ACEND Board
The ACEND board is the governing unit of ACEND which grants final accreditation awards. As a decision-making body of a federally-recognized accrediting agency, the board must include at least one academic, educator, practitioner, administrator and public member. The ACEND board includes: A chair, a vice chair, a past chair, at least one representative for each program type (Dietetic Technician, Didactic, Coordinated, and Dietetic Internship), at least one practitioner representative for each credential offered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (Dietetic Technician Registered and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist), at least one program administrator or representative of other stakeholders, one dietetics student, and one representative of the public. Information about qualifications and requirements for ACEND board positions can be found in the ACEND board positions can be found in the ACEND Policy & Procedure Handbook.
2025-2026 Board
Chair
Janet Stuhrcke, DCN, RD, FAND
Director, Graduate Program in Nutrition and Dietetics
Fairfield University
Fairfield, Conn.
Vice Chair
Kendra Kattelmann, PhD, RDN, LN, FAND
Distinguished Professor, Director, Health and Consumer Sciences Division
South Dakota State University
Brookings, S.D.
Past ACEND Chair
Nancy T. Prange, PhD, MPH, MS, RDN, LDN
Director, Dietetic Internship
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Ill.
Coordinated Program in Dietetics (CP) Representative
Dena French, EdD, RYT, RDN, LD
Director, Coordinated Program in Dietetics
Fontbonne University
St. Louis, Mo.
Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) Representatives
Ellis Morrow, DCN, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Director of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics Post-Doctoral Interprofessional Education Research Fellowship
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
Deborah Hutcheon, DCN, RD, LD
Associate Clinical Professor, Graduate Program in Applied Nutrition
University of New England
Portland, Maine
Dietetic Internship (DI) Program Representatives
Kimberly Gottesman, DCN, RD, LD, CNSC
Assistant Professor, Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics, Department of Nutrition and Food Science
California State University Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif.
Claudia Sealey-Potts, PhD, RD, LD, FAND
Professor and Director, Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Dietetic Technician (DT) Program Representative
Michelle Palumbo, NDTR
Dietetic Technician
Cleveland Clinic
Parma, Ohio
Dietetic Technician (DT) Program Representative-elect
David Clark, MS, RDN, LD
Chairperson and Program Director
Sinclair College
Dayton, Ohio
Program Representatives at-Large
Kelli Killingsworth, MPH, RDN, LND
Director, Faculty Instructor, Academic Programs
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus
Gurabo, P.R.
Le Greta Hudson MS, RDN, LD, CDCES, FAND
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
University of Missouri
Columbia, Mo.
Program Representative at Large-elect
Claudia Scott, MS, RD, LD, CDCES
Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Dietetic Internship
University of Houston
Houston, Texas
Practitioner Representative and Administrator Representative
Gloria Verdino, MS, RD, CDN
Renal Dietitian
Davita Kidney Care
Monticello, N.Y.
Practitioner Representative
Annjeanette Soltysiak, NDTR
Community Health Educator
BJC Healthcare-Corporate Health Services
St. Louis, Mo.
Public Members
Anthony Hill, PhD, LISW-CP, CFSW, ACSW
Chair, Graduate Director and Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, S.C.
Nicole Webb, DNP, APRN-BC, FNP-BC
Associate Dean, College of Health, Science and Technology
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, Mo.
Kerry McNiven, MS, RRT, FAARC
Independent Contractor
Kettering National Seminars
Dayton, Ohio
ACEND Student Representative
Kaitlyn Good
Dietetic Student
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Va.
ACEND Student Representative-elect
Hannah Fox
Dietetic Student
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
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