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Steve Amore
Twin Valley SD
Work Phone: (610) 286-8600 Ext 1649
Email: samore@tvsd.org
Steve Amore started working in the hospitality industry as a teenager. After graduating from high school he attended Penn State University and studied Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management and Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management. During his final semester at Penn State he traveled abroad to attend a hotel school in Switzerland. Upon his return he did an internship in Florida before accepting a job at the Disney Village Hilton. He continued to work in hotels and restaurants for the next five years until returning to Pennsylvania to start a family. He worked at Albright College in Reading for 14 years running the food service operations. For the past six years he has served as Director of Operations and Food Service for the Twin Valley School District in Chester county.
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Jenelle Himmelreich
Eastern Lebanon County SD
Work Phone: (717) 866-4521 Ext: 8521
Email:jhimmelreich@elcosd.org
After attending business school and participating in the management of several private businesses, Jenelle Himmelreich began her career in food service as a dietitian’s assistant in a small rehab hospital. Looking for a bigger challenge, she worked her way up to the food service director position within a short period of time. When she became restless after several years at the hospital, she eyed the food service director position at the Governor Mifflin SD. When it became available, she applied and was hired. She has now been working for Governor Mifflin SD more than six years, and she says she still loves the challenges of school foodservice: “It keeps things interesting!”
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Amy Keeler
Brownsville ASD
Amy Keeler
5 Falcon Drive | Brownsville, PA 15417
Phone #: 724-785-2021
Email: akeeler@basd.org
Although Amy’s career did not start in school food service, she now loves it so much she says that if she could go back in time, she would have gone into school food service from the beginning.
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Allison Kimmel
Marion Center SD
Allison Kimmel
22810 Pennsylvania 403 | Marion Center, PA 15759
Phone #: 412-66-6360 ext 1612
Email: akimmel@mcasd.net
Allison is the Food Service Director at Marion Center School District and is in her seventh year working in school nutrition. As a Registered Dietitian, she started her career working in hospitals and long-term care facilities. While she enjoyed working in healthcare, she really wanted the chance to make an impact on the health of children – feed them healthy, balanced meals in hopes they never become ill adults who must manage a disease with nutrition therapy.
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Barbara Nissel
SOS Group, Inc.
Phone #: (610) 251-9182
Email: barb@sosgroupinc.com
Barbara Nissel is president of School Operation Services Group, Inc. (SOS Group). SOS provides services in the area of technology, food service, classroom aides, and facilities.
Barbara has obtained degrees in education and nutrition from Drexel University and Immaculata College. Prior to SOS, Barbara worked for Great Valley School District. Before becoming Food Service Supervisor in 1988 she had been a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, a restaurant operator, and a consultant to the American Heart Association. These career experiences in public service, business, and education, along with her academic studies, have provided Barbara with a terrific combination of qualifications for successfully taking charge of a school district’s food service department.
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Kelly Price
Donegal School District
Phone #: (717) 492-1221 ext 51534
Email: kelly.price@donegalsd.org
Kelly Price, the school food service director at Donegal School District, credits a fellow, now retired, school food service director for taking her under her wing and mentoring her when she began her school food service career. Kelly believes she would not be where she is today without this generous support and mentoring. It’s not surprising, then, that Kelly is eager to give back and help other directors as they begin their careers.
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Mellisa Schad
Avonworth SD
Mellisa Schad
258 Josephs Lane | Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Phone #: 412-66-6360 ext 1612
Email: mschad@avonworth.k12.pa.us
Melissa has been the Food Service Director for Avonworth School District since June of 2014. For the 16 years prior to that, she worked for a Food Service Management Company in public, private, technical, and special needs schools. The company operated an unofficial mentorship program through which Melissa learned from an experienced director and eventually began to mentor assistant directors as she became a veteran.
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