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Nominations and Elections

Election 2024

2024 Election Results

The Nominating Committees of the Academy and Commission on Dietetic Registration have reported the outcome of the 2024 national election. The following individuals have been elected from among many excellent candidates. The committees thank you for your support of the nomination and election processes.

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Board of Directors

  • President-elect: Deanne Brandstetter, MBA, RDN, CDN, FAND (N.Y.)
  • Treasurer-elect: Christina Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND (Ill.)
  • Director-at-Large: Suzanne M. Jimenez-Sanchez, MS, RDN, LND (P.R.)
  • House of Delegates Speaker-elect: RoseAnna Holliday, PhD, MPH, RDN, LD, FAND (Idaho)
  • House of Delegates Director: Tracy Wilczek, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND (Mass.)

Nominating Committee

National Leader

  • Sandra Arevalo, MPH, RDN, CDN, FAND (N.Y.)

National Leader with Board of Directors Experience in the Past 10 Years

  • Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD (N.C.)

Commission on Dietetic Registration

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

  • Emily Patten, PhD, RDN (Utah)

Board Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management

  • Colleen Tewksbury, PhD, MPH, RD, CSOWM, LDN, FAND (Pa.)

View the 2024 Slate of Candidates

The leaders’ names list self-reported educational degrees, CDR issued credentials, state nutrition and dietetics licensure titles and Academy fellow designations. Please view the candidate's personal website and/or candidate credential disclosures for other credentials.

Affiliate and DPG/MIG Voting Statistics

DPGs, MIGs and affiliates are challenged to increase member participation in the Academy's national election. Voting statistics for the DPGs, MIGs and affiliates are listed below. See how the different groups performed.

Affiliate Voting

DPG/MIG Voting

Please note that only ballots for Academy national offices, DPG/MIGs, NDEP and CDR run on the Academy election platform. Check with your individual affiliate for information regarding state and district elections.

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