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)