Panel: Access to Healthy Food and Physical Activity-The Philadelphia Urban Food and Fitness Alliance (PUFFA)

Diane-Louise (D-L) Wormley is the Project Director for PUFFA (Philadelphia Urban Food and Fitness Alliance), which centers on developing a grassroots collaborative devoted to bringing about systems change through education and advocacy by community residents and youth in partnership with experts. She has experience in working with community residents, developing and implementing community development programs, facilitating groups, designing training and bridging community differences. She designed Penn’s community housing program which included the rehab of long-term vacant homes and a special mortgage program for employees.

D-L received her BA in Comparative Literature from William Smith College and has completed the Institute for Women in Higher Education at Bryn Mawr and the Leadership Philadelphia program. She was named one of Philadelphia’s 101 Connectors in 2006.