Leadership Roster

 

Food and Nutrition Section Leadership

 

Beth Dixon, PhD, MPH                                             

Chairperson of FNS

Past Nominations Chair and Governing Councilor, FNS

Associate Professor, Public Health Nutrition

Dept of Nutrition, Food Studies & Public Health                                                      

New York University

Phone 212-998-5584    Fax 212-995-4194

email: beth.dixon@nyu.edu

 

Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RD                                       

Chairperson-Elect, Section Councilor, FNS

Past Program Committee Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
East Carolina University
Phone 252-737-1855    Fax 252-328-4276
e-mail: kranzs@ecu.edu

 

Barbara A. Laraia, PhD, MPH, RD                        

Immediate Past Chairperson, FNS
Past Program Committee Chair

Assistant Professor

University of California, San Francisco

Phone 415-476-7655    Fax 415-502-1010

email: laraiab@chc.ucsf.edu.

Patricia Markham Risica, DrPH, RD                             

Past Chairperson, Communications Chair, FNS

Assistant Professor                                                      

Brown University

Phone 401-863-6553    Fax 401-863-6551

email: pmr@brown.edu
 
Susan Kayman, DrPH, RD

Secretary, Section Councilor, FNS

Acting Director, Program in Public Health Nutrition
Community Health and Human Development
School of Public Health

University of California, Berkeley

Phone 510-643-7896

email: skayman@berkeley.edu

Wendy L. Johnson-Askew, PhD, MPH, RD

2009 Annual Meeting - FNS Program Committee Co-chair

Public Health Nutrition and Health Policy Advisor

NIH, Division of Nutrition and Research Coordination

Democracy Plaza II, Room 635

6707 Democracy Boulevard

Bethesda, MD  20817

Phone: (301) 594-7440

Fax: (301) 480-3768

email: wj50v@nih.gov

 

Rachel Fisher, MS, MPH, RD

2009 Annual Meeting - FNS Program Committee Co-chair

Program Analyst

NIH Division of Nutrition Research Coordination 

2 Democracy Plaza, Room 622C          

6707 Democracy Blvd., MSC 5461  

Bethesda, MD 20892   

Phone: (301) 594 -7722

Fax: (301) 480-3768  

email: rachel.fisher@nih.hhs.gov 

 

Alyssa Ghirardelli, MPH, RD

2009 Annual Meeting - FNS Program Committee Co-chair

Research Scientist I

Network for a Healthy California

Research and Evaluation Unit

California Department of Public Health

PO Box 997377,  MS 7204

Sacramento, CA  95899-7377

916-449-5342 (w)

916-449-5415

email: alyssa.ghirardelli@cdph.ca.gov

http://www.networkforahealthycalifornia.net

 

CDR Janice Adams-King, RN, MS (USPHS)           

Immediate Past Program Committee Chair, Food Safety Workgroup, FNS

Public Affairs/Health Specialist                                   

USDA/FSIS/OPAEO/FSES

Phone 301-344-4745

email: janice.adams-king@fsis.usda.gov

 

Annie Carr, MS, RD

Center for Disease Control & Prevention

Phone 770-488-6014

email: Abc1@cdc.gov

 

Noel Chavez, PhD, RD                                       

Governing Councilor, FNS

Associate Professor                                                      

School of Public Health

University of Illinois

Phone 312-996-0747, Fax 312-996-3551

email: nchavez@uic.edu

 

Deirdra N. Chester, PhD, RD, LD/N                                                       

Past Awards Committee Chair, FNS

Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, ARS, USDA

Phone 301-504-5146

email: Deirdra.Chester@ars.usda.gov

 

Paul A. Cotton, PhD, RD                                                  

Communications Co-Chair, FNS

National Institute of Nursing Research

National Institute of Health

Phone 301-402-6423

email: Cottonp@mail.nih.gov

 

Pat Crawford, DrPH, RD
Past Chairperson, Past Childhood Obesity Workgroup Chair, FNS

Co-Director, Center for Weight and Health

University of California, Berkeley

Phone (510) 642-5572 Fax (510) 642-8206

email: crawford@socrates.berkeley.edu

 

Sara Fein, PhD                                                           

Food Safety Workgroup, FNS

Food and Drug Administration

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, HFS 020

Phone 301-436-1824

email: Sara.fein@fda.hhs.gov

Susan Foerster, MPH, RD

Action Board Representative, 2005-2009

(916)449-5385

email: Susan.Foerster@cdph.ca.gov

OR

email: SFoerster@comcast.net

(home, for public policy)

 

