Ellen Rosa Shanley, MBA, RD

Ellen Rosa Shanley, MBA, RD

Ellen Rosa Shanley, MBA, RD
Didactic Program Director, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

ADA Leadership Highlights: National - House of Delegates: Finance Committee member; Table Facilitator; Mentor/Mentee Program.  Connecticut Dietetic Association: Delegate; Finance Committee; Awards Committee Chair; Nominating Committee Chair; Council on Practice Program Committee; Educators Committee Chair.  School Nutrition Services DPG: State Laison.

Other Professional Activities: Yale-New Haven Hospital Dietetic Internship Advisory Committee; American School Food Service Association, Delegate to Citizen Ambassador Program.

Awards: ADAF Award for Excellence in Dietetic Education; CT Dietetic Association: Outstanding Dietitian Award; President's Award; ADA Award for Outstanding Dietetic Educator; American School Food Service Association, Best Poster Nutrition Education & Training Award.

Education: MBA, Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts; Dietetic Internship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; BS, Nutrition & Food Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

What related experience and skills have you obtained to prepare you to be an ADA leader?
I am a seasoned professional with 30 years of experience in dietetics and management.  I have vision and creativity.  These skills combined with my passion and drive have contributed to my successes.  I have the ability to get people excited and involved.  Strong leaders must be team players.  As an educator, administrator, author, and leader I am confident in my interactions with everyone I meet, from health professionals to consumers to the media.

What do you perceive as an important issue impacting the dietetics profession today?
Customer satisfaction is impacting ADA and all of its members.  As an Association, we need a quality product to give our customers (members) and for members to provide to their clients and employers.  Members need to have a reason to join and maintain their memberships.  The Association needs to continue to provide service to members so they may become more efficient and skilled in the years ahead.

How would you encourage and promote diversity if elected?
We need to actively seek diversity in the profession.  Although dietetics professionals cannot mimic the US trends, it is our responsibility to encourage minorities to enter our profession.  Providing grant funding to mentor culturally diverse secondary school-aged children by teaching nutrition through cooking may do this.  Members could share their innovative programs at FNCE at a best practices session.  The Association could recognize minority recruitment by scholarships, mentoring, and awards.

 

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