Alex Alexis 1985 - 1988
Ervin Watson Air Force 1988 - 1992
Jeffrey Stewart Air Force 1988 - 1991
Alex served from 1985-88 and was stationed at Ft. Lewis. Alex is a part of the Culinary Services team at Seattle Public Schools (WA).
Ervin was in the US Air Force as a Services Specialist. He was stationed at bases in the US and Europe. Their units primary responsibility was to provide food services on base and during deployments.
Jeff was an aircraft welder and machinist. He now works at the Franklin Central High School Freshman Academy (IN) as a Child Nutrition Associate. Jeff serves lunches daily to students.
Currently Ervin is an SNS Assistant Director in DeKalb Co. (GA).
Gunny Sgt. DuWayne Young Marines 1971 - 1991
Kern Halls Navy - 8 1/2 Years
Carrie Beegle, SNS Army 1987 - 1991
Chef AJ Moll, CFPM Army 1995 - 2003
Allan Vignieri Army 1968 - 1971
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DuWayne was active from 1971- 1975 and served in reserves from 1976-1991. During his time he served all over the United States and overseas. DuWayne s a part of the Culinary Services team at Seattle Public Schools (WA).
Kern served as a Culinary Specialist in the Army. His role was to ensure sailors and marines ate three square meals a day. Kern is currently at Ingenious Culinary Concepts where we help school districts across the nation increase their participation. We do that by providing professional development, consulting but mostly redesigning cafeterias by turning them into a hotspot that students love dining in.
Carrie served as a military police officer, stationed in Germany and has been in school food service for 24 years. She now runs her own school food service consulting business and she’s currently busy planning to open a school food service management academy to assist food service directors with being all they can be!
Sgt. Moll served as a combat engineer and a food service specialist. He trained at The Army’s Culinary School, The Quartermaster School, Ft. Lee, Virginia where he graduated Class Valedictorian. A.J. is now the Chef Manager for Canteen Dining, Compass Group at The Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community (MO) where he has served for nearly a decade.
Allan served in the Army during the Vietnam War and is now the President of Richland Hills Farms (WI).
We recognize that this is just a small portion of our veterans that are using their civilian years to support school nutrition. Although you may not be listed on this page, we truly thank you for your service to our country.
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