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Sylvia Escott-Stump, MA, RD
Dietetic Programs Director, East Carolina University, Greenville NC.
ADA Leadership Highlights: National - Standardized Language Task Force Chair; Alliance Task Force; House of Delegates Speaker; Issues Management Chair; HOD Director; Legislative & Public Policy Committee; Finance Committee; CADE Site Visitor; Association Positins Committee; Standards of Professional Practice Task Force; CPI Delegate; Governance Task Forces; Council on Professional Issues Chair; Strategic Planning Committee; Quality Management. North Carolina Dietetic Association: Treasurer; State Media Rep; Nutrition Care Manual Co-Chair; Strategic Planning; Pennsylvania Dietetic Association: Strategic Planning Chair; Foundation President; President. Clinical Nutrition Management DPG: Legislative Chair. Gerontological Nutritionists DPG: Area 6 and Continuing Education Chair. Nutrition Entrepreneurs DPG: Mentor for Authors.
Other Professional Activities: East Carolina University:Interdisciplinary Rural Health Executive Council (ECU); Steering Committee, Field Placement and Cooperative Learning; Branding, Marketing and Development Task Force; College of Human Ecology: Field Placement Task Force Co-Chair; Accelerated Bachelors-Masters Program Task Force; CORE Curriculum Committee; Honors Student Liaison; Family Health Council of Western PA and Pennsylvania State University Dietetic Program Advisory Boards; Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Wound Care Committee.
Awards: Kappa Omicron Nu, Nu Iota Chapter; Service Excellence Award for the College; Outstanding Dietitian of Pennsylvania; Indiana University of PA: Distinguished Alumni Award; Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Society; American Dietetic Association Medallion Award; Forbes System President’s Quality Award Team Finalist.
Education: MA, Adult-Community Education. Indiana University of PA, Indiana, PA; BS (magna cum laude), Food and Nutrition Education, Indiana University of PA, Indiana PA.
What related experience and skills have you obtained to prepare you to be an ADA leader?
I have been fortunate to hold jobs and volunteer positions that have facilitated leadership development. A "big picture" personality preference and a clear vision of the future have given me the courage to tackle difficult challenges and turn them into opportunities. Each of my experiences has given me confidence, and I have been mentored by many outstanding, progressive leaders. I am fully prepared for the next level of responsibility within ADA.
What do you perceive as an important issue impacting the dietetics profession today?
Member discouragement is a big concern. We need to engage new members and non-members in different ways than in the past. Unless our own current and potential members are excited about their profession, why would others be interested in what we have to say? Marketing within the profession, and externally to our key stakeholders, is a top priority at this time for our Association leaders and members.
How would you encourage and promote diversity if elected? Diversity in personal opinions and values is greater today than ever before. By listening carefully to our members, to young people, and to the changes in the world around us, we must be more sensitive to those needs and expectations. Strategically identifying common themes and interests of members is important, but our final actions must speak louder than our words. We must engage every ADA member in individual and common goals.
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