[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 23 (Wednesday, March 6, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E273-E274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO MARTY MARSHALL, PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE 
                              ASSOCIATION

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                         HON. ELLEN O. TAUSCHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 5, 2002

  Mrs. TAUSCHER. Mr. Speaker, Marty Marshall is President of the 
California School Food Service Association, with over 2,500 members, 
Director of Nutrition Services for Fremont Unified School District, 
with over 32,000 students, wife, mother, grandmother, and community 
volunteer. Her life has been, a continues to be, devoted to service to 
others. Whether to family, co-workers, friends, or fellow professional 
association members, Marty finds giving of her heart, energy and time 
to he her greatest pleasure.
  As President of the California School Food Service Association, Marty 
Marshall has worked tirelessly to revitalize the Association by 
conducting strategic planning sessions, and accomplishing the resulting 
strategic goals in the areas of organizational structure, internal and 
external communication, membership, professional image, leadership 
development, and legislative activity. With her inclusive style of 
leadership, she has brought together members of all levels including 
site staff, management, and industry to come to consensus on the goals 
as well as the necessary steps to achieve them. The membership has 
expressed enthusiastic appreciation for bringing back some of the 
traditions and structure that had been lost over the past few years. In 
addition to her current position as President of CSFSA, Marty has 
served as President Elect, Chair of the Professional Development, 
Awards and Scholarships, and Rules and Resolutions Committees, 
Conference Program Chair, Conference Exhibits Chair, and President of 
the Josephine P. Morris and Northern California Chapter. She is also 
currently the Executive Committee Advisor to the Public

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Policy and Legislative, and Conference Committees.
  Marty's theme for her Presidency, ``Nutrition and Learning, Hand in 
Hand,'' depicts her commitment to children's nutrition education, and 
the positive effect good nutrition has on a child's learning ability. 
This has been a timely theme because of current interest amongst 
California families, schools, and Legislators in children's nutrition 
issues. Marty testified numerous times during the 2001-2002 session in 
both Senate and Assembly Committee hearings regarding nutrition and 
training related legislation. Her testimony contributed strongly to 
reaching compromise on SB 19, the Pupil Health, Nutrition, and 
Achievement Act of 2001, signed into law by the Governor, and authored 
by Senator Escutia.
  Marty Marshall was born Martha Elizabeth Knecht in Berkeley, 
California on August 21, 1946. She grew up in Walnut Creek, where she 
attended Parkmead Elementary School and Del Valle High School, 
participating in service and leadership activities in both. In 
Elementary School she was active in Brownies, Girl Scouts, Job's 
Daughters and St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and took lessons in flute, 
piano, and ballet. She was a member of the Student Council, and gave 
the commencement speech at her eighth grade graduation ceremony. 
Attending a new high school, as a member of the second graduating 
class, Marty was in the Leadership Class and on the Student Council all 
four years, and was a cheer leader for three years, the last of which 
she was elected as Head Cheer Leader. She was a member of the Latin and 
French Clubs, tutored special education students, earned a life 
membership in the California Scholarship Federation, and was selected 
as Del Valle High School's ``Most Outstanding Citizen'' by the school 
staff.
  After graduating from High School, Marty Marshall attended the 
University of California at Berkeley, where she majored in Dietetics. 
It is here where she met Marilyn Briggs, current Assistant 
Superintendent of Public Instruction for the California Department of 
Education Director of the Nutrition Services Division, who has become a 
lifelong friend and mentor in the area of child nutrition. Marty 
continued tutoring special education students through her college 
years, and volunteered in a local convalescent hospital, reading to 
residents and participating in holiday events. She joined the Alpha Phi 
sorority, which focuses nationally on activities to support heart 
health, and participated annually in their fundraising drive.
  Before working at Fremont Unified School District, Marty worked for 
two years as an Assistant Dietitian for a chain of convalescent 
hospitals. She also worked for six years as the Food Service Instructor 
for a Federal Training Grant Project where she trained functionally 
retarded and legally blind clients to work in commercial food service. 
Here, she developed an Independent Living Skills program for her 
clients, most of who had recently been released from a state hospital 
that had closed. She also developed a prescreening program for the 
Business Enterprise Program for the Blind, to help ensure the success 
of her clients when they entered this business food service training 
program. Marty still stays in touch with two of her clients from this 
Federal Training Project after 30 years.
  Marty has worked at Fremont Unified School District for over twenty 
years as the Director of Nutrition Services. She works hard to combine 
nutritional integrity with sound business practices, and has earned a 
USDA Recognition Award each time her program has been audited. She is 
committed to the children and is known for running her program with the 
highest of ethics and standards.
  Marty is a member of Candle Lighters, a Fremont organization that 
builds and operates a ghost house each year and donates the proceeds to 
local charities. She has chaired the Caramel Apple booth and the 
scheduling of students to work in the house. Over $1,500,000 has be 
returned to the community over the past 25 years through the efforts of 
this organization. Marty's husband Steve, and her two children, Chris, 
26 and Nicky, 23, participate with her in many of her volunteer 
activities.

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