Tambra Raye Stevenson
Founder and CEO, Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture
Tambra Raye Stevenson is the founder and CEO of WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture building a pipeline of a million women and girls to lead from farm to health through education, advocacy, and innovation. Championing the Food Bill of Rights, Tambra is a sought-after thought leader at the nexus of nutrition, health equity, and sustainability. She was named the 2021 Science Defender by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a 2021 Changemaker by Clean Eating Magazine, & NAACP's Dr. Cobb's Health Advocacy honoree. Appointed to the D.C. Food Policy Council, Tambra supported increased funding and access to healthy food and nutrition and dietetics services for all to address the food apartheid. She was appointed by USDA Secretary Vilsack to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. She co-chairs the Nutrition Security working group for the Tufts Food and Nutrition Innovation Council. She holds an M.P.H. from Tufts University School of Medicine and a B.S. in human nutrition with a Spanish minor from Oklahoma State University. She is currently working on her Ph.D. at the American University School of Communication.
