Lisa also has a private nutrition practice, Ocean View Nutrition.
Lisa has experience in health care, agriculture and consumer products along with years of personnel training and development.
Speakers
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| Lisa Michelle Miller, BS, NC | Feb 24, 2026 11:00 AM |
Heart Health Wellness and Cooking Demonstration - Kitchen on Fire Cooking School
Kitchen on Fire offers hands-on cooking experiences in Berkeley, Oakland and virtually anywhere. Since 2005, Chef Olive and professional chef instructors have been sharing their knowledge and love for cooking through public classes, team-building and corporate wellness events cooking recipes made with high quality ingredients and traditional cooking methods. Lisa Miller teaches classes with a wellness focus, promoting healthy living. Spending time with her grandparents on their farm as a youth, Lisa learned the value in making bread starting with home grown grains, and picking vegetables from their garden just in time for dinner. She came to understand the fundamental role that nutrients have on our bodies, and knew nutrition and wellness were her true calling. As a lifelong athlete, and as a triathlete, she has used her nutrition knowledge to optimize performance and overall wellness. Lisa balances her passion for nutrition and cooking with biking, hiking, running, yoga, skiing, kayaking and spending time with friends and family. Philosophy Lisa’s nutrition philosophy is based on healthy preparation of an organic whole food diet, tailored to the needs and goals of each individual. For Lisa, nutrition has always been a lifestyle, never a ‘diet’. She believes that quality nutrition combined with an active lifestyle and positive attitude can further enhance the health of a generally healthy person and help to prevent, minimize and eliminate potential health conditions. Chef Olive
One of the East Bay’s popular culinary personalities, Olivier Said is the co-founder Kitchen on Fire, located in the heart of Berkeley’s culinary district in North Berkeley and in Oakland. Prior to opening KoF 2006, Olivier Said spent eight years as an owner and bar manager of Berkeley’s popular Cesar Tapas Bar. He has also co-authored three books – CESAR: Recipes from a Tapas Bar, named one of the Top 10 Cookbooks of 2003 by Food & Wine magazine, THE BAR: A Spirited Guide to Cocktail Alchemy and the last, Kitchen on Fire: Mastering the Art of Cooking in 12 Weeks (or Less) Born and raised in France, he is the descendant of at least five generations of restaurateurs dating back to the early 1750s in France. Said began his career at the age of 15 in his mother’s Paris restaurant. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s and worked at Ken Frank’s La Toque, one of the first restaurants in the country to feature California nouvelle cuisine. In 1987, Said returned to Paris and opened his own restaurant, the popular Texas Coyote, which included three bars and a night club. It had frequent reviews in the press. Olivier Said was a regular guest host on the number two national radio station in France, Skyrock, live from his restaurant. After 37 years in the food business, Chef Olive decided it was time to share his vast culinary knowledge. After opening Kitchen on Fire in 2006, he enjoys teaching eager students, as well as giving back to the community. He regularly volunteers with such organizations as 18 Reasons’ Cooking Matters, St. Vincent de Paul’s Kitchen of Champions and more recently, the Bread Project, helping to teach recent immigrants to become bakers. |
| John Kander | Mar 10, 2026 6:00 PM |
Music Mends Minds
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| Maricela Hurtado, Scholarship Chairperson | May 26, 2026 8:00 AM |
Be Kind Scholarship Award Presentations
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