Joanne Delaney Burke is a nutrition and sustainable food system consultant, a registered dietitian, and a clinical professor emerita at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). Professional and personal efforts are directed toward promoting nutrition & wellness equity via community, state, regional, and national policies and programs. She believes in the critical need for systems change and the power of education, engagement, advocacy, and policy to advance food and climate justice.

In addition to serving on the NHHS Board of Directors, Joanne is also a member of the NH Food Access Coalition, and the Racial Equity and Climate Action teams of the statewide NH Food Alliance. She is on the steering committee for the Food Solutions New England 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge, a national online initiative designed to explore racial equity using a food systems lens. She is a NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action member and serves on the steering committee for Sustainable Food Systems of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Joanne earned her BS in nutritional sciences from the University of Rhode, her master's with dietetic internship from Tufts, and her PhD from UNH.