Academy 2026-2027 Board of Directors Announced

June 1, 2026

CHICAGO – The 2026-2027 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Board of Directors consists of 19 leaders in nutrition, health and business from across the country. Representing more than 112,000 credentialed practitioners, the Academy is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.

From June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027, the board is responsible for implementing the Academy's strategic plan, guiding policy development and overseeing fiscal management.

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Board of Directors, 2026-2027:

Tamara Randall, MS, RDN, LD, CDCES, FAND; President (Shaker Heights, Ohio)
Randall is an instructor and director of the MS in Public Health Nutrition and Dietetic Internship Program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Elizabeth (Lisa) Abbay, MBA, RDN, LDN, FAND; House of Delegates Director (Collierville, Tenn.)
Abbay is the head of talent acquisition at Aramark Healthcare+.

Deanne Brandstetter, MBA, RDN, CDN, FAND; Immediate Past President (Naples, Fla.)
Brandstetter most recently served as vice president of nutrition and wellness at Compass Group North America.

Vicky Flaig, MEd, RDN; Treasurer-elect (Sacramento, Calif.)
Flaig is director of operations for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northern California and an adjunct professor of food service management.

Lorna P. Fuller, PhD, RDN, LD; House of Delegates Director (Cleveland, Ohio)
Fuller serves as a senior manager of Human Resources and Training for Sodexo.

Joanne M. Graham, PhD, RDN; House of Delegates Speaker-elect (Sacramento, Calif.)
Graham is a research scientist supervisor at the California Department of Public Health.

Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE; Chief Executive Officer (Chicago, Ill.)
Wiggs Harris has oversight of all entities in the Academy enterprise, including the Association, the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics and the Academy Foundation.

RoseAnna B. Holliday, PhD, MPH, RDN, LD, FAND; House of Delegates Immediate Past Speaker (Twin Falls, Idaho)
Holliday is an associate professor in the biology department at the College of Southern Idaho.

Suzanne M. Jiménez MS, RDN, LND; Director-at-Large (Guaynabo, P.R.)
Jiménez works at Head Start/Early Head Start Quintana Baptist Church.

Young Hee Kim, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC, FAND; President-elect (Windsor Locks, Conn.)
Hee Kim most recently worked as a clinical nutrition manager from at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.

Eileen S. Myers, MPH, RDN, LDN, CEDS-C, FADA, FAND; Academy Foundation Chair (Fernandina Beach, Fla.)
Myers is currently adjunct faculty for The University of North Florida Nutrition department.

Rory C. Pace, MPH, RD, CSR, FAND, FNKF; House of Delegates Speaker (Gilroy, Calif.)
Pace is a nutrition therapy consultant for Patient Care America.

Patty Riskind, MBA; Public Member (Chicago, Ill.)
Riskind is a healthcare technology leader and is currently the CEO of Blue Horse Ventures LLC.

Elisabeth Ritz; Public Member (Chicago, Ill.)
Ritz is the founder and president of Ritz Communications, a global public relations, marketing communications, and branding firm specializing in healthcare.

Christina Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC, FAND; Immediate Past Treasurer (Rochester, Ill.)
Rollins is the finance administrator in the Department of Surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and owner of Rollins Nutrition, LLC.

Sangeeta Shrivastava, PhD, RDN, FAND; Director at Large (Irvine, Calif.)
Shrivastava is the owner of Dr. Sangeeta Nutrition (Insurance Based Private Practice) and a lecturer in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Shey Schnell, MHA, RD, LGBC, HPTC; Treasurer (Morrisonville, N.Y.)
Schnell is the regional director of performance improvement at the University of Vermont Health Network, CVPH and AHMC.

Lauren Coheley Spain, PhD, RDN, LD, CDCES, FAND; Director at Large (Austin, Texas)
Coheley Spain is a pediatric medical science liaison with Abbott Nutrition.

Tracy Wilczek, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND; House of Delegates Director (Boston, Mass.)
Wilczek is a regional wellness director with FLIK Hospitality, a division of Compass Group USA.

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About the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Representing more than 112,000 credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. The Academy is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy. Visit the Academy at www.eatright.org.