Blog - Dietitian Spotlight Series

In this week’s Dietitian Spotlight Series, I’d like to introduce you to Jennifer Neily, MS, RDN, LD, a trailblazing entrepreneur I met in Dallas, TX. She is the chair for the Nutrition Entrepreneurs Dietetic Practice Group (which I highly recommend joining if you have any interest in starting your own business!) and is a huge advocate for…   Read More»

I am very excited to introduce to you my next featured RD in the spotlight, Sharon Palmer, author of The Plant Powered Diet. I have used Sharon’s website, blog and presentations as a resource for many of my clients with a desire to eat a more plant-based diet, especially her Plant-Powered Proteins list. Sharon is an…   Read More»

It’s time for a new dietitian spotlight series! This week I interviewed Marianne Romano, MP RDN, who created her own company Romano Health Coaching 14 years ago and is based out of Albany,  New York. Marianne, tell us a little about your business and the path you took to get where you are today. I have dual bachelor’s degree in…   Read More»

For this week’s spotlight, I interviewed a fellow Buckeye, Jenny Lobb. We competed our undergraduate degrees together at Ohio State in 2009 then both went on to do our dietetic internships at Mount Carmel College of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio (Mt Carmel no longer has an internship program). Jenny, tell me more about where you are…   Read More»

This week I am excited to be featuring a fellow Buckeye, Maggie Fekete, RDN, LD, CHC, RYT. She has had a diverse career so far and has gained experience in many areas of nutrition and wellness. We worked together at Florida Hospital Orlando, where I got to see what a kind, passionate, dedicated person she is–…   Read More»

In this week’s spotlight I’m featuring Jeff Toler, MBA, RD, LD who works for the Tarrant County Public Heath Department in Texas as the Southwest WIC Clinic Supervisor and does side work as wellness/weight management consultant. WIC, which stands for Women, Infants and Children is a federally-funded free nutrition program that helps pregnant women, new mothers and young…   Read More»

This week, I’m sharing with you my interview with Amber Ketchum, MS, RD, who runs the nutrition and weight loss program at Shane Diet and Fitness Resort in San Antonio, TX. Take it over Amber… Hello everyone! My name is Amber Ketchum and I’m a registered dietitian from San Antonio, Texas.  I received my Bachelor’s…   Read More»

Meet this week’s Dietitian Spotlight focus: Zarana Parekh, RDN, CSP, LD. She was born and raised in India and after spending 7 years as a practicing dietitian, she followed the love of her life to the US. She moved to Dallas and studied Clinical Nutrition at the UT Southwestern Medical Center and got her RDN…   Read More»

She might kill me for this picture! This week, the dietitian spotlight is on Kristina DiSanto, an RD I worked alongside at Shane Diet & Fitness Resorts last summer. Together we taught cooking classes and food demos, planned personal nutrition programs for each guest and hoarded the almond butter from the resort’s kitchen.   Kristina…   Read More»

It’s time for another Registered Dietitian Spotlight! This week, I’m talking to Cindy Krainen, who has a very non-traditional RD role as a recruiter with Harper Associates. Many of you may already be familiar with her if you’ve been on the hunt for a job in dietetics or are a member of the Dietitian Jobs…   Read More»