Officers

  P.O.W.E.R. Buying Group Executive Committee

 

Executive Board Members must be P.O.W.E.R. members and are authorized to vote on the approvals/denials for all awarded food and supply products and policies/procedures for the benefit of all members.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tim Thompson, SNS

PBG Chair Emeritus

Director Food & Nutrition Department School Board of Highlands County

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valerie Hansen, SNS

PBG Chair

Assistant Director School Way Cafe School District of Volusia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LaCheron Conway

                               Treasurer                                                     Director school nutrition                 Hardee county

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Julia Oberst

Secretary

Food and Nutrition Services Coordinator Levy County School District

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Martin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Martin

Gulf Coast Division Chair

Director of Food and Nutrition Services Walton County School District

Chelsea Payne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelsea Payne

West Florida Division Chair

Registered Dietician Food and Nutrition Services Charlotte County School District

Lisa Bell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mellisa Toperzer

Southeast Florida Division Chair

Food Service Supervisor Food and Nutrition Services Indian River County School District

 

Executive Committee Members must be P.O.W.E.R. Buying Group members and provide expertise related to the products and processes approved/denied by the Executive Board Members

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consultant Members provide expertise related to products, processes, and contracts approved/denied by the Executive Board

 

Scott Rivera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Rivera

Purchase Smaart

President

Scott Euton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Euton

Purchase Smaart

Director K12

Austin Rivera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austin Rivera

Purchase Smaart

Director of Sales

 

Rae Hollenbeck

Rae Hollenbeck

Executive Director

  • Over 30 years of Child Nutrition experience in small, medium and large school districts in Florida (Palm Beach, Martin, Leon and Osceola) and Georgia (Area Specialist for the Georgia Department of Education).
  • Helped form the P.O.W.E.R. Buying Group in 1999/2000. Has held numerous positions within the group from Committee Chair to Group Chair.
  • Bachelors Degree in Dietetics from Florida State University.
  • Masters Degree in Administration and Supervision from Florida Atlantic University.
  • SNS certified since 2006.
  • Retired as Director of School Nutrition Services for the Osceola County School District in Kissimmee, Florida, November 2018.

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