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