Susan Smith, MBA, RDN, LD, FAND
Treasurer-electPOSITION | Skills/Attributes associated with the position | Examples of how I have demonstrated outcomes for each skill/attribute that qualify me for the position |
Treasurer-elect |
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I have been on the board of 2 HI non-profits. I dealt with budgets, executive directors, and their reviews. In addition I helped food bank include healthier requested items. This helped to change the entire culture of the food pantries on island to include hapa (part white and part brown) rice into the local food demos. The HI Costco even now carries 2 types of brown rice. I have helped weigh in on, and collaborate with the Academy's goals. Budgeted to 8 million per year for up to 3 hospitals. |
Employer | Title | Years Employed |
HCA Virginia, Reston, VA | Clinical Nutrition Manager | 1 |
Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside, CA | Director of Food and Nutrition | 1 |
Hawai'i Health Systems Corporation, Kapa'a, HI | Dietitian IV/ FSD | 2 1/2 |
Leadership Position | Organization | Years Involved in the Organization | My specific leadership contributions, achievements and outcomes: | Leadership Skills used in this position: |
QMC Liaison to the Evidence Based Practice Committee | Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | 2011 - 2014 | Learned about the EAL and had input regarding the update of multiple toolkits, including CKD. Helped let EBPC know what QMC was working on, as well as the quality aspect of the EBPC work, definitions used, etc. | |
Public Relations | Hawai'i Dietetic Association | 2009 - 2013 | Helped organize RD Day and National Nutrition Month activities with the Mayors of each island/ county, as well as encouraging all members to share their ideas throughout Hawai'i, Guam, and Samoa. | |
Bylaws Chairperson | Central Arizona Dietetics Associuation | 2006 - 2008 | Helped rewrite long-overdue bylaws of the Central Arizona Dietetic Association. | |
Quality Management Committee , Chair, Vice Chair, Member | Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | 2011 - 2016 | Joint DNS DPG 2015 FNCE presentation in Nashville re: RDN ordering privileges. Helped present RD legal liability regarding competency in a 2012 FNCE skit. Helped work on the definitions of terms. Helped present the Scope of Practice Interactive Competency Tool to the Hawai'i Dietetic Association. | |
Leader, Leader, Director | Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Religious Education | 2002 - 2013 | Leader/ Co-leader of a large troop of girls, planning all activities and being the Cookie Mom/ coordinator; leader of a medium pack of boys, planning all activities and coordinating training for all cub scout leaders in HI; planning and coordinating all religious education for children birth through 5th grade. |
What do you see as opportunities for the future of the nutrition and dietetics profession?
When I became a dietitian in 1988, my goal was to eliminate obesity and unnecessary pain and suffering from preventable diseases, things I had seen in my own family. I am excited to be 51 and to be living proof that these diseases, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, can indeed, be prevented by a healthy diet and lifelong good habits, including exercise! I am also excited to be in a world where the expertise of nutrition and dietetics professionals is being understood and appreciated.
Campaign Statement
By age 17, I knew I wanted to be an exchange student and a RDN. Multiple states, different jobs, a MBA, several state licenses, and a few foreign countries later, I am ready for anything, especially helping to keep the Academy on track financially!