Newswise — CHICAGO – Eighteen national leaders in nutrition, health and business will serve as the 2015-2016 Board of Directors of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. The Board is responsible for strategic planning, policy development and fiscal management for the Academy. Members of the Academy’s Board of Directors will serve from June 1 until May 31, 2016. They are:
• Tracey Bates, MPH, RD, LDN, FAND, Raleigh, N.C., House of Delegates DirectorBates is a nutrition consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
• Lucille Beseler, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE, Boca Raton, Fla., President-electBeseler is president and owner of the Family Nutrition Center of South Florida.
• Don W. Bradley, MD, MHS-CL, Durham, N.C., Public MemberBradley is an associate consulting professor of community and family medicine at Duke University and a senior advisor for the Practical Playbook.
• Catherine W. Christie, PhD, RDN, LD/N, FAND, Jacksonville, Fla., Director-at-LargeChristie is an associate dean and professor at Brooks College of Health and the graduate program director in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of North Florida.
• Sonja L. Connor, MS, RDN, LD, FAND, Portland, Ore., Past PresidentConnor is a research associate professor in the department of medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University and director of the university’s nutrition elective for medical students, as well as the developer of the nutrition course for physician assistant students.
• Dr. Evelyn F. Crayton, RDN, LDN, Montgomery, Ala., PresidentCrayton is a professor emeritus at Auburn University and formerly a professor of nutrition, dietetics and hospitality management and assistant director of extension family and consumer services.
• Linda T. Farr, RDN, LD, FAND, San Antonio, Texas, Speaker-elect, House of DelegatesFarr is the owner of Nutrition Associates of San Antonio, providing personalized medical nutrition therapy to teens and adults, media interviews, nutrition facts labeling and public speaking.
• Denice Ferko-Adams, MPH, RDN, LDN, Nazareth, Pa., Director-at-LargeFerko-Adams provides wellness management, food marketing and other services for corporations regionally and nationally.
• Margaret P. Garner, MS, RDN, LD, CIC, FAND, Tuscaloosa, Ala., Treasurer-electGarner is an associate professor of family medicine at the University of Alabama and the executive director of the student health center, where she also serves as the director of the Department of Health Promotion and Wellness.
• Diane W. Heller, MMSc, RDN, LD, FAND, Marietta, Ga., House of Delegates DirectorHeller is a consultant at Nutrition Solutions, providing worksite nutrition programs at corporations as well as physicians’ offices and nutrition education in schools. • Michele Delille Lites, RD, CSO, Sacramento, Calif., Director-at-LargeLites is a certified specialist in oncology at Kaiser Permanente’s Comprehensive Cancer Center.
• Donna S. Martin, EdS, RDN, LD, SNS, FAND, Augusta, Ga., Past TreasurerMartin is director of the Burke County school nutrition program.
• Aida Miles, MMSc, RD, LD, FAND, Minneapolis, Minn., Speaker, House of DelegatesMiles is the director of the coordinated master’s program in public health nutrition at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
• Jean Ragalie-Carr, RDN, LDN, FAND, Chicago, Ill., Academy Foundation ChairRagalie-Carr is the president of National Dairy Council and treasurer/secretary for Action for Healthy Kids.
• Tamara Randall, MS, RDN, LD, CDE, FAND, Shaker Heights, Ohio, House of Delegates DirectorRandall is an instructor in the department of nutrition at Case Western Reserve University.
• Elise A. Smith, MA, RDN, LD, FAND, Brandon, Miss., Past Speaker, House of DelegatesSmith is the staff development coordinator at Nutrition Systems Consulting, a provider of nutrition consulting and foodservice management services for approximately 100 health care facilities.
• Kay Wolf, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, Dublin, Ohio, TreasurerWolf is the vice-provost of academic policy and faculty resources and professor in the College of Medicine at The Ohio State University.
• Patricia M. Babjak, GSLIS, Chicago, Ill., Chief Executive OfficerBabjak joined the Academy in 1975, working as director of the Commission on Dietetic Registration and executive vice president for Strategic Management and Governance prior to being named chief executive officer.
Full biographies and photos of the members of the Academy’s Board of Directors are available by emailing [email protected].
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The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. The Academy is committed to improving the nation’s health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy. Visit the Academy at www.eatright.org.
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