Gail Downing

Downing is the nutrition program coordinator and a health coach at Tanner Health System. A “Georgia peach” raised in Maryland, Gail returned home to do her undergraduate work and certifications. At Tanner, she teaches the Food as Medicine classes for Carroll, Heard and Haralson counties. She also helps coordinate Tanner’s West Georgia Regional Food System Collaborative, which is part of the Get Healthy, Live Well Coalition, a multi-sector community coalition working to increase access to healthy food, increase physical activity, reduce chronic disease risks and eliminate nicotine use in west Georgia.