Meeting Info

NWA Board of Directors (BOD) meetings are held quarterly each year. These meetings are scehduled in May (Spring), July (Summer), October (Fall), and January (Winter). NWA is governed by a twenty-eight member Board of Directors comprised of State Agency WIC Directors, State Nutrition Coordinators, Local Agency WIC Directors, a representative from the Indian & Native American WIC State Agencies, and six officers from within the WIC community.

2019-2020 BOD Meeting Locations:
Spring 2019: Baltimore, MD at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel from April 7 - 10, 2019. - Last BOD meeting for the 2018-2019 session.
Summer 2019: San Francisco, CA at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel from July 6th - July 19th, 2019 - First BOD meeting for the 2019-2020 session.
Fall 2019: Chicago, IL at the Ambassaador hotel from October 15th - 18th, 2019
Winter 2020: Fort Lauderdale, FL at the Forth Lauderdale Marriott Pompano Beach Hotel, January 21st - 24th, 2020
Spring 2020: New Orleans, LA at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, May 17th - 20, 2020.

To assist you with your travel approvals, you may download the travel memo and tentative agenda.

This year's Board of Directors Summer Meeting will be held July 16 - July 19, 2019 at the:

The Sir Francis Drake Hotel
450 Powell Street.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Main Tel #: 1-415-392-7755 (Ref. NWA 2019 Summer Board of Directors' Meeting when calling)

You may contact the hotel to make your room reservations effective today. All reservations must be confirmed by Monday, June 24th, 2019 before 5:00 PM local time at the hotel on the cut-off date. Please reference NWA 2019 Summer Board of Directors' Meeting to get the negotiated room rate, which is the prevailing Federal Per Diem rate currently set at $270 per night, plus a nightly room tax of 16.445% single/double occupancy and is subject to change without notification. You may also book your room reservations by clicking on the following link: 2019 Summer Board of Dir Meeting 7/15/19-7/20/19.

Access to the Hotel is available from the San Francisco International (SFO) by shuttle or taxi services. For information about SFO, click on the following URL to access their web-site www.flysfo.com.

A tentative travel memo and agenda can be found on this web-site to assist you with your travel approval. A final agenda will be provided prior to the meeting. 

Please do not hesitate to contact Pierre Francois at [email protected] or by phone at 202-232-5492 ext. 271 with any questions you may have.