her deep understanding of the north country to guide her community engagement approach and is enthusiastic about increasing access to healthy foods, food assistance programs, and an array of community wellness programs to promote an inclusive, creative, compassionate culture for people in the north country.

Email: kjones@nhhungersolutions.org

Tricia is a Regional Community Engagement Coordinator with NH Hunger Solutions, serving in Rockingham and Strafford counties. She comes to NHHS as a recent college graduate, earning her BS in Human Services with a focus on Child Advocacy. For the past 5 years, Trica has worked in her city's School Nutrition Department, where she saw the importance of the School Breakfast and Lunch Program.

Tricia collaborates with community partners and organizations throughout the Seacoast to promote access to food and nutrition. She is excited to help increase school meal participation and raise awareness of the food insecurity in these communities. 

Tricia currently sits on the Board of Directors at Gather, a Seacoast area food pantry where she volunteers on their Program Committee.

Email: tlabelle@nhhungersolutions.org  

Johane is the Regional Community Engagement Coordinator for NH Hunger Solutions, which is dedicated to improving the health of all people by creating access to healthy food. In her role, she facilitates the Capital Area Food Access (CAFA) Coalition and supports the Community Impact Team of the Lakes Region.

Johane works with various community partners, including school leaders, community organizations, and several non-profits, to improve access to healthy food. She is passionate about moving and utilizing food sources to support families and seniors in need.

She also brings a wealth of experience in health and well-being as she previously served as the Director of Concord Hospital’s Center for Health Promotion for 23 years. She co-founded The Capital Area Wellness Coalition in 2009 and now has brought her previous partners and experience to the critical work of food access for all. Johane is a Riverbend Mental Health and The Crisis Center of NH board member. She has served on several boards throughout her career.

Johane loves to travel, garden, and golf. She particularly enjoys playing golf with her adult sons. She is an avid reader and loves to cross-country ski when there is snow.

Email: jtelgener@nhhungersolutions.org

Ray is an attorney at New Hampshire Legal Assistance (NHLA), where he directs the Energy and Utility Justice Project and co-directs the Benefits Project.

In this work, he represents clients in administrative proceedings before the NH Public Utilities Commission and the NH Department of Health and Human Services regarding issues that impact low-income Granite Staters. Ray represents clients facing barriers to accessing critical safety net programs such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. His work also includes policy advocacy before the legislature and state agencies and litigation in state and federal court to ensure low-income households have access to benefit programs that provide crucial economic support to help meet their basic needs.

Ray started working on benefits issues as a paralegal in 2009 for Legal Aid of Western Missouri and has continued to work in legal services since graduating from Boston College Law School in 2014.

Heidi Barker is a Field Specialist based in Coös County with UNH Extension in Nutrition and Healthy Living. In her regional role, she collaborates with community partners to create model programs to expand access and affordability for healthy, fresh foods. Highlights of this community-level work include connecting farm-to-school initiatives in the Androscoggin Valley, partnering with other networks to support Granite State Market Match, and implementing Smarter Lunchroom Movement in Berlin schools.

Joanne Delaney Burke is a nutrition and sustainable food system consultant, a registered dietitian, and a clinical professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). Professional and personal efforts are directed toward promoting nutrition & wellness equity via community, state, regional, and national policies and programs. She believes in the critical need for systems change and the power of education,
engagement, advocacy, and policy to advance food and climate justice.

In addition to serving on the NHHS Board of Directors, Joanne is also a member of the NH Food Access Coalition, and the Racial Equity and Climate Action teams of the statewide NH Food Alliance. She is on
the steering committee for the Food Solutions New England 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge, a national online initiative designed to explore racial equity using a food systems lens. She is a NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action member and serves on the steering committee for Sustainable Food Systems of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Joanne earned her BS in
nutritional sciences from the University of Rhode, her master's with dietetic internship from Tufts, and her PhD from UNH.

Terry Sturke has had extensive experience in mental health administration in both the public and private sectors. Her specific areas of expertise are operations and quality management. Terry was the Director of Catholic Medical Center’s Psychiatric Institute and then was Director of Behavioral and Psychiatric Services for Optima Healthcare in Manchester. She was the director of quality improvement at Behavioral Health Network, Inc. in Concord and worked at Riverbend Community Mental Health Center in Concord, NH for over 15 years where she currently is a project manager. Terry has served on many community organizations including Merrimack Valley Day Care, NH Office of Public Guardian, Dress for Success NH, NH Coalition against Domestic and Sexual Violence, NH Family Mediation Certification board, Concord Multicultural Festival, Womankind Counseling and Capital Region Food Program.

Jenn is a native Granite Stater, the Program Manager for Community Health at New London Hospital, where she provides leadership for the population health initiatives of New London Hospital and Dartmouth Health. Jennifer earned a bachelor’s degree in Geography followed by a master’s degree in Applied Geography along with a post-baccalaureate degree in Geographic Information Science (GIS) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG); as well as a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of New Hampshire (UNH). Jenn’s career has focused on applying geographic methods to measure disparities related to geographic access to health care services with a particular focus on rural cancer care. Jenn lives in Sutton, NH, with her husband Jason, daughter Birdie, and two dogs: Doc and Pepper.

John A. Manning, CPA, recently retired from Southwestern Community Services, Inc. (SCS), the community action agency covering Sullivan and Cheshire Counties in NH., serving most recently as their Chief Executive Officer. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts. In addition to NH Hunger Solutions, he is on the NH Community Development Finance Authority board.

John has been a member of the Marlborough Fire Department for 40 years and has served as its Chief for the last 20 years. He and his wife, Phylis, live in Marlborough with their 2 dogs, Misha and Hachi.

Sam Imlay is a research scientist at the College Board, where he researches college admissions, enrollment, and completion, focusing on improving college access for underserved populations. Sam received his bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from Grinnell College and his MA and PhD in Government from Harvard University. He lives in Concord with his family.