The Nice Team

Jonathan Dickl, MBA, SNS

• CEO and Founder

Awards

• Credentialed  School Nutrition Specialist
• 2014 Allen C. Buhler Award for Culinary Innovation
• 2007 Fame Award, Silver Rising Star Director
• National Health and Public Policy Award Winner
• USDA Best Practice Winner for Increasing Breakfast Participation

Accolades

• Featured on Michelle Obama’s "Let’s Move" Website
• Culinary Institute of America Healthy Flavors, Healthy Kids Chef Director’s Summit Presenter
• Presenter at many national, regional, and state conferences on Nutrition Industry Hot Topics
• AESA Presenter on Cost Reimbursable versus Fixed Price Contracts
• Walmart Foundation Breakfast in Classroom Grant Recipient
• FRAC Presenter on Breakfast in the Classroom

Associations

• SNA Strategic Realignment Planning Committee
• SNA Southeast Regional Director
• SNA ANC Chair and CO-Chair
• PEW Foundation Child Nutrition Advisory Board
• Uncle Ben’s Advisory Council
• Foster Farms Advisory Council
• Gotbreakfast Board Member
• President of the Power Buying Group, the largest school purchasing consortium in the United States
• Knox County Food Policy Council
• East Tennessee Coalition on Childhood Obesity