Outstanding Preceptor Awards Winners
At the request of the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation now funds seven awards on behalf of the Nutrition and Dietetic Educators and Preceptors group and ACEND to recognize preceptors who are exemplary educators and mentors. The award recipients will receive reimbursement up to $1,000 to cover expenses to travel and attend the upcoming Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo™. The seven award recipients are recognized at the Academy Member Showcase and the NDEP Member Meetings at FNCE®.
Please be on the alert for opportunities that will be available to you to recognize and support the contribution that preceptors are making to the profession.
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2019 Outstanding Preceptor Award Winners
West Coast Region
Sheryl Yoshimura, MPH, RDN, LDN, CSR, CDE
Program Coordinator
Wahiawa Center for Community Health and Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services
Nominated by: Monica Esquivel, PhD, RDN, Assistant Professor and Dietetics Program Director, University of Hawaii at Manoa
West Central Region
Dustin Frize, RDN, LRD
Registered Dietitian
University of North Dakota
Nominated by: Doris Wang, MPH, RDN, LRD, Program Director, University of North Dakota
North Central Region
Elizabeth Hall, MS, RDN, LDN
Retail Dietitian
KVAT Food City Stores
Nominated by: Michelle Johnson, PhD, RDN, LDN, Dietetic Internship Director; Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University
South Central Region
Melissa Donaldson, MS, RD, LD, SNS
CNP Coordinator
Trussville City Schools
Miriam Gaines, MACT, RDN, LD, FAND, Assistant Professor, Dietetic Internship Director, Samford University and Carleton Rivers, MS, RDN, Assistant Professor/Program Director, University of Alabama at Birmingham
North East Region
Sandra Arevalo, MPH, RDN
Director of Nutrition Services & Outreach Programs
Montefiore Medical Center
Nominated by: Victoria Fischer, PhD, RDN, CDN, Dietetic Internship Director, Assistant Professor, CUNY - Hunter College
South East Region
Kathleen Pellechia, MS, RDN
Nutrition Knowledge Management Specialist
FHI 360
Nominated by: Phyllis McShane, MS, RD, LDN, Director, Dietetic Internship, University of Maryland