Jacquelyn Chi
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Jacquelyn Chi (She/Her)
Director of Community Engagement
Albany, CA
Jacquelyn Chi is the Director of Community Engagement at ReFED, where she is responsible for building and engaging ReFED’s growing community through the annual Food Waste Solutions Summit and Food Waste Action Network. She brings 15 years of experience in food education programming, community engagement, thought leadership, and events across corporate and nonprofit organizations, including The Charlie Cart Project, OpenTable, and The Culinary Institute of America.
Jacquelyn earned a bachelor’s degree in radio/television/film from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in international communication from American University, where she researched food as a tool of public diplomacy and the social construction of authenticity in foreign eating.
Connect with me about
Food programming; Food education; Food within school systems; World cuisines; Sustainable food systems
Speaking Engagements
Conferences: Kitchen Table Session, Oxford Food Symposium (2023); Taste of Asia (2023); Florida Farm to School Experience (2021); Too Corporation (2019); Southern Innovations Organics and Foodservice Expo (2017)
Published Works
- “Saving Food, One Node at a Time: A Case Study of the Slow Food Movement and the Network Approach to Development,” Journal of International Service (2010)
Awards and Honors
Employee of the Year, Branch Campus – The Culinary Institute of America (2015); Best Use of a Mobile App – Cvent Planner Awards (2014)
Fun Facts
Languages Spoken: English, Cantonese (conversational), French (intermediate)
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Things: She and her husband’s three backyard chickens: Laura, Donna, and Audrey
Food She Struggles the Most Not to Waste: That last bite of anything that you’re too full to eat but is too small to pack up
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