About Gavin Northey, MBA, SNS
Gavin Northey delivers child nutrition consulting and training services drawn from over 21 years of experience in institutional for-profit and non-profit institutional and child/school food service including in regulatory, administrative, management, and operational environments. Gavin’s focus areas include Financial Management and Procurement, Program Management, Finance, and Administration.
In addition to Gavin’s consulting business, he is employed with the Chef Ann Foundation as a Research and Evaluation Coordinator. Gavin previously served as the Child Nutrition Programs Manager for the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, Assistant Director and Business Manager for the Anchorage School District Student Nutrition Department, and held progressive operational and financial management roles with NANA Management Services at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Dining Services.
While working for the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, Gavin’s accomplishments included modernizing financial management resources, community eligibility provision tools and resources, consistent interpretation of regulation and guidance, and the implementation of the Meals to You Alaska Summer Food for Children Demonstration Project (building on top of Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty’s groundbreaking demonstration project). Gavin continues his passion for ensuring that all students have equitable access to meal programs, especially in small and rural schools.
Past Presentations
G. Northey Consulting Trainings and Presentations
July 2026: Financial Management and Procurement (two-hour) for School Nutrition Programs Sponsors by request of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.
Presentations for other organizations
While employed with the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, Gavin created new Financial Management and Procurement training and modernized the Civil Rights for Child Nutrition Programs training to address ongoing developments since Executive Order 14168; the training also expanded guidance on meal accommodations and the Americans with Disability Act Amendments Act.
Gavin presented novel community eligibility provision (CEP) grouping methodology as part of the Make CEP Work for You panel at the School Nutrition Association’s Legislative Action Conference and Webinar Wednesday in March and April 2022, respectively. The methodology was based on his work for the Anchorage School District that balanced financial sustainability and maximized program access to ensure the school district’s CEP election was financially sustainable with about a 46.5 – 50.0 percent identified student percentage (ISP).
Published Work
Gavin’s novel research manuscript, Data Analytics for Societal Challenges Examining Student Participation in the National School Lunch Program, was published in the Journal of Business Analytics, vol. 7, issue 4 in 2024 (DOI: 10.1080/2573234X.2024.2317481).
Education
Gavin received his Master of Business Administration in Business Analytics from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2020 while dodging the COVID-19 virus and his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Alaska Fairbanks which is literally the coolest university in the United States.
More Info
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmnorthey/