PRESS
February 21, 2006
Section: Ag Monday
Page: 6B
PEOPLE
Staff
HELP Inc. Names board of directors, ag council
Healthy Eating Lifestyle Principles Inc., founded in 2004 by Basil Mills, president of Mills Family Farms, has incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization, and named its first board of directors.
HELP combats the obesity epidemic and encourages increased consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Under Executive Director Mike Pippi, it promotes healthy eating and physical activity in schools and the community, offering free nutrition classes and wellness programs.
Board members are: Leslie Sunny, executive director of Food Bank for Monterey County; Tricia Vincent, chief clinical dietitian, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula; Alan Mello, Mello Media; Beverly Ranzenberger, senior vice president/chief operations officer, Salinas Valley Memorial Health Care System; Cynthia Poole, chief clinical dietician, Salinas Valley Memorial Health Care System; Nancy Kotowski, associate superintendent, Monterey County Office of Education; Mills; Donna Ferraro, executive director of Boys and Girls Clubs of Monterey County; Jim Bogart, executive director of the Grower-Shipper Association of the Central Coast; John R. Baillie, Jack T. Baillie Co. Inc.; Gina Marie Nucci, director of food service marketing, Mann Packing Co. Inc.; Jim Nakashima, executive director of Housing Authority of Monterey County; Cindy Weigelt, executive director of the American Heart Association's Salinas office; Rhonda Williams, Realtor; and Pippi.