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• Recipient of the highly acclaimed Lenna Francis Cooper Award, delivered a keynote address at ADA’s annual meeting. Mary is co-author of In Good Taste: A Contemporary Approach to Cooking, a textbook-cookbook joining culinary specialists and dietitians in pursuit of nutritious contemporary cooking.

• Received the Medallion Award, one of the highest honors given by ADA. She is known for her visionary leadership in pioneering wellness and preventive nutrition in a clinical setting. Georgia served for 25 years as founder and former Director of the Cooper Clinic Nutrition Program in Dallas and has authored four books, including The Cooper Clinic Solution to the Diet Revolution. Today, Georgia is a nutrition speaker, spokesperson, and consultant for corporate wellness programs, individuals, restaurants, and childhood obesity programs.

• 2007 recipient of the ADA Excellence in Clinical Nutrition award. Recognized for her leadership
  and innovation in clinical dietetics, Susan is the Assistant Director of Clinical Nutrition at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, where she has worked since 1989, providing nutrition care for cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.

• Received the 2007 ADA Excellence in Dietetic Technology award. She was recognized for her leadership as national Chair of Dietetic Technicians and for her international volunteer work with numerous organizations, such as Aid Sudan, where she teaches cooking and nutrition to refugees from Sudan Africa. Kathryn has taught nutrition also in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela and India. Kathryn works at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

• Received the RYDY from the Houston Area Dietetic Association for 2007
  
• Authored a book written primarily by dietitians on childhood obesity which was edited by Texas Children's Hospital
• Houston Area Dietetic Association (HADA) Speaker’s Bureau Representative October 2006 to present
  
• Promoted as the Adolescent Bariatric Clinical Program Coordinator for Texas Children's Hospital from a clinical dietetic role.
  
• Speaker on Adolescent Bariatric Surgery at:
  • Texas Children's Hospital Obesity conference
  • Houston Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group (HPNG)
  • National Pediatric Nursing Conference
  • Tall Pines Dietetic Association meeting
• Speaker on Updated Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents with Mary L. Brandt, MD Pediatric Surgeon. Texas Children’s Hospital Pediatric Obesity Conference 2007.
• Speaker on Neonatal Nutritrion for TWU Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program
• Speaker for 22nd Annual Pediatric Nursing Conference presentation on Practical Nutrition Interventions for the Obese Pediatric Population, Dallas, Texas
• Speaker on Pediatric Nutrition Assessment - full day workshop for Texas WIC Dietetic Internship, Austin Texas
  
• Speaker on Practical Nutrition Interventions for Obese Children and Adolescents, Texas Children’s Hospital TeleHealth presentation, Houston, Texas
  

• Recognized as a Distinguished Alumni for the University of Alabama. She is a member of the Lubbock Dietetic Association.

• Achieved new position at Texas A&M University as Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Academic Programs Office of the Vice Chancellor for Agriculture and Life Sciences

• Appointed a member of the Research Committee for the School Nutrition Association (national organization of school foodservice professionals). She is one of 10 members of this committee, and will be representing university researchers.

• Awarded the Charles M Ragus Award by the American College of Nutrition for Best Scientific Paper of 2007 for her work on using low-income, overweight mothers as agents of change for their young children in the prevention of child obesity
• Elected President of the International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans at an international conference involving 52 countries
• Member of the Phase 2 Task on Dietetic Education for the American Dietetic Association

• Authored the book "Good Things Happen to Healthy People"

• Received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, National Integrated Food Safety Initiative for 2007-2010 in the amount of $456,606. She was also appointed director of this project.

• TDA Members who reviewed abstracts for posters and presentations at ADA FNCE

• Elected Student Delegate At-Large of the ADA Student Council Advisory Committee for 2007-2008

• Awarded the ADA Excellence in Dietetic Technology award for 2007.

• Authored the book "Your Healing Diet: A Quick Guide to Reversing Chronic Diseases through Healing Foods".
• Ranked as the #2 best-selling book at the flagship Whole Foods Market in Austin and has been the #1 best-seller in the 'Health' section at BookPeople Bookstore.

• Led the Hillcrest Wellness Program as the Program Representative
• Received the "Outstanding Program in a Worksite Setting Award" from the Texas Department of State and Health Services for the Hillcrest Wellness Program

• Co-authored the book "Handbook of Home Nutrition Support" with Mark DeLegge, MD and published by Jones and Bartlett in Janury 2007.  
• Received the "Nan Couts Award" from the Oley Foundation, a national support group for people on long-term enteral and parenteral nutrition

• Appointed member of the Texas School Health Advisory Committee
• Received Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (TAHPERD) 2006 CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) Champion Award

• Appointed member of the Texas School Health Advisory Committee

• Publications Coordinator for Women's Health and Reproductive Nutrition DPG

• Awarded as one of University of North Texas' Faculty Fellows for the 2006-2007
• Co-Presented at ADA's FNCE National Conference in Honolulu, HI with Teresa Pangan PhD, RD. "Expand Your Palette: Enhancing Onscreen Education Through Color and Design"
• Presented for the Dietetic Educators of Practitioners Practice Group in Alexandria, VA. "Classroom Exposure to ADA Evidence Analysis Critical Thinking Skills"

