Executive Committee

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DBC 2022-23 Executive Committee

Tori Schmitt, MS, RDN, LD

Chair

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Amanda Kruse, MS, RD, LD, FAND

Chair Elect

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Rayona Baker, RD, LD

Past Chair and Foundation Fundraiser Committee

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Dee Ann Harwell, MS, RDN, LDN

Secretary

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Cindy Cysewski, MS, RD, LDN

Treasurer

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Nancy Siler, RDN, LD

Nominating Chair

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Barbara Minger, MS, RD

Nominating Chair Elect

Lauren Pendergast Mulligan, RDN

Nominating Committee

Jennifer Fiske, MS, RDN, LD

Nominating Committee and Grants & Awards Committee

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Chelsea Capelo, MBA, RDN, LD

Business Development Director

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Elizabeth Adrian, RDN, CDN

Business Development Committee

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Amanda Goldman, MS, RD, LD, FAND

Affiliate Partnership Director

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Manju Karkare, MS, RDN, LDN, CLT, FAND

Member Engagement Director

Jane Rieger, MS, RDN

Membership Research & Analysis Director and FNCE Events Manager

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Kerry Rose, MPH, RD, LD

Membership Engagement Committee

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Milton Stokes, PhD, MPH, RD, FAND

Grants & Awards Program Director

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Stephanie Solomon, MS, RD, LDN

Networking Events Program Director

Tracy Colin, NASM-CPT

Student Engagement Lead

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Nicole Chenard, MS, RD, LDN

Marketing & Communications Director and FNCE Events Committee

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Shelley Rael, MS, RDN

Business Insights Editor

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Monica Stewart, MS, RD, LD

Business Insights Associate Editor
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Veronica Skaradzinski, MS, RDN, LDN

Take 5 Editor

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Yvette Quantz, RDN, CSSD, LDN

Creative Designer

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Julie Salmen, MS, RD

Social Media Manager

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Abby Larson, MBA, RDN, LDN

Marketing & Communications Committee and Website Coordinator

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Jessica Thornton, MS, RD, LD, CSP, CNSC, CLC

Education Director

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Laura Last, MA, MBA, RDN, LD, FAND, CPTM

Education Committee

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Kasey Lewis, BS, NDTR

Education Committee

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Valerie Houghton, RD, LD

Education Committee

Ali Webster, MS, RD

Education Committee

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Jennifer Seyler, MBA, MS, RD

Leadership Cultivation Programming Director

Neva Cochran, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Foundation Fundraiser Director

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Deanne Brandstetter, MBA, RDN, CDN, FAND

Foundation Fundraiser Committee

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Kathy Wilson-Gold, MS, RDN, LD, FAND

Foundation Fundraiser Committee

Nikki Putnam Badding, MS, RDN

IDEA Committee

Tovah Wolf, PhD, MS, RDN, LDN

Policy and Advocacy Liaison

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Tracy Wilczek, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND

Policy and Advocacy Committee

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Rebecca Frabizio

Sr. Manager DPG/MIG Relations