Below is the slate of candidates for the 2022 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.
Academy Board of Directors
President-elect
Kathy Wilson-Gold, MS, RDN, LD, FAND (Okla.)
Lauri Wright, PhD, RDN, LD/N, FAND (Fla.)
Treasurer-elect
Amanda Goldman, MS, RD, LD, FAND (Ky.)
Krista Yoder Latortue, MPH, RDN, LDN, FAND (Fla.)
Director-at-Large
Carl Barnes, MS, RDN, LDN (Md.)
Leslene Gordon, PhD, RDN, LDN (Fla.)
House of Delegates Speaker-elect
Ainsley Malone, MS, RDN, LD, FAND, (Ohio)
RoseAnna Holliday, PhD, MPH, RDN, LD, FAND (Idaho)
House of Delegates Director
Laura Gollins, MBA, RDN, LD, FAND (Texas)
Sherri Jones, MS, MBA, RDN, LDN, FAND (Pa.)
House of Delegates
At-Large-Delegate: Retired
C. Nancy Fisher, MBA, RD, LDN (Mass.)
Janice Fisher, PhD, RD (Iowa)
At-Large-Delegate: 30 Years of Age and Under
Mary Curnutte, MS, RD, LD (Ky.)
Alyssa Price, MS, RDN, LD (Ohio)
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition
and Dietetics
Practitioner Representative, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
Shaynee Roper, MEd, RD, LDN, FAND (N.C.)
Gloria Verdino, MS, RD, CDN (N.Y.)
Academy Nominating Committee
National Leader
Linda Gigliotti, MS, RDN, CSOWM, FAND (Calif.)
Barbara Grant, MS, RDN, CSO, LD, FAND (Idaho)
National Leader with Board of Directors Experience in the Past 10 Years
Lucille Beseler, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND (Fla.)
Mary Russell, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, (Ill.)
Nominating Committee National Leader in Practice for 15 Years or Less
Yolanda Jackson, MS, RD, LD (Ky.)
Kathryn Lawson, MS, RDN (Va.)
Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
Anisha Chhibber, MS, RDN (N.J.)
Christopher Messenger, PhD, MS, RD, LD (Texas)
Anne Coltman, MS, RD, FAND (Ill.)
Meredith Wagner, PhD, RDN, LRD, FAND (N.D.)
Nominating Committee Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
Monique Richard, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND (IAAND)
Anna Cahn, PhD, RDN (Calif.)
Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered (NDTR)
Vera Bartasavich, MEd, NDTR (Ohio)
Christopher Mills, MPH, DTR (Ariz.)
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