Blog - Dietitian Spotlight Series

This week the spotlight is on Jen Haugen, RDN, LD, the mom behind the blog and business Down to Earth Dietitian and the star of one of my favorite TED talks, How Moms Can Change the World. Jen first started blogging in March 2012 as a way to share her ideas on recipes and gardening with…   Read More»

In this week’s Spotlight, I interviewed Livia Ly, a dietitian trained in São Paulo, Brazil where she was born and raised. Lyvia is now living in the U.S. and in her final semester of a master’s degree program in nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Lyvia moved to Chicago in 2008 with her husband and…   Read More»

This week the spotlight is on Lindsey Pine MS, RD, CSSD, the registered dietitian for University of Southern California Hospitality. Her education includes a culinary degree from Seattle Central Community College, a bachelors degree in Hospitality & Tourism Management from San Diego State University and a masters in Nutritional Science from Cal State LA. Lindsey…   Read More»

For this week’s Spotlight Series, I’m featuring Carrie Zisman, MS, RDN, CHC, a Health Promotion Manager at a large aerospace and defense company. Carrie is responsible for managing the strategic plan and operations for the Health Promotion team. Her goal is to improve the physical health of employees and their dependents as well as the physical…   Read More»

This week I’m interviewing Meghan Ames, a clinical research nutritionist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a fellow member of the Nutrition Entrepreneurs Dietetics Practice Group (NEDPG). When I happened to see her job title, it piqued my interest and I wanted to learn more about what being a clinical research nutritionist is really…   Read More»

I’ve been following Gemma Critchley through her blog, Dietitian Without Borders, where she writes about her traveling adventures (she just recently returned from a month long trip to Peru), shares delicious recipes and strives to cut through all the nutrition nonsense you find online, to make sense of research and evidence then put it into practice. When Gemma agreed…   Read More»

This week I’m excited to be featuring a dietitian who has really found her niche. Carlene Thomas, owner of Healthfully Ever After, LLC, focuses on helping brides get healthier before their weddings by teaching them sustainable, healthy practices that will last beyond saying “I do.” Carlene also works as a nutrition consultant and blogger, specializing in food…   Read More»

This week the Spotlight is on Sarah Koszyk, former fashion-preneur gone dietitian, author, social media manager and blogger. First Sarah, give us a little background on how you got where you are today. I originally graduated from college and started my own fashion company with my partner while also doing project management on the side….   Read More»

This week this Spotlight is on Diana K. Rice, registered dietitian and PR Associate with The Monday Campaigns, which runs the Meatless Monday initiative. Nutrition was a bit of a career change for Diana. She started out with a degree in journalism from NYU and worked in magazine publishing before deciding to pursue her RD credentials….   Read More»

This week I’m putting the spotlight on Ginger Hultin, MS, RDN, LDN. Ginger is a freelance writer and blogger based in Chicago, Illinois. She works for the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, where she specializes in whole-food plant-based nutrition and supplementation. Ginger is also the President for the Chicago Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is very…   Read More»