Below is the slate of candidates for the 2023 national election.

The slate lists self-reported educational degrees, CDR issued credentials, state nutrition and dietetics licensure titles and Academy fellow designations. Please view the candidate's biographical information form and/or website for other credentials.

2023 Slate of Candidates

 

Academy Board of Directors

President-elect

Harlivleen (Livleen) Gill, MBA, RDN, LDN, FAND (MD)
Kathy Wilson-Gold, MS, RDN, LD, FAND (OK)

Treasurer-elect

Amanda Goldman, MS, RD, LD, FAND (KY)
Wendy Phillips, MS, RD, LD, FAND (OH)

Director-at-Large

Carl Barnes, MS, RDN, LDN (MD)
Suzanne M. Jimenez-Sanchez, MS, RDN, LND (PR)

House of Delegates Speaker-elect

Joan Salge Blake, EdD, RDN, LDN, FAND (MA)
Nina Roofe, PhD, RDN, LDN, FAND (AR)

House of Delegates Director

Young Hee Kim, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND (CT)
Kathleen Pellechia, MS, RDN (DC)

House of Delegates

At-Large-Delegate: Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered (NDTR)

Johnna Anderson, NDTR (WA)
Theresa Arguello-Thomas, MBA, NDTR (AZ)

Academy Nominating Committee

National Leader

Nancy Farrell Allen, MS, RDN, FAND (VA)
Nadine Braunstein, PhD, RD, LDN, FAND (CA)
Kristen Gradney, MHA, RDN, LDN (LA)
Christopher Taylor, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND (OH)

National Leader with Board of Directors Experience in the Past 10 Years

Lucille Beseler, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND (FL)
Kathleen Niedert, MBA, RD, CSG, LD, FADA, FAND (IA)

 

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)

Lini Alappat, MS, RD, LD (GA)
Anne Coltman, MSHA, MS, RDN, FAND (IL)
Marian Glick-Bauer, MS, RD, CDN, CSR (NY)
Jillian Joyce, PhD, RD (OK)
Sara O'Brien, MS, RD-AP, LDN (MA)
Aaron Schwartz, MBA, MS, RD, LD (KY)

CDR Advanced Practitioner in Clinical Nutrition Representative

Julie Geyer, MSA, RD-AP (CO)
Shelby Yaceczko, MS, RDN-AP, CSSD (CA)

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