SNE Special Interest Division

Advisory Committee on Public Policy (ACPP):

ACPP is a very active committee that focuses their efforts on the established public policy priority issues of the Society. ACPP holds regular telephone conference calls to provide input on a variety of matters relating to SNE’s public policy priorities. ACPP is advisory to the SNE Board on public policy issues in which SNE should participate on some level.

The purpose of SNE’s ACPP is to:

Advise and recommend policies to the SNE Board concerning nutrition education related public policy matters on which SNE should have a voice;
Develop SNE’s Public Policy Survey, in conjunction with SNE’s Public Policy Consultant. [The survey is sent bi-annually to the entire SNE membership to determine the society’s public policy priority issues.];
Develop legislative and regulatory positions based on SNE’s priority issues, with input from all relevant Divisions and members to reflect the diversity of the organization;
Develop work plan for SNE’s priority issues;
Draft written communications such as outlines, timelines, position papers, testimony, policy statements, letters, and backgrounders that support SNE’s priority issues;
Bring forth opportunities such as endorsing coalition letters, testifying before Congress and agencies concerning SNE priority issues; and,
Cooperate with representatives of other nutrition education associations on issues of mutual interest.

ACPP Member Role & Responsibilities
Committee members represent a cross-section of SNE’s membership. ACPP is comprised of individuals selected through SNE’s ACPP Membership selection criteria and process. They live in different regions of the country and work in various segments of nutrition education.

2007-2008 ACPP Subcommittees

Child Nutrition - School Food

Beverly McCabe Sellers, Co-Chair

Ann Macpherson - Sanchez, Co-Chair

Elyse Levine

Child Nutrition & Marketing to Children

Susan Nitzke, Chair

Marisa Cheung , Advisor