Leadership Team

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General email for questions:  WH@eatright.org.

  • Chair: Alena Clark, PhD, MPH, RDN, CLC
  • Chair-Elect: Lena D. Beal, MS, RDN, LD, CCTD 
  • Past Chair: Christine Quinn, MS, RDN, IFNCP, CDN
  • Treasurer: Lindsay Heidelberger, PhD, RDN, LDN
  • Academy House of Delegates Representative: Dawn Ballosingh, MPA, RD, LMNT
  • Membership Chair: Trisha Cousins, EdD, RDN, LDN, CLC
  • Membership Retention Coordinator: Sonya Luisi Collins, MS, RD, LDN
  • Policy and Advocacy Leader: Lily McNair, PSM, RDN
  • Mentoring Coordinator: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics e-mentoring
  • Social Media Coordinator: Jess Fellinger MS, RDN, LDN
  • Webinar Coordinator: Melissa Nelson, RD
  • Publication Editor: Kelsay Corlew, MA, RDN, LD, CDN, IBCLC
  • Publications Spotlight Author: Jordan (Taffet) Stachel, RDN
  • Manager, DPG/MIG/Affiliate Relations: Linda Flanagan Vahl
  • Nominating Committee Chair: Crystal Douglas, PhD, MS, RD, LDN
  • Nominating Committee Chair Elect: Allison Callahan Gaubert. DCN, RDN, LDN, CLC
  • Nutrition Services Payment Specialist: Rita Kashi Batheja, MS, RDN, CDN, FAND, AFMCP
  • Awards Coordinator: Miri Rotkovitz, MA, RDN
  • Website Coordinator: Lee Crosby, RDN, LDN
  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) Liaison: Sue Ellen Anderson-Haynes, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE
  • Student Liaisons: Ki Howard & Laura Torres