07/09/98 American Dietetic Association Names 1998-1999 Board Of Directors

American Dietetic Association Names 1998-1999 Board Of Directors

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July 9, 1998

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AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION NAMES 1998-99 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHICAGO -- Sixteen national leaders with a wide range of experience in nutrition and public health will serve as the 1998-99 board of directors of The American Dietetic Association. The board, which serves until June 1999, is responsible for strategic planning, policy development and fiscal management for the Chicago-based ADA, the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. The 70,000-member ADA serves the public by promoting optimal nutrition, health and well-being. The 1998-99 directors are:

Susan T. Borra, chairman of the board, American Dietetic Association Foundation. Borra is senior vice-president and director of nutrition at the International Food Information Council, Washington, D.C. A registered dietitian and chairman of the ADA Foundation since 1997, Borra has served on the ADA board of directors since 1991. She oversees foundation strategic planning, including fundraising for educational initiatives and for the ADA's National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics. At the International Food Information Council, Borra is responsible for communications programs, public affairs strategies and management of nutrition and food safety issues. Previously she was director of consumer affairs at the Food Marketing Institute where she managed nutrition, food safety and consumer-affairs programs for the retail food industry.

Kara F. Caldwell-Freeman, Commission on Accreditation/Approval for Dietetics Education representative. Caldwell-Freeman is program director of dietetic internships and professor in the food, nutrition and consumer sciences department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Calif. She specializes in developing dietetics education programs to equip practitioners for a changing health-care environment. A registered dietitian, Caldwell-Freeman chairs the ADA's commission on accreditation and approval for dietetics education. She has served for a decade on the ADA's council on education and is a former member of the ADA's House of Delegates. From 1995 to 1997, Caldwell-Freeman was vice president of the California Dietetic Association education council.

Ann M. Coulston, ADA president. Coulston, a registered dietitian, is senior research dietitian at Stanford University's General Clinical Research Center and lecturer in medicine at the Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, Calif. In addition to directing clinical nutrition research projects, Coulston collaborates with medical scientists in research on diabetes and aging. She has published her research in such publications as the American Medical Journal, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Diabetes and Diabetes Care. Coulston teaches nutrition to medical students and provides valuable clinical research experience to graduate and undergraduate dietetic students. Her research and practice center on the nutritional needs of adults, especially the elderly. Coulston specializes in the nutritional management of diabetes and she is involved in the nutritional care of patients with cancer, coronary artery disease and AIDS. Active in the ADA since 1975, Coulston has served as speaker of the House of Delegates, a member of the board of directors and the ADA Foundation board. She received the ADA's Medallion Award for Leadership in 1995 and is past president of the California Dietetic Association.

Marianne Smith Edge, director-at-large. Edge is president of Management Systems, Etc., a food-service and nutrition-management consulting firm in Owensboro, Ky. She is also a health-care marketing consultant for Diamond Crystal/Menu Magic Foods, Inc. A registered dietitian and a member of the 1997-98 ADA board, Edge chaired the ADA's member initiative committee, served on the association position and quality assurance committees and served in the ADA's House of Delegates. Edge is active in the Kentucky Dietetic Association, where she has chaired the continuing education and quality assurance committees. She also serves on the board of her local community college foundation, county hospital and hospice, symphony orchestra and Chamber of Commerce.

Caryl B. Fairfull, ADA secretary/treasurer. Fairfull directs operational aspects of the obstetrics/gynecology department at the Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif., including the residency program and the reproductive endocrinology and infertility clinic. Previously, she was manager of the obstetrics/gynecology department at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara, Calif., training and supervising nursing staff and directed a quality-assurance program, among many other responsibilities. Fairfull served on the 1997-98 ADA board as secretary/treasurer-elect. This year, she will chair the ADA's fiscal affairs committee and serve as financial officer of the ADA and its foundation. A registered dietitian, Fairfull is a past member of the ADA House of Delegates and past vice president of the California Dietetic Association.

Karen M. Fiedler, director-at-large. Fiedler is associate professor and coordinator of the dietetic internship/master's degree program in the department of nutrition at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. She previously taught at Otterbein College, Miami (Ohio) University and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. A registered dietitian, Fiedler served on the ADA board of directors in 1996-97, chairing the Commission on Accreditation and Approval for Dietetics Education. She has served in the ADA House of Delegates and on the nominating committee and leadership initiative task force, among others. Fiedler is a former president of the Ohio Dietetic Association.

Ann Gallagher, ADA president-elect. Gallagher is president of F.A. Gallagher and Associates, Ft. Wayne, Ind., a firm that provides dietetic consultation to long-term care facilities, retirement communities, group homes and other providers of geriatric care. A registered dietitian, former speaker of the ADA House of Delegates and member of the ADA board's executive committee, Gallagher teaches at Ivy Tech State College, Ft. Wayne. Gallagher has received several ADA outstanding service awards and the 1990 Medallion Award for Leadership. She chairs the Indiana Certification Board for Dietitians and is a past president of the Indiana Dietetic Association. Gallagher will serve as ADA president in 1999-2000.

