The world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. Formerly the American Dietetic Association

a Publication for members of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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About the Organization

ACEND is composed of a board of 15 members, a group of appointed peer reviewers, and staff members.

Peer Program Reviewers

The following list of current peer reviewers have expertise in dietetics education and practice and were appointed by ACEND. Program reviewers visit and evaluate programs and make recommendations on accreditation to the ACEND board.

Alicia V. Aguiar, MS, RD, LD Cedar Rapids, Iowa Dietitian/Adjunct Faculty Hy-Vee Grocery/Kirkwood Community College	Jane F. Allendorph, MS, RD, LDN Palatine, Illinois Director, Dietetic Technician Harper College	Jean A. Anderson, MS, RD, LD Ames, Iowa Director, Dietetic Internship/Adjunct Instructor Iowa State University
Arianna Aoun, MS, RD, CSR, LD Cleveland, Ohio Clinical Dietitian Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC	Catherine L.S. Arnold, EdD, MS, RD Lisle, Illinois Chairperson/Director, Didactic Program Benedictine University	Cheryl L. Atkinson, PhD, RD, LDN New Orleans, Louisiana Program Director, Dietetic Internship Southern University and A&M College
Cheryl Bacon, MS, RD, LDN, CNSD, CSO Chicago, Illinois Internship Coordinator – Management/Advanced Level Dietitian/Dietetic Preceptor Rush University Medical Center	Miriam S. Ballejos, PhD, RD Pullman, Washington Assistant Professor Washington State University	Donna M. Belcher, MS, RD, CDE, LDN Chicago, Illinois Clinical Nutrition Manager at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Morrison Healthcare
Bonnie L. Berube, MS, RD, LD Houston, Texas President BLB Consulting Inc.	Nadine S. Braunstein, PhD, RD, LDN, CDE Towson, Maryland Allied Health Program Director Towson University	Kay Stearns Bruening, PhD, RD Syracuse, New York Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition Science and Dietetics Syracuse University
Jennifer L. Bueche, PhD, RD, CDN Oneonta, New York Director, Dietetic Internship/Associate Professor State University of New York Oneonta	Teri Burgess-Champoux, PhD, RD, LD St. Paul, Minnesota Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Consumer and Nutritional Sciences St. Catherine University	Simone P. Camel, MS, RD, CMS Thibodeaux, Louisiana Assistant Professor, Allied Health Sciences Nicholls State University
Janice D. Cannon, MS, RD, CDN Oxford, Connecticut Clinical Nutrition Manager Hartford Hospital	Sara Carrion, MS, RD, CSP Kingsville, Texas Clinical Dietitian Christus Spohn Health System-Shoreline	Melissa Castano, MAA, RD San Antonio, Texas Assistant Director Baptist Medical Center
Danielle L. Clark, MPH, RD, LD San Antonio, Texas Clinical Dietitian Baptist Health Systems	L. Clare Costello, MEd, RD Richmond, Virginia Director, Dietetic Internship Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Linda S. Crawshaw, PhD, RD, LDN Adamstown, Pennsylvania Clinical Dietitian Wernersville State Hospital
Kathleen E. Creedon, MHPE, LDN, RD Boston, Massachusetts Senior Manager, Training and Development; Director, Dietetic Internship Massachusetts General Hospital	Janet L. Debelius, MA, RD, LD Columbia, Maryland Director, Dietetic Internship Sodexho Health Care Services Mid-Atlantic	Kay L. Dutram, MS, RD Augusta, Maine Director of Public Health Program Management University of Southern Maine
Wanda Eastman, PhD, RD, LD Las Cruces, New Mexico Director, Dietetic Internship New Mexico State University	Laura G. Elliott, MPH, RD, CSO, LD Ames, Iowa Clinical Dietitian Mary Greeley Medical Center	Catherine English, PhD, RD, LDN Kingston, Rhode Island Director, Didactic Program; Chair University of Rhode Island
