General Session V: A Taste of Panama: A Multi-Cultural Culinary Experience • Elena Hernandez (Culinary Ambassador, Panama City, Panama) • Isaac Villaverde (Ambassador of Afro-Antillean Gastronomy; Chef-Founder, La Tapa del Coco, Panama City, Panama) General Session VI: From Seattle and Lexington to Oakland: Finding One’s Culinary Voice Through the Knowledge and Lessons of Ancestors • Chandra Ram ’99 (Editor-at-Large, Plate, Chicago, IL) • Dominica Rice-Cisneros (Chef-Owner, Bombera, Oakland, CA) • Hillel Echo-Hawk (Indigenous Chef, Caterer, Speaker, and Owner, Birch Basket Catering, Seattle, WA) • Samantha Fore (Chef-Owner, Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites, Lexington, KY) General Session VII: The Influences That Move Oakland and New York Chefs • Cathy Nash Holley (Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Flavor & The Menu, Portland, ME) • Nelson German (Chef-Owner, alaMar Bar & Kitchen & Sobre Mesa, Oakland, CA) • Scott Alves Barton, PhD (Chef, Author, Adjunct Professor, New York University, New York City