Molly Gee, director-at-large. Gee is assistant manager and communications specialist at the Institute for Preventive Medicine at Methodist Hospital, Houston, and is an instructor in the department of internal medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine. A registered dietitian, Gee supervises outpatient behavioral medicine programs in nutrition, smoking cessation and stress management. She works as a health/nutrition reporter at Houston's KTRK-TV and for eight years was a regional media spokesperson for the ADA. Gee has served on the ADA's membership and affirmative action committees and is a former president of the Texas and Houston dietetic associations.

Shirley E. Kellie, public director-at-large. An expert on disease prevention and health promotion, Kellie is associate medical director in the Office of Clinical Evaluation and physician epidemiologist in the Core Methods Team at the Medstat Group, Ann Arbor, Mich. A former faculty member at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, Kellie was an epidemiologist with John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. She was a scientific advisor to the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Association and a senior scientist at the American Medical Association.

Colleen Matthys, Commission on Dietetic Registration representative. Matthys is nutrition research manager at the Clinical Research Center at the University of Washington Medical Center, where she manages administrative, research and clinical activities of the nutrition research unit. A registered dietitian, she is also responsible for protocol design and implementation and for patient nutrition care. Matthys is president of the Washington State Dietetic Association. At the ADA, Matthys chairs the Commission on Dietetic Registration and has served as speaker of the ADA House of Delegates. She was a member of the ADA Foundation board of directors from 1993 to 1994.

Julie O'Sullivan Maillet, speaker, ADA House of Delegates. Maillet is associate dean for academic affairs and research and chairperson of the department of primary care at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Health-Related Professions. She specializes in nutrition and dental screenings for children in day-care centers, geriatric education and food intake among hospital patients with AIDS. A registered dietitian and the author of numerous books and journal articles in nutrition and dietetics education, Maillet served on the ADA board of directors from 1992 to 1994, chairing the ADA's council on education. She received the ADA's award for excellence in dietetic education in 1995 and the Medallion Award for Leadership in 1992.

Rebecca S. Reeves, ADA House of Delegates speaker-elect. Reeves is an associate professor in the department of medicine at the Behavioral Medicine Research Center and the department of community medicine at the Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston. She specializes in nutrition as it relates to cardiovascular disease and obesity and in teaching people how to change their eating habits and attitudes. Her research includes studies of heart disease prevention in older women and cancer prevention among Mexican-Americans. A registered dietitian, Reeves has served in the ADA House of Delegates and as president of the Texas and South Texas dietetic associations. Reeves has been a member of national and state dietetic association committees including public relations, career guidance, scholarship, education, community nutrition and nominations. Reeves will serve as speaker of the ADA House of delegates in 1999-2000.

Carlene Russell, director-at-large. Russell, a registered dietitian, is a consultant dietitian at North Iowa Mercy Health Center in Mason City, Iowa. For more than two decades she has worked with home clients and nursing homes and in community case management for the frail elderly. Russell developed a manual, and a video based on it, titled "Dining Skills: Practical Interventions for the Caregivers of Eating Disabled Older Adults." She has presented workshops on the topic throughout the United States and in Europe. Russell was president of the Iowa Dietetic Association from 1993 to 1994 and in 1996 was named Iowa's outstanding dietitian.

Cornell Scott, public director-at-large. Scott is executive director of Hill Health, Corp., which operates an outpatient community health center in New Haven, Conn. He is also assistant professor of pediatrics and public health at the Yale University Medical School. Scott has a lengthy background in community health care. He is a member of the board of the American Lung Association of Connecticut; past chairman of the Community Health Network HMO; president of the Connecticut Primary Care Association; chairman of the board of the Yale University African-American Cultural Center and many other boards and organizations.

Margaret H. Tate, secretary/treasurer-elect. Tate is director of the Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Nutrition at the Virginia Department of Health. She has also served as acting director of the Office of Family Health Services; director of the Division of Public Health nutrition; state WIC nutrition coordinator; and regional program supervisor and training and development coordinator in the Division of Public Health Nutrition. A registered dietitian, Tate previously served on the ADA's board of directors in 1992-94; chaired the council on practice, the division of community dietetics, the primary care providers task force and the public health nutrition practice group; served in the ADA's House of Delegates and served on the health care reform advisory committee. She will be ADA's secretary/treasurer in 1999-2000.

Elaine G. Williams, director-at-large. Williams is associate professor and interim dean of the College of Allied Health at Drew University of Medicine and Science. A specialist in health promotion and nutrition among African-Americans, Williams is past president of the National Society of Allied Health. She has worked as a consultant to the Physician Assistant Advocacy Network's National Health Service Corps; served on the minority support group of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's national high blood pressure education program; and is a member of the executive advisory committee of the National AIDS Minority Information and Education Program. A registered dietitian, Williams has served on the ADA's council on practice, the continuing education committee, committee on dietetic registration and the appeals committee. 

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