Dawn M. Erickson, MPH, RD, LDN Ruston, Louisiana Director, Dietetic Internship Louisiana Tech University	Barbara H. Erlandson, MS, RD, LRD, CDE Oakes, North Dakota Private Practice/Consultant Barbara Erlandson, LRD PLLC	Jamie M. Erskine, PhD, RD Greeley, Colorado Professor and Program Coordinator, Dietetics Program University of Northern Colorado
Marjorie E. Fitch-Hilgenberg, PhD, RD, LD Huntsville, Arkansas Consultant; Former Program Director, Didactic Program University of Arkansas	Sharon Foley, PhD, RD, LDN Chicago, Illinois Assistant Professor Rush University	Kara Freeman, DrPH, RD Pomona, California Retired Director, Dietetic Internship/Professor California State Polytechnic University
Stephen P. Gagnon, MS, DTR, CDM Tampa, Florida Director, Dietetic Technician Program Hillsborough Community College	Shyamala Ganesh, MS, RD, LD Minneapolis, Minnesota Director, Dietetic Internship University of Minnesota Medical Center	Margery J. Gann, MBA, RD LDN, FADA Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Care Management Director Ethos, Southwest Boston Senior Services
Polly R. Graham, MBA, RD, LD, LDN Blue Grass, Iowa Director, Dietetic Internship Genesis Medical Center	Judith H. Hall, MS, RD, LRD Grand Forks, North Dakota Former Chair, Department of Nutrition and Former Director, Coordinated Program University of North Dakota	Haewook Han, PhD, RD, CSR, LDN Quincy, Massachusetts Renal Nutrition Specialist Harvard Vanguard Medical Associate
Christine A. Hartney, MS, RD, LDN Chicago, Illinois Senior Clinical Dietitian Rush University Medical Center	Kevin D. Haubrick, MS, RD, LD San Antonio, Texas Director, Dietetic Internship and Food and Nutrition Services Baptist Health System	Alida Herling, MPH, RD, LD La Crosse, Wisconsin Associate Professor and Director, Coordinated Program Viterbo University
LTC Debra R. Hernandez, MS, RD Tacoma, Washington Dietitian; Former Program Director, Dietetic Internship United States Army	Janet D. Hiser, MEd, RD, CDN Danbury, Connecticut Clinical Nutrition Manager/ Internship Director Morrison Management Specialists Danbury Hospital	Roseann L. Hoeye, MBA, RD, LD Savannah, Georgia National Account Manager, Area Manager and Health Care Specialist Diamond Crystal Sales a Division of Hormel Foods Corporation
Debra S. Hollingsworth, PhD, RD, LDN Lake Charles, Louisiana Associate Professor and Director, Dietetic Internship McNeese State University	Barbara L. Hopkins, MMSc, RD, LD Atlanta, Georgia Assistant Professor, Clinical College of Health and Human Sciences Georgia State University	Cheryl A. Houston, PhD, RD, LD Saint Louis, Missouri Director, Didactic Program; Professor Fontbonne University
Nancy R. Hudson, MS, RD Davis, California Academic Coordinator, Emerita University of California Davis	Sharon M. Hunter, MS, RD Altus AFB, Oklahoma Associate Chief, Nutrition; Chief Consultant to AF Surgeon General United States Air Force	Deborah A. Hutcheon, MS, RD, LD Greenville, South Carolina Faculty, Foods and Nutrition-Division of Nursing and Health Science Bob Jones University
Holly Federico Huye, MS, RD Hattiesburg, Mississippi Instructor, Nutrition and Food Systems The University of Southern Mississippi	Jennifer A. (Vannoy) Jackson, MS, RD Salem, Oregon Graduate Research Assistant Oregon State University	Pascale C. Jean, MPH, RD, LD Miami, Florida Health Promotion and Wellness Consultant Cigna Healthcare
Janet S. Johnson, MS, RD, LD Ames, Iowa Clinician Iowa State University	Marie Y. Kamp, MBA, RD, LDN University Park, Pennsylvania Director, Dietetics Program The Pennsylvania State University	Lorri L. Kanauss, MSEd, RD, LD, CDE Macomb, Illinois Assistant Professor Western Illinois University
Audrey L. Kanik, DrPH, MS, MEd, RD New Boston, New Hampshire Private Practice; Adjunct Faculty Member Granite State College	Judith A. Kaplan, MS, RD, LD Cleveland, Ohio Program Manager, Dietetic Technician Cuyahoga Community College	Anne Kendall, PhD, RD, LDN Gainesville, Florida Senior Lecturer University of Florida
