Zero Hunger: Doing What Works
Long-term Solutions to Feeding the World Post-USAID
Thursday, September 24, 2026
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Hilton St. Louis Frontenac
1335 S Lindbergh Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63131
PURCHASE TICKETS
Tickets are $75 each, or $600 for a full table of 8 people.
Registration opens July 2026
While the dust settles after the dismantling of USAID in 2025, acute hunger worldwide is reaching record levels. How will the U.S. and its global partners address the need to feed the world now?
This year, Meds & Food for Kids’ annual forum “Zero Hunger: Doing What Works” explores solutions from the lens of three experts in international food aid. The dialogue will not dwell on reinstating the former system. Instead, the panel will focus on saving lives in today’s crises without weakening the markets, institutions, and productive capacity that must feed people tomorrow. Those attending will leave with a better understanding of what it will take to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero Hunger.
Meet the Panelists
Dianna Darsney
Dianna is a former senior official at USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, where she oversaw global food aid and humanitarian response programming.
She is now the Director of Global Initiatives at the George Washington University Global Food Institute.
Jamie Rhoads
Jamie leads the Haiti Food Systems Alliance and is an expert on functioning food systems, with a focus on gaps and solutions for Haitian agriculture.
He is the former assistant director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut at the University of Georgia, and a former director of the MFK agriculture program.
Chris Greene
Chris is the CEO of Meds & Food for Kids and has a deep understanding of the strengths of localized food systems.
MFK’s model of producing therapeutic foods locally and strengthening Haitian agriculture is a demonstration of how the future of global food aid can succeed.
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Melissa George, Fundraising Manager
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Ending Hunger isn’t a dream, it’s a matter of doing what works.
Zero Hunger 2025:
Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Ertharin Cousin (World Food Programme, UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome, Food Systems for the Future)
Zero Hunger 2024:
Keynote Speaker: Catherine Bertini (World Food Prize Laureate, World Food Programme, Catherine Bertini Trust Fund for Girls’ Education)
Panel Speakers: Kristen Wild (Operation Food Search), Eric Mitchell (Alliance to End Hunger), Dr. Lora Iannotti (E3 Nutrition Lab)
Zero Hunger 2023:
Keynote Speaker: Roger Thurow (Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Wall Street Journal)
Panel Speakers: Dr. Lora Iannotti (E3 Nutrition Lab), Dr. Patricia Wolff (Meds & Food for Kids, Founder)