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Contact Information:

Tel: (915) 887-6500
Fax: (915) 771-1112

Office Hours: Mon. - Fri.
8:00 am - 4:30 PM

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Food and Nutrition Professional Staff

Area Supervisors

Each school has a manager and a nutrition clerk that manage the daily needs for each site.  FNS Area Supervisors monitor compliance with local, state and federal policies, sanitation, staffing, nutrition education programs, school health curriculum, budgets, and menu planning and production.  They offer technical assistant to school administrators pertaining to federal regulations.  They are all Registered Dietitians and provide support for all areas of the National School Breakfast and Lunch programs, including parent or staff concerns about staff or policies.  The Area Supervisors are listed below along with the schools or departments they support.

    Director of Food and Nutrition Services

  • Eat Smart
    Nancy Nordell, RD, LD
    Telephone: 915-887-6507
    e-mail: nrnordel@episd.org


  • Assistant Director

  • Jennifer Renn, RD
    Telephone: 915-887-6513
    e-mail: jrenn@episd.org
    Schools: Austin, Bliss, Chapin, Collins, ECB Snack Bar and Campus Catering, Terrace Hills, and Transmountain Early College High School.


    Supervisors

  • Adrian Kamath, MS, RD, LD
    Telephone: 915-887-6522
    e-mail: aekamath@episd.org
    Schools: Bond, Green, Guerrero, Herrera, Johnson, Lafarelle, Lee, Lincoln, Magoffin, Mesita, Morehead, Moye, Polk, Powell, Putnam, Rivera, Roberts, Schuster, Vilas, Western Hills, and White

  • Joanne Kendrick, MS, RD, LD
    Telephone: 915-887-6512
    e-mail: jkendric@episd.org
    Schools: Alta Vista, Armendariz, Bassett, Burnet, CCTE, Clendenin, Coldwell, Crockett, Hawkins, Hillside, Hughey, Lamar, Moreno, Park, Rusk, SAPC, Sunset, Travis, Wiggs and Zavala

  • Judy Estrada, MS, RD, LD
    Telephone: 915-887-6514
    e-mail: jgortiz@episd.org
    Schools: Aoy, Beall, Bowie, Burleson, Clardy, Cooley, Coronado, Douglass, El Paso High, Franklin, Franklin 9th Grade Center, Guillen, Hart, Henderson, Jefferson, Raymond Telles and Ross

  • Julie Reiser LaSerre, RD, LD
    Telephone: 915-887-6511
    e-mail: jnreiser@episd.org
    Schools: Brown, Hornedo, Kohlberg, Lundy, Tippin, Mylunchmoney support, and SNAC Office (Application Processing)

  • Laura Duran, RD, LD
    Telephone: 915-887-6514
    e-mail: lduran@episd.org
    Schools: Andress, Barron, Bradley, Bonham, Burges, Canyon Hills, Charles, Cielo Vista, Crosby, Dowell, Fannin, Irvin, Logan, MacArthur, Milam Newman, Nixon, Richardson, Stanton, Tom Lea and Whitaker

The Administrative Support Team is responsible for interdepartmental communication. This staff performs meal application audits for compliance. They also prepare food bids, place orders and arrange for food deliveries to cafeteria managers. This staff provides information needed for the many state and federal reports.