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Detroit’s Betti Wiggins takes top prize in FAME Awards

Betti Wiggins of Detroit Public Schools was named the winner of the Golden Star Director Award, the competition’s highest honor.

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

November 8, 2016

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Betti Wiggins

Betti Wiggins, executive director of food services for the Detroit Public Schools, has been named the winner of the 2017 Golden Star Director Award, the most prestigious honor awarded by the Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence (FAME) Awards competition.

The other 2017 winners are…
• Kevin Ponce of Oklahoma City Public Schools (Silver Star Leadership Award);
• Daniel Ellnor of Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Ky. (Silver Star Spirit Award);
• Meredith Potter of the Houston County Board of Education in Perry, Ga. (Rising Star Award);
• Gay Anderson of Brandon Valley (S.D.) 49-2  (Special Achievement Award);
• Shirley Brown of Rich Products (Friend of Child Nutrition Award).

The FAME Award winners will be honored at the School Nutrition Association (SNA) School Nutrition Industry Conference in Orlando Sunday, Jan. 22.

The 2017 FAME awards are sponsored by Basic American Foods, Schwan’s Food Service Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc.

About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

 

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