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Josie D. Klein, DTR
Director of Nutrition , Mount Olivet Home / Mount Olivet Careview Home and Mount Olivet Dayservices, Minneaplis, Minnesota.
ADA Leadership Highlights: National – CDR, Dietetic Technician, Registerd. Minnesota Dietetic Association: Annual Meeting Planning Board; Membership Committee; Council on Practice, Dietetic Technician Representative.
Other Professional Activities: Boy Scout Advisory Committee; Lakeville Soceer Association Vice -President.
Awards: Recognized Dietetics Technicain of the Year.
Education: Associate of Applied Science , Dietetic Technology, The Lakewood Community College/ Northeast Metro Tech, White Bear Lake, MN.
What related experience and skills have you obtained to prepare you to be an ADA leader?
My experiences started with my children's activities, a Girl Scout leader, on the Boy Scout Advisory Committee, Vice- President of the Lakeville Soccer Association in, 1993, Soccer Tournament Director which by the time my term was completed we had grown to 145 teams competing in two half days. In 1991, myself with several other MNT technicians started MN TECH DPG, I was the first chair in 1991 and the organization is still up and running strong. From1992 - 1996 I was the technician representative on the CDR Board, there I was involved with the exam panel, appeals panel, and other CDR board activities. 1997 --2000 on ADA Scholarship Committee. Since 2000 I have been advancing my career to were I am currently Director of Nutrition at Mount Olivet Home / Mount Olivet Careview Home and Mount Olivet Day Services.
What do you perceive as an important issue impacting the dietetics profession today?
There are many important issues in dietetics, however being a DTR for seventeen years there has always been one main important issue for me. And that is that DTR'S and RD'S are able to work together. Both professional groups need each other to promote health and wellness to the public and to monitor what other groups are out there doing.
How would you encourage and promote diversity if elected? I am on a daily basis working with / and for a wide range of diverse staff and clients. In any nursing home setting in Minnesota diversity is and has been for many years very evident. Without this diversity we would not have the staff to keep facilities open and meeting state and federal regulations. Which Mount Olivet is know in the area as one of the best homes for meeting and maintaining these regulation. Also being a DTR and a Director of a rather large facility I am part of that diverse work force. Being part of this work force gives me the ability, knowledge and the fortitude to speak about why diversity is important, needed and a worth while experience.
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