Food System Administrator
Denver Department of Public Health and Environment
Denver, CO
Laine Cidlowski, AICP, LEED-AP is the Food Systems Administrator for the City of Denver Colorado in the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment. She oversees the Denver Sustainable Food Policy Council and leads the food systems team to implement the Denver Food Vision to make the city’s food systems more healthy, vibrant, inclusive, and resilient. Laine was previously the first Food Policy Director for the District of Columbia and the leader of the first public DC Food Policy Council. She worked with DC to study the local food economy, sign on to the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, and to start the DC Good Food Purchasing Program Coalition. Prior to that she was the Lead Urban Sustainability Planner for the DC Office of Planning where she led the Sustainable DC initiative to make the city socially equitable, environmentally responsive, and economically prosperous. Laine holds a M.A. in City and Regional Planning and a Certificate in Urban Design from the University of Pennsylvania and B.A. from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill in Environmental Studies. She serves on the Executive committee of the American Planning Association’s Food System Division.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CDT