About Us
School Nutrition Partners provides National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) management and consulting services to California charter schools. Founded in 2020, the firm carries the full weight of the meal program — approvals, claims, procurement, compliance, and audits — so school leaders can focus on their students. SNP keeps a deliberately small client roster, and every consultant on the team has a minimum of five years managing NSLP or CACFP programs, so schools work with senior people, not hand-offs.
Owner and CEO
Dr. Glenda Aleman has extensive experience with the NSLP and CACFP food programs for 15 years. She built and ran a successful SFA and Supper sponsor program with over 25 school sites for 5 years. She has first-hand knowledge and experience of not only managing a large SFA and supper program, but also of the day-to-day operations and complexities of serving students in non-traditional settings that many charter schools experience.
Dr. Aleman has worked in public and charter schools since 1997 — nearly 30 years as a teacher and administrator — and has specialized in school nutrition since 2011. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from UCLA.
Meal Program Specialists
Jesse Gutierrez, R.D. is a Registered Dietician that has been working with school meal programs for over 10 years. He has experience as a Food Services Director at several school districts in California, and he currently manages a central kitchen for Alta Public Schools. In addition to managing school meal programs, Jesse has expertise in recipe development, USDA meal pattern planning, and school kitchen operations.
Besy Monterroza worked as the Food Services Director of a charter school management organization with a large number of school sites in California for 9 years; prior to that, she served as a meal program manager for 5 years. Besy has experience with all aspects of managing an NSLP and CACFP meal program.
Melissa Herrera has served as the director of food services for a charter school in the Los Angeles area for over 10 years and she has been supporting schools as a meal program specialist for School Nutrition Partners for over 3 years.