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Contact Us - Nutrition

Nutrition ServicesCompliance and Audits
  • Nutrition Main Receptionist Number 404-657-1779
EmailTitleNamePhone
Director of Nutrition ServicesTamika Boone404-656-6292
Senior Manager of Provider ServicesSonja Adams404-463-2566
Program Administrative AssistantLeslie Truman404-657-1779
Nutrition & Physical Activity SupervisorDiana Myers404-973-4190
Nutrition Education SpecialistMorgan Chapman470-817-0060
Physical Activity SpecialistTina McLaren678-337-0977
Policy AdministratorRobyn Parham678-891-5866
Policy and Adverse Action Specialist Tammie Baldwin404-656-6332
Procurement Compliance SpecialistTempest Harris404-656-2472
Application Services ManagerDemetria Thornton404-463-2182
Application Services CoordinatorShericka Blount404-656-6411
Application SpecialistVanessa Goodman404-591-6027
Application SpecialistJerald Savage770-405-7916
Business Operations SpecialistLavesia Bolden404-463-1066
Business Operations SpecialistJoveta Watson706-434-6831
Budget Compliance SupervisorGwendolyn Howard404-651-7191
Budget Compliance Specialist Kristy Lanier-Williams470-547-9199
Marketing & Outreach ManagerCindy Kicklighter678-841-3170
Marketing & Outreach SpecialistJoann Kilpatrick470-259-3544
Training ManagerGrushan Blake404-651-7426
Training Coordinator Victoria Carden470-532-0873
Technical Assistance CoordinatorEmilia Emmanuel678-337-9759
Technical Assistance CoordinatorLakisha Battle478-314-2806
Technical Assistance CoordinatorLeatha Bryant404-998-0721
Technical Assistance CoordinatorNkem Ijeh404-973-4099
Technical Assistance CoordinatorJulie Edwards404-796-1205

For the Nutrition Services Technical Assistant Unit, please send an email to NutritionTA@decal.ga.gov.

EmailTitleNamePhone
Compliance Director (Audits and Compliance Unit)Ben Appling404-463-8287
Compliance ManagerShannon Goff678-717-5149
Compliance ManagerEbony Nunn770-405-7960
Nutrition Compliance ExaminerAngela Cambridge 706-497-6768
Nutrition Compliance Coordinator Valerie Coulton770-357-4927
Nutrition Compliance ExaminerKiShanna Digbie404-463-6088
Nutrition Compliance ExaminerAva Dorminey 678-885-0400
Nutrition Compliance ExaminerYolanda Jordan770-357-1728
Nutrition Compliance ExaminerDakara Kier770-357-1676
Nutrition Compliance Examiner Rhonda McLaughlin 404-977-2473
Nutrition Compliance Examiner Krista Sherrod404-977-3906
Nutrition Compliance ExaminerKaiya Stephens-Jackson1-866-369-2184

If you would like to submit a complaint concerning a Child and Adult Care Food Program or Summer Food Service Program sponsor, childcare facility, day care home provider or Summer Food Service Program site, please send an email to NutritionComplaints@decal.ga.gov or call 678-717-5364.

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