Reynaldo Green, VP of Nutrition and Family Well-Being
Reynaldo Green is the Vice-President of Nutrition and Family Well-Being at Quality Care for Children – a nonprofit organization located in Atlanta, Georgia. Since 2013, he has been responsible for QCC’s administration of the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program that serves 4 million meals and snacks to over 22,000 children across the state each year. He also oversees the statewide 877-ALL-GA-KIDS child care referral and education call center that links thousands of families to Quality Rated child care and school-age programs throughout the state.
Other responsibilities including directing of the following programs: summer food feeding, nutrition training, QCC’s parent texting program and Farm to Early Care and Education – an initiative that connects young children to locally produced food. Additionally, Reynaldo administers emergency child care services and “Boost”- a two-generation program that awards child care scholarships to parents living in under-resourced communities. He also is the adviser for both QCC’s staff engagement and equity committees.
Reynaldo’s proudest volunteer effort is mentoring African-American male youth through the Young Men of Excellence program in DeKalb County, Georgia. Many started as early as 4th grade and completed the program at 12th grade. Today almost forty of them are attending college, serving in the military or working. Some have graduated from college.
He is current the Board President for the National CACFP Forum and secretary for the Georgia Association of CACFP Sponsors. Reynaldo is a recipient of the 2010 NAACP Thomas C. Wilson Youth Award, and has received four awards from his fraternity in recognition for his work with youth mentoring. QCC awarded him the Innovators Award in 2010 and 2012. He leads a team of 30 individuals.