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FM On Demand: Catching up on a year during COVID with Fulton County Schools’ Alyssia Wright

From creative staffing to keeping inspired, this school nutrition pro talks about serving students and the community.

Becky Schilling, Group Content Director/Editor-in-chief

March 17, 2021

Every year I’m on the committee for the FAME (Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence) Awards, which honors school nutrition professionals for their dedication and commitment to feeding the nation’s children. In 2019, the winner of the Silver Leadership Award went to Alyssia Wright, executive director of school nutrition at Fulton County Schools in Georgia. Unlike many of the previous FAME winners, I had never met Alyssia until the awards banquet. I was immediately struck by her friendly and welcoming nature and knew she would be someone we at Food Management would want to keep our eye on.

Now, two years later, I was able to catch up with Alyssia, nearly a year to the day after her district first shut down last spring due to COVID. In that year, she and her team have served 3 million meals to the community. Watch this interview and hear her thoughts on keeping inspired during COVID, finding creative solutions to staffing and serving students.

About the Author

Becky Schilling

Becky Schilling

Group Content Director/Editor-in-chief

Becky Schilling is Food Management’s editor-in-chief, and the group content director for Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group, managing editorial for digital, print and events for Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, Food Management and Supermarket News media brands. Becky holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Texas A&M University and a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Before joining Food Management in 2014, Becky was with FoodService Director magazine for seven years, the last two as editor-in-chief. Becky is a history nerd and a sports fanatic, especially college football—Gig'em Ags—and tennis. A born and raised Texan, Becky currently resides in New York City.

Becky Schilling’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), foodservice menus, operational best practices and innovation.

Becky Schilling is a frequent speaker at industry events including The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF), The National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) and The Society for Hospitality and Foodservice Management (SHFM).

Becky Schilling’s experience:

Group Content Director, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (Feb. 2020-present)

Editor-in-chief Food Management (Nov. 2014-present)

Director of Content Strategy & Optimization, Informa Restaurant & Food Group (March 2019-Feb. 2020)

Editor-in-chief, Supermarket News (April 2019-March 2019)

Executive Editor, Supermarket News (July 2016-April 2017)

Editor-in-chief, FoodService Director magazine (March 2013-Oct. 2014)

Managing Editor (FoodService Director magazine (March 2012-March 2013)

Associate Editor (FoodService Director magazine (Nov. 2007-March 2012)

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@bschilling_FM

https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-schilling-39194ba/

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