White joins GLIFWC with experience in agency regulation, safety standards, and rigorous operations thanks in-part to her role as an Adjunct Faculty and Laboratory Specialist.
White is responsible for promoting the use of traditional food that develops and sustains tribal community food systems as well as providing technical assistance to GLIFWC member tribes by establishing traditional food marketing, regulation, and processing capacity.
She also implements off-reservation Model Food Code training to create and expand opportunities while preparing grant applications. Developed by GLIFWC legal and nutrition specialists, the Model Food Code Guide provides a platform for tribes to take sovereign control of community food systems.
White studied Natural Resources at Ball State University and received her Associates of Science from the College of Lake County. White earned her Bachelors of Arts in General Studies with a Minor in Sociology from Eastern Illinois University and is a certified PBT technician from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).