Penny McConnell is Director, Food and Nutrition Services, Fairfax County Public Schools. She holds a BS from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and an MS from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is a registered dietician.
Penny received the 1999 Silver Plate Award in the Elementary and Secondary School Category. She is past president of the American School Food Service Association and School Food Service Foundation. Penny previously has served this professional association of 65,000 members as Major Cities Section Chair and Southeast Regional Director and served as president in Virginia.
Ms. McConnell also has been very active in the Virginia and American Dietetic Associations. She served as State President, Delegate, and Chair of the School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group at the national level. She is the primary author of the Position of the American Dietetic Association: Child Nutrition Services.