to begin the panel, i'd like to introduce sally squires. she's going to be moderating this panel and introducing our speakers. so sally? >> good morning. and i hope you're all enjoying this conference as much as i have. we were talking a little bit before this and just saying that this is kind of our, for those of us in the nutrition world and food world, this is our conference. there are a lot of conferences that occur, but it's really a pleasure to be here and see so many people. so thanks so much. and we have a terrific line up this morning. in 2009 kevin kun cannon was nominated by president obama and c confirmed by the u.s. senate to serve as undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services at the usda. fncs has the principle responsibilities and funding authority for the food and nutrition service, which feeds one in four americans. it also has responsibilities for promoting healthful diets through policy and promotion, which i'm sure everybody in this room knows, is responsible with hhs for the dietary guidelines. our second s

to begin the panel i would like to end it is sally squires, vice president at powell, and she is going to be moderating this panel and introducing our speakers. so, sally? >> good morning, and i hope you're all enjoying this conference as much as i have. we were talking a little bit before this and just saying that this is kind of, for those of us in the nutrition world and food were, this is our conference. there's a lot of different conferences that occur, but it's really a pleasure to be a and c. so many people. so thanks very much. and we have a terrific lineup this morning. in 2009, kevin concannon was nominated by president obama and secretary vilsack, and confirmed by the u.s. senate to serve as undersecretary for food and nutrition and consumer services. at the usda. fnc as has the principal responsibilities and funding authority for the food and nutrition service which feeds one in four americans. it also has responsibilities for promoting healthful diets through the center for nutrition policy and promotion, which as i'm sure everybody in this room knows, is responsible with