• Writes and researches for Women's World Magazine for their diet feature stories.
• Member of the Advisory Board and frequent contributor to Maximum Fitness Magazine

• Inducted into Kappa Omicron Nu the Family and Consumer Sciences National Honors Society
• Member of the Association of National Honors Societies
• Awarded the Sam Houston State University Family Consumer Sciences Community Service Award
• Appointed Community Relations Chair of Texas Tall Pines Dietetic Association
• Received a large equipment donation for her non-profit organization, Tab's Fitness-4-Life, Inc. The donated equipment was given to 3 deserving communities in Texas (Huntsville, Tamina, and Conroe) to promote health and fitness

• Invited with 45 other Nutrition and Health Specialists to a Nutrition Roundtable at Oxford University in Oxford, England to discuss topics and research related to nutrition and health.

• Distinguished Service Award from the College of Human Ecology at Kansas State University
• Professor Emeritus from Kansas State after serving as a faculty member for Human Nutrition for 26 years
• Appointed as a State Specialist with the Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
• Secretary of the Fort Worth Dietetic Association

• Awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant to lecture at Semmelweise University in Budapest, Hungary during the 2006-2007 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

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• Received Outstanding Woman Award for Leadership presented by the Federal Women’s Program of the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

• Received Outstanding Woman Award for Career Development presented by the Federal Women’s Program of the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

• Authored the book "Healthy Mexican Cooking". The book has three published editions in both English and Spanish. It was also promoted in the past by the American Diabetic Association.

• Received ADA Foundation's 2006 PepsiCo Healthy Lifestyle Innovation Research Grant. This is a grant awarded to recognize and encourage innovative approaches to promote healthy living through nutrition and physical activity.

• Recently published in the following publications:
  Nutrition. 2006 November/December
  Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care. 2006 July
  Clinical Nutrition. 2006 October
  

• Recently voted #1 Nutritionist in the Best of Texas 2006 Poll conducted by Competitor Texas Magazine

• Facilitated the development of "Operation Fit Families" a social marketing campaign encouraging
  healthy lifestyles for Fort Hood families. This program was selected as a winner in Healthy Lifestyles category of the Health Innovations Programs at the Military Health Systems Conference in Washington, D.C.

• Elected President of the Coastal Bend Breastfeeding Coalition in Corpus Christi.

• Published article "Alcohol and the Liver" in December 2006 Support Line

• Appointed to the Governor's Diabetes Council
• Appointed to the State School Health Advisory Committee
• Elected as the School Nutrition Associate Vice President and will be installed in Chicago at the Annual National Conference in July

• Featured in the March/April issue of ADA Times in the article "Say Good-Bye to Mystery Meat: RDs Bring Nutrition to Students Through the Foods They Love."

• Featured on Lubbock's Fox 34 KJTV on celiac disease as related to grocery shopping and services available to aid in decision-making at the supermarket

• Prepared the grant for Humble ISD that was awarded the Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing $15,000 "Love Your Veggies School Lunch Grant"

• Promoted to work with TAMU System schools with programs in agriculture and related sciences. Responsibilities will include collaborative activities with international institutions, community colleges, and colleges of agriculture and related sciences across the country.

• Lectured in Hong Kong on setting up a formula room for children

• Honored at the recent American Society for Healthcare Foodservice Administrators 40th Anniversary Conference with 2007 James C. Rose Publication Award and the 2007 Special Services Award for long term support and services to the American Society for Healthcare Foodservice Administrators

• Featured on the Alumni page for the Texas State Family and Consumer Science page.

• Chair Elect of the Dietetic Technicians in Practice DPG

• American Dietetic Association Nominating Committee, 2006

• American Dietetic Spokesperson for Dallas

• American Dietetic Spokesperson for Houston

• Vice-Chair and Chair Elect of American Dietetic Association's Legislative and Public Policy Committee (LLPC)

• American Dietetic Association's Commision on Dietetic Registration (CDR) Advanced Level Practice Audit Committee Member. She is the only TDA member on the committee.

• Immediate Past Chair of the Dietitians in Nutrition Support DPG Executive Committee

• Member of the American Dietetic Association Board of Directors (Past-Chair)

• Director of Sports Dietetics - USA, a subunit of SCAN
• Member of SCAN Executive Committee
• Member of the Practice Analysis workgroup of CDR developing the certification exam for Sports Dietetics

• Reviewer for the Journal of the American Dietetic Association since 1987

• American Dietetic Association Professional Issues Delegate for Research
• Amercian Dietetic Association Position Committee

• Chair of the Oncology Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group

• Secretary for the Oncology Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group for 2006-2008

• Elected chair of the ADA Student Council Advisory Committee for 2006-2007

• Chair-elect for the Dietetics in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation practice group

• Chair-elect of the Weight Management practice group

• Chair-elect of the Nutrition Entrepreneurs practice group

• ASPEN Chair elect for Dietitians in the VA and military section

• Elected to the American Dietetic Association House of Delegates leadership team.  She will serve a two year term as one of the six HOD Directors

• Elected as the Chair of the School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group for ADA

• Elected secretary of the Medical Nutrition Practice Group in the ADA