Nadine Nelson Resume 1 (1)-1

Nadine
Nelson
Hamden, CT
Boston, MA
is a career educator, chef, artist, and activist. As an expert in interactive culinary
education and experiential event production, she uses food as a catalyst and
platform to build community, revitalize the neighborhood, preserve our cultural
heritage, and empower people to lead healthier, happier, connected and more
prosperous lives.
nadine.nelson@gmail.com
bit.ly/2lkkZwx
globallocalgourmet.com
917.719.6859
Education
Educator / Chef / Artist/ Owner, Global Local Gourmet
Vermont’s Table Program
Sterling College, Craftsbury Common,
2005 - Present | Drawing from more than 20 years in the food, hospitality, training
and education industries:
VT
• Operate multifaceted interactive culinary event company that specializes in
experiential learning and integrated marketing intertwining food and culture to
Certificate in Fundraising and
Philanthropy
curate culinary learning experiences.
• Support, promote, and collaborate with regional farmers, food businesses,
New York University, New York, NY
cultural institutions, small business, and other entrepreneurial enterprises to
create and promote creative hands -on food-centric cultural endeavors including
Certificate in Food Styling
New School, New York, NY
cooking classes, culinary tours, team building events, tastings, wellness workshops,
branding content, integrated marketing and customized events based on the
client's needs and expectations.
Certificate from Culinary Business
Academy
• Responsible for the overall planning, marketing, sales, promoting and budget for
cooking classes and events.
US Personal Chef Association
• Provide leadership, training, direction and general administration of staff
Masters coursework in Curriculum
including customer service and chef-instructors.
and Program Development and
Founder and Principle, Sankofa Consulting
Evaluation
Tufts University, Medford, MA
1995 - 2012 | Consult in areas of curriculum development, program development
B.A. in English, Teaching Certification
and evaluation, professional development and training, fundraising, and event
in English 9-12
planning for a variety of for-profit and non-profit organizations.
Tufts University, Medford, MA

Nadine
Nelson
Dean of Community Relations / English Teacher, Beaver Country
Day School, Chestnut Hill, MA
1995 - 2005 | Member of the Administrative Team, Academic Program Team,
Wellness Team, Tenth Grade Teaching Team, leading a diverse range of
Selected Professional
community projects related to a commitment to community relations, inclusion,
and being a valued neighbor in Greater Boston. Report to Head of School.
Development & Training
Understanding by Design with
• Department- and organization-wide strategic planning around conceptualized
comprehensive Diversity Competency/Training Model, including designing and
Grant Wiggins
leading professional development, process facilitation, curriculum writing, and
Rubrics and Students Centered
implementation to align staff, parents, and students around strategic priorities in
Evaluation
regard to equity, inclusion, and community through events, credit, and non-credit
Teaching to Multiple Intelligences
courses.
Art and Social Change in the
• Program development, budget, and operations oversight, and evaluation.
Curriculum
• Staff management, including hiring, supervision, mentoring of staff. Increased
faculty and students populations of color to 25% - 33% in less than 5 years which
Community, Landscape, Place, and
Interdisciplinary Learning
has been maintained after my tenure.
• Served as consultant and liaison doing partnership development and
Teaching for Long Blocks
Seeking Educational Equity and
relationship management with other independent schools, community-based
organizations, public agencies, individual consultants, and volunteers to develop
Diversity, Creating Communities
that Drive Change
new programming and refine existing programming.
• A public representative for the school at local, regional and national meetings
Facing History in Ourselves
and conferences often presenting Diversity Competency/Training Model.
Racial Identity Theory in Schools
with Beverly Tatum
Teacher / Administrator, Cambridge Rindge & Latin, Cambridge, MA
Outward Bound
1992- 1995| Organized multicultural curriculum institute for high school; designed
MUG - Master in Urban Gardening
and delivered orientation training for all participants; supervised work teams
Certificate
consisting of high school and college students, teachers and administrators;
Soul Fire Farm - Black and Latinx
developed project’s initiatives and implemented project’s goals; edited and aided
Farmers Immersion
in the development of standards-based multicultural and integrated curriculum
units about violence, the old west, South Africa, India, race, and civilization.
Edible Schoolyard Across the
Curriculum

Nadine
Nelson
Selected Presentations
GreenThumb GrowTogether 2017: Beyond the Passive Cooking Demo -
Interactive Culinary Education as a Nutrition and Food Justice
Skills
Intervention
Cooking, Community Building and
Just Food 2017: A Call to Collaboration, "Equity and Nutrition Education"
City Growers Education Conference 2017: Cooking as a Revolutionary Act
Relations, Community-based Planning,
,Co - Creation, Create a Positive
Black Urban Gardeners Conference 2016: Cooking and Garden Education
as a Placemaking & Art Intervention
Learning Environment, Creativity and
Yale University, Nourish New Haven 2015: Interactive Active Culinary
Innovation, Critical Thinking and
Education as a Means for Food Justice Resistance
Problem Solving,Cross Cultural
Facilitation, Curriculum Development
Yale University, Nourish New Haven 2014: New Haven’s Next Generation
and Lesson Planning, Delegating and
Yale 2013, Nourish New Haven: Community Assets Solving Community
Empowering Leadership, Integrated
Issues
Marketing and Events, Project
Just Food 2013: Culinary Tourism as a means to create Economic
Management, Program Design, Public
Development and Revitalize Agricultural Regions
Relations, Social Media Strategy,
Teaching, Team Building, Translator of
Selected Art Shows & Commissions
Culture
2016 | Harvest Mandalas, Solo Commission, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT
Expertise
2015| | T- Stop Meal, Solo Commission, Design Studio 4 Social
Canva, DSLR Photography, Food Styling,
Intervention, Boston, MA
Interactive Media, Multi - Platform Content
2014| Vagaries of the Common, Special Artist Commission, ArtSpace, New
Creation, Non - Traditional Fundraising,
Haven, CT
Tumblr, Wordpress,
2014 | Living with Soul Pop Up, Curating and Production Commission,
International Festival Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT
Affiliations & Memberships
•Chair of the New Haven Food Policy Council
2013 | Greens on the Green, Curating and Production Commission,
International Festival Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT
Cooking and Food Education Working Group
Slow Food
2012 | Public Kitchen, Lead Artist Commission, Design Studio for Social
Intervention Boston, MA
International Association of Culinary
Professionals