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Natasha Ledlie

Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health
Natasha Ledlie is a director on the Feeding Change team at the Milken Institute, where she leads a portfolio of work focused on food security and resilience.
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Clara Subin

Associate, Feeding Change
Clara Subin is an associate on the Feeding Change team at the Milken Institute. Before joining the Milken Institute, she conducted research with Cornell's Food Systems and Global Change team on reducing food waste, improving crop and livestock productivity, and expanding gender equity in food systems education.
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Julia Hesse-Fong

Senior Associate, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health
Julia Hesse-Fong is a senior associate with Feeding Change at the Milken Institute. Before joining the Milken Institute, she completed her Master of Science (MS) in agriculture, food, and environment with a concentration in sustainability and strategy in food systems and business.
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Esther Krofah

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health
Esther Krofah is the executive vice president of Health at the Milken Institute, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. A recognized expert in health policy, biomedical innovation, and clinical research, Krofah has extensive experience shaping health initiatives that unite diverse stakeholders, foster collaboration, and motivate action toward shared goals.
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Anna Lin-Schweitzer

Associate Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health
Anna Lin-Schweitzer is an associate director with Feeding Change at the Milken Institute. She leads the portfolio's Food Is Medicine (FIM) research, which addresses critical gaps in the FIM ecosystem by advancing policies and actionable solutions to integrate nutrition into health care.
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Holly Freishtat

Senior Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health
Holly Freishtat is the senior director of Feeding Change at the Milken Institute and leads the food systems portfolio.

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Feeding Change advances food systems transformation by generating action-oriented research, activating financial levers, engaging policymakers and industry leaders, and convening key stakeholders to catalyze a more nutritious, accessible, sustainable, and resilient food system.

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Through our programs and focus areas, we collaborate with cross-sector stakeholders and experts, bring together influential changemakers, convene food leaders at Milken Institute events, advance the integration of Food Is Medicine into health care, champion food system resilience and global food security, and explore how market-based innovations and public/private investment can address complex food systems.

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Ayodola Anise

Senior Director, Operations, Milken Institute Health
Ayodola Anise is the senior director of operations for MI Health, supporting FasterCures, Public Health, Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. She brings over two decades of experience in advising on and implementing strategy, leading operations, developing staff, and collaborating for organizational effectiveness, efficiency, and equity.
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Athena Rae Roesler

Director, Public Health, Milken Institute Health
Athena Rae Roesler is a director on the Public Health team at Milken Institute Health, where she leads a portfolio of work focused on prevention and chronic disease.
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Erika Stratmann

Director, Communications, Milken Institute Health
Erika Stratmann is the director of communications for Health at the Milken Institute. She is a mission-driven communications and content development leader with a proven record of managing effective teams that deliver measurable results to amplify thought leadership, engage communities, advance consumer education, and impact advocacy campaigns.