Advisory Board

​Arinn Makovsky
Arinn is a Registered Dietitian with over 18 years experience working in pediatrics and with children with special health care needs. She received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.S. in Human Nutrition from Colorado State University. In the past Arinn has worked as an acute care inpatient dietitian at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, as well as in the area of outpatient weight management at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Currently, Arinn is a dietitian for the Children’s Hospital Colorado Pediatric Oral Feeding Clinic. She has presented in the community and at multiple conferences to share her expertise, and she trains dietitians at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver. In addition to her professional role, Arinn has served on the Board of Trustees of Denver Academy of Torah, a K-12 Jewish Day School in metro Denver, and on the Board of Directors of Camp Ramah in the Rockies, where she focused her efforts on ensuring the nutritional adequacy of a healthy, sustainable, and eco-friendly diet for hundreds of campers and staff. Arinn has a personal interest in the area of food allergy as her son had life-threatening food allergies diagnosed in infancy and continuing until age 13.
Brad Shaw
Brad is excited to join the Advisory Board of ASK. For Brad, food allergies hit somewhat close to home, with two of his nephews having severe allergies. Brad and his wife, Margo who is a registered dietitian, live with their two young boys in Glenview, IL.  Not surprisingly, the topic of food allergies comes up frequently at school, play-dates, and kid’s activities – which has driven Brad’s desire to help ASK. 
 
Brad brings over 25 years of client and consulting experience building leading brands and delivering profitable growth on his businesses and for his clients. Over the past several years at IRI, Brad has worked with smaller companies, tasked with growing brand awareness and market penetration on limited budgets. Prior to IRI, Brad worked with management consulting firms Prophet and Zyman Group, and in brand management at SC Johnson and Best Foods. A graduate of Georgetown University with a BS in Finance, Brad earned his MBA at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with a concentration in Marketing and Corporate Strategy. 
 
With his background in growing brands, coupled with his personal experiences, Brad is excited to advise and help expand ASK’s impact in the community.  
Cheryl Miller
Cheryl Miller is the President and Chief Executive Officer of RMC Health. RMC Health provides professional learning and capacity-building that helps wellness champions transform their knowledge and skills into effective school health programs and policies so students of every background can live their best lives. Cheryl provides strategic and programmatic leadership and is responsible for developing, managing, and stewarding a $2M budget that maximizes programmatic impact, leverages partnership, and collaborates with mission-aligned organizations. Previously, Cheryl was the Chief Operating and Financial Officer for mindSpark Learning, a nonprofit K-12 professional development provider.

Prior to moving to the nonprofit sector, Cheryl worked in the education field at both the state and local level. She served as the Assistant Director of Grants and Federal Programs for Aurora Public Schools, where she steered the district’s strategy for pursuing supplemental grant funding to support programs and services for students, and oversaw the financial management of a $35M annual grant portfolio. At the Colorado Department of Education, Cheryl worked in the Federal Programs unit, focusing on Title I programs for under-resourced schools and Title II teacher recruitment and retention initiatives. 
 
Cheryl attended the University of Michigan where she graduated with High Distinction with a degree in English Language and Literature and Secondary Education Certification. She is also a graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and was admitted the Order of St. Ives for outstanding scholarly achievement.
 
ASK’s mission is both professional and personal for Cheryl. Cheryl has two elementary age children with food allergies. Additionally, from her work in schools, Cheryl understands the importance of creating safe and supportive environments for young people in order for them to thrive academically and socially. Ensuring an allergy safe environment is not a nicety, it is a necessity. 
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