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Natalie Vandenburgh

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Senior Coordinator, Fellowship

Natalie joined the Chef Ann Foundation team in March 2023 and serves as the organization’s Senior Coordinator of Fellowship Programs. In this role, she is responsible for the Healthy School Food Pathway Fellowship program implementation, evaluation, and ongoing improvement.

Natalie Vandenburgh

she/her

Senior Coordinator, Fellowship

Natalie joined the Chef Ann Foundation team in March 2023 and serves as the organization’s Senior Coordinator of Fellowship Programs. In this role, she is responsible for the Healthy School Food Pathway Fellowship program implementation, evaluation, and ongoing improvement.

Natalie has operational and leadership experience in a wide range of mission-driven food spaces, from farms to commercial kitchens to food hubs and beyond. After receiving her B.S. in Food Systems from the University of Minnesota, she focused her work on supporting the skills, networks, and infrastructure needed to create strong local food systems. Natalie is motivated by the belief that all people should have access to the food they need to thrive and that a healthy food system should nourish producers, growers, eaters, land, and animals. Her interest in the intersection of food and health led her to pursue a Master’s degree in Public Health, which she anticipates completing in May 2024.

In her free time, Natalie enjoys cooking and baking, spending quality time with friends and family (often over good food), and exploring all of the active pursuits, including training for her first Half Ironman triathlon.



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Who We Are

The Chef Ann Foundation is dedicated to promoting whole-ingredient, scratch-cooking in schools. Scratch-cooking enables schools to serve the healthiest, tastiest meals so that kids are well-fed and ready to learn.

Our Mission

Ensure that school food professionals have the resources, funding and support they need to provide fresh, healthy, delicious, cook from scratch meals that support the health of children and our planet.

Why School Food Matters

American kids start their life-path in K–12 schools where they learn the skills necessary to thrive & meet their potential. While the country debates the best ways to teach them math, science & English, we spend little to no time on food & nutrition.

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