To contact individual NDEP officers, use the Academy's Leadership Directory. Once you have accessed the Leadership Directory, the NDEP section can be found by clicking on the first menu item, labeled "Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics." You can also contact NDEP by emailing ndep@eatright.org.
2022-2023 Chairs and Council Members
Chair: Mary Dean Coleman
Vice Chair: Dorothy Chen Maynard
Past Chair: Katie Eliot
HOD Delegate: Claudia Scott
Preceptor Director: Wynnifred Hoodis
Public Member: TBD
Graduate Student Representative: Brooke Wickman
DEI Committee Chair: Rabia Rahman
Communications Director: Lori Greene
Newsletter Editor: Holly Huye
Board of Directors Liaison: Tammy Randall
ACEND Liaison: James Swain
CDR Liaison: Rosa Hand
Regional Directors
West Coast Regional Director: Traci Grgich
West Central Regional Director: Joe Bonilla
North Central Regional Director: Marie Allsopp
South Central Regional Director: Pat Knisley
North East Regional Director: Deborah Cohen
South East Regional Director: Phyllis McShane
NDEP Geographic Areas
Western Region
West Coast: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii, International
West Central: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana
Central Region
North Central: Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee
South Central: Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
Eastern Region
North East: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts
South East: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Puerto Rico, Washington DC
NDEP Council Elections
NDEP participates in the annual national election for positions within the NDEP Council. If you are interested in serving on the NDEP Council please review and complete the Nomination Application Form and submit your nomination form prior to October 1.