Karla Kennedy-Hagan, PhD, RD, LDN Charleston, Illinois Assistant Chair, School of Family and Consumer Sciences/Dietetic Internship Coordinator Eastern Illinois University	Cindra L. Ketterman, MS, RD, LD York, Pennsylvania Chief Clinical Dietitian York Hospital	Sharon Keys, MS, RD Tupelo, Mississippi Director, Food and Nutrition Services Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle
Kessey J. Kieselhorst, MPA, RD, CDE, LDN Danville, Pennsylvania Director, Regulatory Performance Improvement Geisinger Health System	Young Hee Kim, MS, RD, LDN Springfield, Massachusetts Clinical Nutrition Manager Baystate Health	Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RD West Lafayette, Indiana Associate Professor/Director, Coordinated Program Purdue University
Karen R. Kritsch, PhD, RD Madison, Wisconsin Director, Dietetic Internship/Outpatient Abdominal Transplant Dietitian, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics	Karen P. Lacey, MS, RD, CD Green Bay, Wisconsin Senior Lecturer Emeritus/Former University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Dietetics' Director	Laurel G. Lambert, PhD, RD, LD University, Mississippi Associate Professor The University of Mississippi
Patti S. Landers, PhD, RD, LD Norman, Oklahoma Professor Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center	Amelia Larkin, MS, DTR Miami, Florida Long Term Care Consultant	Betty J. Larson, EdD, LRD, FADA Moorhead, Minnesota Professor/Director, Didactic Program Concordia College
Suzanne M. Leson, MS, RD, LD Youngstown, Ohio Director, Coordinated Program Youngstown State University	Anita Karen Lewis, MS, RD, LD Gulfport, Mississippi Clinical Nutrition Supervisor Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System	Sally Lipson, MS, RD, LDN Chicago, Illinois Clinical Coordinator, Dietetic Internship Rush University Medical Center
Suzanne Logan, MS, RD Colorado Springs, Colorado Director, Dietetic Internship Penrose-St Francis Health Services	Carol H. Longley, PhD, RD, LD Macomb, Illinois Assistant Professor Western Illinois University	Anne M. Lowery, MS, RD, LDN Nashville, Tennessee Assistant Professor/Director, Dietetic Internship Lipscomb University
Christina Mackay, MS, RD East Meadow, New York Associate Director, NY/Philadelphia Metropolitan Dietetic Internship Sodexo Health Care Services	Sharon G. Madalis, MS, RD Danville, Pennsylvania Coordinator, Clinical Nutrition Services Geisinger Medical Center	Jessica Madson, MS, RD, CD La Crosse, Wisconsin Assistant Professor Viterbo University
Mary A. Martinez, MS, RD, LD Albuquerque, New Mexico Instructor Central New Mexico Community College and University of St. Francis	Sandra N. Mayol-Kreiser, PhD, RD, CNSD Phoenix, Arizona Clinical Assistant Professor Arizona State University	Maxine C. McElligott, MA, RD, CDE, LMNT Omaha, Nebraska Certified Diabetes Educator Nebraska Medical Center
Elaine F. Molaison, PhD, RD Hattiesburg, Mississippi Associate Professor and Director, Dietetic Internship The University of Southern Mississippi	Dawna T. Mughal, PhD, RD, LDN, FADA Erie, Pennsylvania Director, Dietetics Program Gannon University	Nancy Munoz, DCN, MHA, RD, LDN Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Clinical Nutrition Manager Genesis HealthCare LLC
Jatun K. Neal, MFCS, RD, LD Decatur, Georgia Outpatient Clinical Dietitian/Nutrition Program Consultant Department of Veteran's Affairs	Amy Nickerson, MS, RD, CD Burlington, Vermont Lecturer and Director, Master of Science in Dietetics Program University of Vermont	Mary B. Noel, PhD, MPH, RD East Lansing, Michigan Professor, Senior Associate Chair Michigan State University
