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General Questions

Rachel Matson, BA

matson_r@cde.state.co.us or 303-929-6396

Quick Guide

Child Nutrition Program Support & Compliance

Beverly Leveque, MPH, RD, SNS

  • Nutrition Senior Consultant overseeing meal patterns and menu planning, civil rights, special dietary needs, and wellness policy. 
  • leveque_b@cde.state.co.us or 720-595-8071

Diane Matthews, MA

Nutrition Senior Consultant overseeing Food Service Management Companies, Procurement, including procurement reviews, Equipment Grants, and Capital Equipment Purchases

Erin Opgenorth, RD

Supervisor overseeing federal CNPs: NSLP, SBP, SFSP, Seamless Summer Option, emergency feeding situations, and supporting policy and implementation and new sponsor onboarding. 

Jenny Herman, BS

Supervisor overseeing State CNPs: Healthy School Meals for All program, Lunch Protection Act, Smart Start, Breakfast After the Bell, and supporting provisionals and resource management. 

Justin Carter, MBA

Farm to School Coordinator overseeing Farm to School, the Local Food Program, and assisting procurement. 

Krista Garand, SNS

Director of Program Operations overseeing coordination of nutrition program operations and related grant activities, strategic planning and quality improvements.

Madeleine Breza, MPH

Nutrition Senior Consultant overseeing the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program, Wellness Policies & Smart Snacks and Competitive Foods, and assisting the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Eligibility, and the Local Food Program. 

Mandy Monaco, MS, RD

Nutrition Senior Consultant overseeing Provisional Programs (Community Eligibility Provision and Provision 2) and assisting wages and stipends for the Healthy School Meals for All program. 

Michelle Monge, SNS

  • Nutrition Senior Consultant overseeing food safety, food waste and assists local food program.
  • monge_m@cde.state.co.us or 720-616-0462

Nell Dochez, MPA

Nutrition Senior Consultant overseeing School meal eligibility programs, including free and reduced-price meal eligibility, direct certification, and income verification, Summer Food Service Program site eligibility, and assisting the Summer-EBT program. 

Sarah Shannon, MS, RD

Nutrition Senior Consultant overseeing the Afterschool Snack Program (ASP), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Special Milk Program, and assisting meal patterns & special dietary needs.

Vivien Skrupskis, BA

Review Manager overseeing NSLP & SFSP Administrative reviews, including resource management and procurement and new sponsor onboarding. 

Training & Outreach Support

Sharon Murray, MHSE

Supervisor overseeing program management and strategic direction for Unit Training, Technical Assistance and Communications, professional development, Advisory Council for School Nutrition, supports unit internship program and employee onboarding. 

Sirui (Sir-Ray) Mi, MA, MS, RD

Nutrition Senior Consultant overseeing new director onboarding, site monitoring, Professional Standards, unit-wide outreach and marketing, training & technical assistance, and supporting the Internship Program

Megan Reynolds, MPH, RD

Nutrition Senior Consultant overseeing unit communications & outreach, sponsor marketing, assisting the Advisory Council for School Nutrition.

Data, Reporting & Reimbursement Support

Lyza Shaw, MS

Director of Financial & Technical Operations overseeing financial and technology management for the unit and child nutrition programs including coordination of financial reporting.

Matt Hairgrove, PMP, CSPO

Technology Manager overseeing the Child Nutrition Programs technology system and unit technology and infrastructure

Megan Johnson RD, SNS

Nutrition Senior Consultant overseeing resource management and the wages and stipends program. Assists with provisional programs and meal counting and claiming.

Rachel Bowyer 

Data Manager overseeing the unit’s data strategy, governance, reporting and evaluation.  

Meghan Perkins, RD

Data Analyst overseeing meal counting and claiming, data reporting, data analysis, including HSMA data, financial managment, and assisting with resource management data. 

Unit Strategy & Personnel

Ashley Moen, MS, RD, SNS

Director of Training & Personnel overseeing the unit's strategy for training, communications and marketing/outreach; personnel management and internship program.

Brehan Riley, MS, RD, SNS

Executive Director overseeing management of all child nutrition programs administered by CDE; Coordination of program goals and objectives; Management of program budgets related to federal, state, and grant funding.

Kerri Link, MS, RD, SNS

Strategy and QI Manager overseeing quality & process improvement, strategic planning, and project management. 

State Agency Partners

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)

Contact the CDPHE for more information on the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) within child care centers/family child care, adult day care programs, afterschool programs and the supper program.

Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) - USDA Foods

The Food Distribution Programs unit facilitates the ordering and distribution of USDA Foods (formerly "commodities") to decrease school nutrition and summer food service program costs.