Partners

FiMSC brings together more than 100 individuals and organizations united by a shared commitment to integrating nutrition into healthcare across South Carolina. Each contributor — whether an individual or an organizational representative — plays a meaningful role in shaping the collective direction of our work.

Advisory Council

The Advisory Council provides leadership, experience and perspective on food is medicine efforts in our state and strives to ensure collaborative guidance for FiMSC toward sustainability.

Agenda-setting and strategic input for quarterly coalition meetings, ensuring discussions are aligned with current priorities and emerging opportunities.

Support for annual meeting planning, including shaping the agenda, identifying supporters and speakers, and ensuring the convening reflects the needs and interests of FiM partners across South Carolina.

Being an ambassador for food is medicine, supporting outreach and shaping messaging that elevate Food is Medicine approaches and the work of FiM SC.

Network building, helping to develop a clear engagement and partner engagement plan

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Our Advisory Council

Carrie Draper, MSW

Senior Research Associate, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health

KC Head, MD, MS, MPH, FAAP, DipABLM

Associate Medical Director, MUSC Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness

Mary Beth Johnstone, PhD

Program Manager, Healthy Options Program, Clemson Extension at Clemson University

Zack King, MPH, MCHES

Managing Director, DellaRe Consulting

Taylor Lanford

Director of Nutrition Services, Meals on Wheels Greenville

Olivia Meyers, RDN

Grocery Rx Director, Lowcountry Street Grocery

Lori Phillips, MPH, MCHES

Director, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention Section SC Department of Public Health

Carin Spears

Director of Community Health and Access, Hope Health

Meg Stanley

Executive Director, Wholespire, Inc.

Kerri Stewaret, RD, LD

Culinary Medicine Program Coordinator, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

Patricia Witherspoon, MD

Medical Director, Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare

Advocacy Partners

Organizational partners of the FiMSC collaborative who are committed to advancing policies that strengthen and sustain this shared effort. This convening creates space to align priorities, exchange insights, and coordinate strategies that amplify our collective impact. Together, we aim to elevate the policy solutions that include food in health policy.

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Our Partner Network

Food is Medicine SC aligns its work with statewide priorities and national movements advancing nutrition security and food-based healthcare, strengthening impact, accelerating policy progress and supporting a coordinated vision for a healthier South Carolina.

State Partners

Healthy
Palmetto

Expanding access to Food is Medicine interventions is a strategic priority within the 2025-2029 Action Plan. We are tasked with leading the charge to increase implementation, reach, and sustainability of FiM, building statewide capacity and promoting professional development.

State Health
Improvement Plan (SHIP)

Due to Healthy Palmetto guiding the direction of priorities related to increasing access to nutritious foods, FiMSC is directly aligned with the statewide framework.

South Carolina
Roadmap

FiMSC is collaborating with SC Roadmap to build policy momentum and support scalable Food is Medicine models across South Carolina as they work to build statewide collaborative infrastructure to address nonmedical drivers of health, specifically nutrition security.

National Advocacy

Food is Medicine Coalition (FiMC)
We align with FiMC’s efforts to strengthen medically tailored meal and grocery intervention standards, build shared learning, elevate evidence, and advance shared policy priorities.

National Produce Prescription Collaborative (NPPC)
FiMSC is a member of NPPC, representing South Carolina’s interests in engaging with other state and national leaders to advocate for produce prescriptions as reimbursable, evidence‑based interventions that improve diet quality, health outcomes and healthcare utilization.

National Thought Leaders

Food is Medicine Institute (FIMI)
We align with the Food is Medicine Institute’s efforts to promote Food is Medicine efforts through innovative research, training, patient care, policy development and community engagement.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Food is Medicine Toolkit – FiMSC follows the federal toolkit’s recommended best practices for program implementation, evaluation and sustainable policy and payment pathways.

Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI)
We align with the Center’s efforts to offer policy guidance, disseminate best practices, and connect South Carolina with valuable insights from peer states and national partners.

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Food is Medicine South Carolina Movement

Nutrition is non-negotiable! Help make it a priority in healthcare. Reach out to join our movement today!

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