Thursday, March 13 at 6 p.m.

Cider Gallery
810 Pennsylvania Street
Lawrence, KS 66044

Light refreshments will be served.

This a FREE event, RSVP’s are
appreciated but not required.

Join us for a panel conversation about the power of women fighting food insecurity.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Harvesters will host a panel discussion featuring women dedicated to combating food insecurity. These inspiring individuals support our community and advance Harvesters’ vision of creating a healthy, thriving community where no one goes hungry. They achieve this through volunteer work, corporate involvement, board participation, and roles in the nonprofit sector.

Our Moderator:

Our Panelists:

Elizabeth Keever
Harvesters’ Chief Resource Officer

For nearly a decade, Elizabeth worked at Harvesters’ valued partner agency, Just Food, where she successfully orchestrated the launch of major fundraisers, notably the Kansas Food Truck Festival which drew a crowd of more than 5,000. Elizabeth’s drive to make a difference saw her expand the organization’s staffing, donations and capacity. As the Executive Director, she amplified Just Food’s outreach, initiating numerous essential programs and fostering key partnerships, including the collaboration with Heartland Community Health Center for the Care Cupboard project.

Elizabeth Burger
Senior Vice President of Programs and Strategy, Sunflower Foundation

Elizabeth E. Burger, PhD, MBA, EMT, serves as Senior Vice President of Programs & Strategy for Sunflower Foundation, a statewide health philanthropy serving all 105 counties and the state’s four sovereign Native nations. Burger leads the program team and its work with an expansive portfolio of 180+ active grants addressing healthcare access and behavioral health integration; green space access and creation of public trails; nonprofit capacity building; tribal and rural community health; food access and nutrition security; and Food is Medicine.

She started her career as a TV news producer, then transitioned to health and wellness where she owned a personal training business, managed hospital-based wellness programs, worked in academia and research, and served as evaluation director at the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Originally from Hogshooter Creek near Bartlesville, OK, Elizabeth earned a BA in Communications from the University of Tulsa, an MS and PhD in Health/Human Performance from Oklahoma State University, and an MBA from Rockhurst University. She completed a post-doc fellowship at the University of Kansas Energy Balance Lab.

Wynne Dillon
Ambassador and former Board Member, Harvesters

Wynne Dillon is an Ambassador for Harvesters and former Board Member who served two terms. She’s been an active supporter of Harvesters since 1992 when she signed up to help with the Check-Out Hunger program.

She is also a retired Director of Strategic Planning for Dillon Stores, a division of the Kroger Co. and former District Manager for 22 Dillon Food Stores in northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri. Wynne earned an M.B.A. from Baker University and a B.A. from the University of Kansas.

Christina Haswood
Program Director, Climate and Energy Project and Former Kansas House Representative

Christina Haswood is a former Kansas State Legislator from Lawrence who served as Policy Chair in the House Democrat Leadership from 2022-2024. She is recognized for her expertise in Native American and public health policy. Christina played a pivotal role in passing Kansas’ first Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) bill in 2021 and continues to advocate for reproductive rights. Known for leveraging social media in politics, she is committed to encouraging young Kansans to get involved in state politics. Christina has served on panels at SXSW (South by Southwest), was named to the Kansans NextGen 30 Under 30 list, and received the Climate + Energy Project’s Leadership Award for her work in environmental policy. Her achievements have been featured in Business Insider, The New York Times, and Vogue. Christina currently volunteers on the Douglas County Indigenous Food System Study & Action Plan.

Susan Kang
Senior Advisor, Kansas Health Foundation

Susan Kang is senior advisor at the Kansas Health Foundation where she is responsible for creating and overseeing an organizational think tank which works to ensure that all of KHF’s day-to-day activities are strategically created and expertly implemented with the goal of realizing the organization’s three-part purpose. She also directs other KHF initiatives, as directed by the President and CEO.

Before joining KHF, Kang was the senior director of development recruitment, as well as the diversity, equity and inclusion lead at the University of Kansas Endowment Association.

Prior to that, Kang was the assistant secretary for policy and external affairs at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). She began her career as an attorney, both in private practice and later as the assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Kang holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin, Madison; a law degree from the Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Mass., and a certification from the International Coaching Federation as ACC level coach.

Sheila Regehr
Corporate Affairs Manager, Dillons

Sheila Regehr, Corporate Affairs Manager for the Dillon Stores division of The Kroger Co. manages the strategy and execution of the division’s charitable
support, government affairs, internal communications including the Kroger Studios at Dillons and external communications including media relations. She serves as spokesperson for the division’s 80 stores and 11,000 associates throughout Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri.

Sheila began her career at Dillons as a courtesy clerk in 1997 and has been promoted to several positions in management including Assistant Store Manager, District HR Trainer, Associate Communications and Engagement Manager, and her current role as Corporate Affairs Manager, since 2017. Sheila
holds her BA in Marketing with an emphasis on Organizational Leadership from Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS.

In 2013, Sheila attended the FMI’s Future Connect Leadership Conference for future leaders and was named Rising Star in 2015 from Progressive Grocer’s Top Women in Grocery. Sheila led the Dillons Young Professional’s Associate Resource Group from 2016 to 2020. In 2019, Sheila was appointed to serve on the City of Wichita’s taskforce on single use plastic bags, which she currently serves. Additionally, Sheila serves on the Nebraska Grocery Industry Association Board of Directors since 2019, the Economic Development Committee for Reno County since 2021, and an the USO Kansas Advisory Committee member since 2022.

Fueled by her passion for Kroger’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste commitment to end hunger in our communities and waste within the Dillons stores, Sheila has proudly partners with food banks in our communities such as Kansas Food Bank, Harvester’s Community Food Network, Food Bank for the Heartland. For years, Sheila has proudly offered
support to USO Kansas, Cancer Council of Reno County, United Way of Reno County and United Way of the Plains, HumanKind, K-State, Susan G. Komen and American Red Cross along with numerous grassroots organizations.

Aundrea Walker
Executive Director, Just Food

Aundrea Walker serves as the Executive Director of Just Food, the food bank of Douglas County, Kansas. With over nine years of dedicated leadership, she oversees the organization’s operations and innovative programs. Under Aundrea’s guidance, Just Food has expanded its reach and impact, developing programs that increase access to healthy foods, reduce barriers to health and well-being, and empower individuals toward self-sufficiency. Her passion for food equity and her commitment to collaborative community solutions have been instrumental in driving the organization’s mission forward and strengthening the local food system.

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