Meet the Team

We have a great team at summerlunch+! Here are the folks behind the great food programming, your weekly cooking sessions and who run the Google classrooms!

Leadership and Programming


  • Susan Wright worked in student nutrition for several years, as the Regional Director for Ontario at the Breakfast Club of Canada. She was regularly asked by parents, community groups and by students themselves for support outside of the school day, and decided to launch summerlunch+ to address that need.

    Susan is a human resources professional with over 20 years of experience in the corporate, non-profit, and public sectors. She worked at Bank of Montreal and Labatt for a combined ten years, then with the Earth Ranger Foundation, JUMP Math, and the Breakfast Club of Canada for another decade. She wants to give young people a great start in life, and believes that healthy food, lots of activity, and sharing meals with friends and family is the basis for good living!

Operations


  • Madiha is a member of the Thorncliffe Park community and has been working with SL+ for 7 years. Her favourite recipe is Black bean brownies and she loves working and interacting with the kids in the community to help them learn how to cook!


  • Director of Programs and Partnerships

    Joeie has been working and growing with summerlunch+ since 2017. She loves sharing her passions for cooking and health to help kids across the GTA discover the joys of nutritious eating and gain food skills. She enjoys collaborating with the summerlunch+ team to create learning content, connecting with new partner sites and working on recipe development. Her favourite summerlunch+ recipe are the black bean brownies.


  • Food and Nutrition Education Facilitator

    Erin has worked with summerlunch+ since 2023. She loves working with children to develop cooking skills and gain knowledge about food, nutrition, food systems, and agriculture. She comes from a background of farming and cooking, and enjoys sharing her many stories! Her favourite summerlunch+ recipe is the lasagna soup.

  • Food Literacy Manager


    Lauren has worked with summerlunch+ since 2023. She loves being able to combine her passions for nutrition, cooking, content creation and working with children at summerlunch+! She enjoys designing engaging learning modules to help participants develop their food skills and nutrition knowledge! Her favourite summerlunch+ recipe is the lentil chocolate chip cookies.