Karen L. Plawecki, PhD, RD, LDN Urbana, Illinois Assistant Professor of Nutrition University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Janet Pope, PhD, RD, LDN Ruston, Louisiana Professor, Nutrition and Dietetics; Associate Dean, Applied & Natural Sciences Louisiana Tech University	Nancy T. Prange, MS, RD, LDN DeKalb, Illinois Director, Dietetic Internship Northern Illinois University
Anne O. Raguso, PhD, RD Cleveland, Ohio Education Director/Director, Dietetic Internship Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC	Nancy V. Rhoades, MS, RD, LD Atlanta, Georgia National Account Manager Aladdin Temp-Rite	Royletta M. Romain, MEd, RD, LDN Dorchester, Massachusetts Dietary Supervisor Elder Service Plan of Harbor Health Services
Nina L. Roofe, PhD, RD, LD Conway, Arkansas Assistant Professor/Director, Didactic Program University of Central Arkansas	Mary G. Roseman, PhD, RD University, Mississippi Associate Professor University of Mississippi	Janice G. Sandrick, PhD, RD, FADA, LDN Greensburg, Pennsylvania Director, Coordinated Program Seton Hill University
Charlene E. Schmidt, PhD, RD, CD Menomonie, Wisconsin Associate Professor University of Wisconsin-Stout	Kathy Schupp, MA, RD, LD Cleveland, Ohio Dietitian MetroHealth Medical Center/Senior Health and Wellness Center	Noreen B. Schvaneveldt, MS, RD, CD Providence, Utah Consultant/Former Director, Coordinated Program
Sharon K. Schwartz, MS, RD, LDN Raleigh, North Carolina Dietetic Internship Coordinator Sodexo Distance Education Dietetic Internship	Terese M. Scollard, MBA, RD, LD Portland, Oregon Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager Providence Health System	Jyotsna Sharman, MBA, RD, LD Radford, Virginia Assistant Professor Radford University
Marie L. Smith, MS, MEd, RD, CDN Morrisville, New York Professor; Former Director, Dietetic Technician Program Morrisville State College	Merievelyn Stuber, MS, RD, CPPS, CPHQ Gary, Indiana Patient Safety Officer/Quality Methodist Hospitals	Margaret J. Tate, MS, RD Phoenix, Arizona Public Health Consultant MJ Tate Consulting
Karyn M. Theis, MS, RD, CNSD Fairfax, Virginia Adjunct Instructor George Mason University	Alicia J. Thomas, MS, RD, LD Cleveland, Ohio Research Bionutrition Director, Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative Case Western Reserve University	Shelia Triggs, MS, RD, LD Biloxi, Mississippi Renal Dietitian South Mississippi Kidney Centee
Jane R. Valentine, MS, RD, LDN Champaign, Illinois Director, Dietetic Technician, Dietary Managers Program, Instructor and Adjunct Faculty Parkland College	Elizabeth C. Vargo, MS, RD, LDN Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Director, Dietetic Technician and Dietary Managers Programs Community College of Allegheny County	Karen A. Virostek, MS, RD, LDN, FADA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Nutrition Services Director Adagio Health
Doris J. Wang, MPH, RD, LD Grand Ford, North Dakota Instructor University of North Dakota	Lorraine J Weatherspoon, PhD, RD East Lansing, Michigan Associate Professor/Director, Didactic Program Michigan State University	Suzy Weems, PhD, RD, CSSD, LD Waco, Texas Professor and Department Chair Baylor University
Sharman E. Willmore, MS, RD, CHES Cincinnati, Ohio Director of Allied Health University of Cincinnati Clermont College	L. Hope Wills, MA, RD, CSP Los Angeles, California Director Dietetic Internship; Pediatric Dietitian Center for Child Development and Developmental Disabilities Children's Hospital of Los Angeles	Kay N. Wolf, PhD, RD, LD Columbus, Ohio Associate Professor/Director of Medical Dietetics The Ohio State University
Lauri Y. Wright, PhD, RD Tampa, Florida Assistant Professor of Nutrition University of South Florida, College of Public Health	Linda O. Young, MS, RD, LMNT Lincoln, Nebraska Director, Dietetic Internship University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Rayane (AbuSabha) Zelakiewicz, PhD, RD Troy, New York Associate Professor/Director, Dietetic Internship The Sage Colleges