9 Prior to working for the WFP, Roman worked as the vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations, 10 a think tank specializing in U.S. She also sat on the leadership team of the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) as a chair of its Investment Committee and sat on the Nutrition Advisory Committee of the World Economic Forum, 8 a business league that primarily organizes annual meetings of international business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland. Before joining the PHA, Roman was the president and CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C. ![]() Roman is the president and CEO of the Partnership for a Healthier America. 6 PHA also runs an annual summit where associates and collaborators come together to discuss issues related to the food system. 5 Other initiatives include Healthy Hunger Relief, Veggies Early and Often, Pass the Love w/ Waffles + Mochi, Healthier Campus Initiative, Transforming Regional Food Systems and Drink Up. It distributed more than 2 million servings of fruits and vegetables to communities through its COVID-19 Fresh Food Fund. ![]() It also runs Good Food for All, a program that provides food boxes of fresh produce to families in 29 U.S cities. PHA runs various initiatives to achieve its goals, such as FNV, a $5 million-dollar branded marketing campaign to increase sales and consumption of fruits and vegetables involving 552 different celebrities. It has worked with more than 300 different organizations ranging from corporations to hospitals, 2 including Walmart, Walgreens, the YMCA, 3 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. ![]() Partnership for a Healthier America launched in 2010 with then-First Lady Michelle Obama serving as honorary chair. The Partnership for A Healthier America (PHA) is an advocacy group that focuses on issues related to the food industry, food consumption, and health.
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