Executive Committee and Leadership Team

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Executive Committee

Chair - Bridgit Corbett, EdD, RD, LDN

Chair-Elect – Henna Muzaffar, PhD, RD

Immediate Past Chair – Elizabeth Verzo, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND

Secretary – Leia Flure, MS, RD, LDN

Treasurer – Sharon Meier Lutheran, MSH, RDN, LD/N, CLC

Nominating Committee Chair – Lisa Shkoda, RDN, CSP, CNSC, FAND

DPG Delegate – Barbara Ann Hughes, PhD, MPH, RDN, LDN, FADA, FAND

Academy DPG/MIG Relations Manager

Leadership Team (Includes Executive Committee Members)

Awards Chair - Michele Damon, RD

Communications Committee Chair - Pauline Williams, PhD, MPA, RDN, CD

Diversity Liaison - Gloria Davis, MEd, RD, SNS

Electronic Mailing List (EML)/eBlast Coordinator – Caitlin Mellendorf, MS, RD

External Funding Co-Chairs - Vivian Haley-Zitlin, PhD, RD; Gail Frank, DrPH, MPH, RD, CHES

Membership Chair

Newsletter Co-Editor – Maureen Ternus, MS, RD

Newsletter Co-Editor – Carol Berg Sloan, RD

Nominating Committee Chair-Elect - Carol Berg Sloan, RD

Nominating Commitee Members - Michelle James, RDN; Debbi Slawson, PhD, RD, LDN

Professional Education Chair - Tiffany Grant, MA, RD, LD

Professional Education Committee Members - Gloria Davis, MEd, RD, SNS; Norma Ponce de Leon Maciel, RD, LDN

Social Media Coordinator - Debbie Fetter, PhD

Website Coordinators – Leia Flure, MS, RD, LDN; Sara Sawer, MPH, RD, LD