Nancy Kohn

Nancy Kohn is the Eastern Regional Director of Innovation & Equity for the Healthy Food in Healthcare Program at Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) with over a decade of multi-sector experience. In partnership with the health care sector and various community allies, she and her team develop scalable models that support the transformation and sustainability of a local, equitable, and resilient food system. Previously Previously, Nancy held multiple leadership roles including directing K-12 nutrition education programming to 250-school network for the Philadelphia School District, led community gardening, re-entry for the formerly incarcerated, and food security initiatives at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, as well as served as the Director of Greenthumb for NYC Parks, where she directed policy, programming, and technical support provided to over 1100 community and school gardens citywide while working in partnership to bridge government with the collective power of communities to improve food and land security. Nancy serves as Vice Chair for the Board of Directors at the Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger. She holds a BA in Political Science from Temple University and an MA in Health Education from Columbia University.