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Special Reports & White Papers

Characteristics and Actions of Hunger Leaders Who are Not Directly in the Hunger Space

Edward M. Cooney, Former Staff Member
Published 2012

The goal of ending childhood hunger can be furthered effectively through alliances of anti-hunger advocates and partners from the education community, nutrition and health organizations, labor unions, and private sector food companies and trade associations. This paper offers a concise summary of these potential allied organizations and the roles they can and do play to address child hunger.  This paper is one in a series of occasional white papers produced by the Congressional Hunger Center that offer a concise “primer” on key aspects of  policymaking and implementation on childhood hunger and nutrition issues. The series is intended to provide a broad range of stakeholders with information they can use in seeking to improve the nutrition and health status of children. It is part of The CHILD Project (Children’s Hunger Initiative on Learning and Development), supported by the ConAgra Foods Foundation.

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Publication tags: Special Reports & White Papers - Advocacy and Education - Advocates (including legal advocates), Parents, School Staff, Workers (including farm workers)

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Edward M. Cooney

Former Staff Member

Edward M. Cooney served as the Congressional Hunger Center’s (CHC) Executive Director from February 5, 2001 to September 8, 2015. Prior to joining CHC, Ed was an anti hunger advocate at the Food Research and Action Center and Connecticut Legal Services. From September 1997 to January 2001, Ed held two senior positions at the United States Department of Agriculture as Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs and Special Assistant for Nutrition to USDA Secretary Dan Glickman. Ed was a member of USDA’s Senior Executive Service, the government’s top management team. As an advocate or nutrition program administrator, Ed worked with allied groups on every major children nutrition and Food Stamp (SNAP) bill since 1977. Ed received the Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition from the Global Child Nutrition Association and the School Nutrition Association in 2008. Ed received a BA degree in History from the College of the Holy Cross and a JD degree from the University of Connecticut Law School.

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