Nutrition and Dietetics Alumni Society: Board of Directors
Voting Members of the Board of Directors
- Amy Mackey '97g
- President
- Research Scientist, Pediatrics
- Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories
- mackeyad72@netscape.net
- M.S., Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University (1997)
- Ph.D., Nutritional Science, University of Florida (2002)
- Areas of interest: Maternal and infant nutrition, vitamin bioavailability
and metabolism
- Paula Klosterman Leuenberger '76
- Past-President
- Director of Nutrition and Health
- Pennsylvania Beef Council
- leuenberg@aol.com
- Areas of interest: Nutrition Education and Communication/Public Health Nutrition, Culinary and Food Industry
- Christine Lewis Taylor ’77g, ’86g
- Vice President
- Scholar
- The National Academies
- CLTaylor@nas.edu
- Jaime Schwartz ’01
- Secretary
- Senior Account Executive
- Food and Wellness Group
- Ketchum Public Relations
- jaime@portablenutrition.com
- Research Interests: Environmental factors impacting dietary choices (i.e. nutrition labeling, portion size, advertising, media), Development and validation of educational intervention programs and materials design, Nutrition Communications
- Barbara Winters '77, '80g, '93g
- Treasurer
- Senior Program Manager
- Campbell Soup Company
- barbara_winters@campbellsoup.com
- Rachel Johnson '74, '91g
- At-Large Member: Mentoring
- Dean
- Professor of Nutrition
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- The University of Vermont
- phone - 802-656-9630
- fax - 802-656-0290
- Rachel K. Johnson holds a Ph.D. degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition from the Pennsylvania State University, and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Hawaii. She completed a dietetic internship at the Indiana University Medical Center and is a Registered Dietitian. Dr. Johnson is Professor of Nutrition and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont. Dr. Johnson=s research expertise is national nutrition policy, pediatric nutrition and obesity, dietary intake methodology, and energy metabolism. She has published numerous scholarly papers and book chapters on those and other topics. Dr. Johnson was named a distinguished “University Scholar” in 2003. Dr. Johnson has served on the Board of Editors for the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Nutrition Today, and the Nutrition Bulletin. She is the Senior Nutrition Advisor for EatingWell magazine. Dr. Johnson has served as Chair of the Commission on Dietetic Registration for the American Dietetic Association and on the Board of Directors for the ADA.
- Dr. Johnson was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Surgeon General to the Year 2000 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. She served on the Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) for the macronutrients for the National Academy of Sciences / Institute of Medicine. Dr. Johnson was a member of the Additives and Ingredients Subcommittee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Advisory Committee.
- Domingo Pinero '98g
- Mentoring
- Assistant Professor
- Dept. of Nutrition & Food Studies
- New York University
- domingo.pinero@nyu.edu
- Joeleen Stocker '01
- Communications, Social/Professional Activities
- Outpatient Pediatric Dietitian
- Pediatric Specialty Care Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital
- Joeleen.Stocker@yahoo.com
- Areas of Interest: Pediatric and Adolescent Nutrition, Sports Nutrition, Eating Disorders, Childhood Obesity, Nutrition Communication, Program and Material Developmentation and Design.
Non-Voting Members of the Board of Directors
- Gordon Jensen, Head of Department of Nutritional Sciences
- Professor and Head, Department of Nutritional Sciences
- Professor of Medicine
- The Pennsylvania State University
- 126 Henderson South
- University Park, PA 16802
- 814-865-0108 phone
- 814-865-3602 fax
- GLJ1@psu.edu
- John L. Beard, Professor-in-Charge of the Graduate Program in Nutrition
- John L. Beard, Ph.D.
- Professor of Nutrition
- Department of Nutritional Sciences
- Penn State University
- S-125 Henderson Building South
- University Park, Pa 16802-6504
- Office Phone: (814) 863-2917
- Office FAX: (814) 863-6103
- E-mail:jbeard@psu.edu
- Teaching Responsibilities: Nutrition 582- Regulation of Nutrient Metabolism
with focus on Vitamin and Mineral metabolism; Nutrition
452 - Nutritional Aspects of Disease. Professional Interests:
Iron metabolism, Interrelationships between vitamin A and iron, Iron
deficiency and brain function.
- Abigail Diehl, Director of Alumni Relations
- Abigail Diehl
- Director of Alumni Relations
- College of Health and Human Development
- The Pennsylvania State University
- 201 Henderson Building
- Office: (814) 863-2207
- Fax: (814) 865-3282
- E-mail: agc105@psu.edu
- Rose Martin, Faculty Liaison
- Rose L. Martin
- 260 Henderson South Building
- Pennsylvania State University
- University Park, PA 16802
- Phone: (814) 863-0616 Fax: (814) 863-6103
- E-mail: rosemartin@psu.edu