Sarah Forrestal                                                

Newsletter Editor, FNS

Doctoral Candidate

School of Public Health

University of Illinois at Chicago

Phone 773-991-4181  Fax 312-996-3551

email: sgforrestal@yahoo.com

 

Lynn Fredericks                                                

Section Councilor, Child Overweight Workgroup, FNS

FamilyCook Productions                                    

Phone 212-867-3929
email: lynn@familycookproductions.com

 

Carole Garner MPH, RD, LD

NPO Engagement Team Leader

RWJF Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Arkansas Center for Health Improvement

UAMS

1401 West Capitol Avenue  Suite 300

Little Rock, AR 72201

Direct Number: 501-526-2255

Main Number: 501-526-2244

Fax: 501-526-2252

email: GarnerCaroleB@uams.edu

 

Ellen Harris, DrPH 

Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, ARS, USDA

Phone 301-504-8396

email: Ellen.Harris@ars.usda.gov

 

Katrina Holt, MPH, MS, RD                            

Section Councilor, FNS

Project Director

Georgetown University

Box 571272

Washington, DC 20057-1272

Phone 202-784-9551

Fax 202-784-9777

email: kholt@georgetown.edu

 

Sonya J. Jones, PhD
Past Program Committee Chair

Assistant Professor

Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina 

Phone 803.251.6350 Fax 803.251.7873

email: sjones@gwm.sc.edu

 

Katie Kavanagh, PhD, RD

Awards Committee Co-Chair

Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition
The University of Tennessee
1215 Cumberland Avenue #229
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920
Office Phone: (865) 974-6250

email: kkavanag@utk.edu

 

Daniel Lau
Student Assembly Liaison, FNS
Master's Candidate
Boston University School of Public Health
Phone 617-414-1380
email: dalau@bu.edu

 

Matthew Marsom                                                         

Legislation and Policy Co-Chair, FNS

Policy Associate

Public Health Institute

Phone 916-743-0885

email: mmarsom@phi.org

 

Angela Odoms-Young, PhD

Section Councilor, Newsletter Co-Editor, FNS

Assistant Professor

University of Illinois at Chicago

Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition

1919 W. Taylor MC 517

Chicago, IL 60612

Phone:312-413-0797   Fax 312-413-0319

email: odmyoung@uic.edu

 

Lissa Y. Ong, MPH, RD                                     

FNS Liaison to MCH Section

Regional WIC Nutritionist, USDA, FNS, WRO

Phone 415-705-1313 x258 Fax 415-705-1364

email: lissa.ong@fns.usda.gov

 

Geraldine S. Perry, DrPH, RD

Science Board Member (Past Chair),  Governing Councilor, FNS
Lead Health Scientist
Emerging Investigations and Analytical Methods Branch
Division of Adult and Community Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
    and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
770-488-5174 (telephone)
770-488-5965 (fax)
email: gperry@cdc.gov  

 

T. Elaine Prewitt, DrPH                                     

Associate Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Phone 501-526-6637 Fax 501-526-6620

 

Sarah E. Samuels, DrPH                                    

Governing Councilor, Past Awards Committee Chair, FNS

President, Samuels & Associates

Phone 510- 271-6799 Fax 510-271-6791

email: sarah@samuelsandassociates.com

 

Marsha Spence, PhD, MS-MPH, RD, LDN

Awards Committee Chair

The University of Tennessee

Department of Nutrition

1215 W. Cumberland Ave.

Jessie Harris Building, Room 229

Knoxville, TN 37996-1920

865-974-6265

email: mspence@utk.edu

 

Mary Story, PhD, RD

Past Chairperson

Professor

University of Minnesota

Phone 612.626.8801  Fax 612.624.9328

email: story@epi.umn.edu

 

Marcia A. Thomas, MS, MPH, RD                         

Section Councilor, FNS

Administrative Director          

New York University

Phone 212-998-4364

 

Joan Trendell, MS, RD, CD
Chief, Bureau of Population Health
Marion County Health Department
3838 North Rural Street Room 643
Indianapolis, IN  46205
(317) 221-2319
(317) 221-2307 (fax)

email: JTrendel@HHCorp.org

 

 

Gail M. Woodward-Lopez, MPH, RD                    

Governing Councilor, Past Childhood Obesity Workgroup Chair, FNS

Associate Director

Center for Weight and Health
University of California, Berkeley

Phone 510-642-1599    Fax 510-642-4612

 

Margo G. Wootan, D.Sc.

Director, Nutrition Policy

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Phone 202-777-8352  Fax 202-265-4954 (Fax)

email: mwootan@cspinet.org