Executive Committee & Leadership Team 2025-2026

Executive Committee (voting members)

Chair 2025-2026: Holly Van Poots, RDN, CSP, LD, FAND

Chair Elect 2025-2026: Manju Karkare, MS, RDN, LDN, CLT, FAND 

Past Chair 2025-2026: Sarah Howell, RDN, LDN

Treasurer 2024- 2026: Paulina Lee, MSHS, RD, LD

Secretary 2025-2027: Claudia Sealey-Potts, PhD, RDN, LD/N, FAND

House of Delegates 2025-2028: Nadine Braunstein, PhD, RD, LDN, FAND

Nominating Committee Chair 2025-2026: Chrissy Barth, MS, RDN, IFNA-COT, RYT 

Leadership Team

Ambassador Coordinator 2025-2027:  Colleen Orbegoso, MS, RDN, LDN

Ambassador - Northeast 2025-2027:  Patricia C Guay-Berry, RD, CSO, LD, IFNCP

Ambassador - Northeast 2025-2027:  Nancy Patin Falini, MA, RDN, LDN

Ambassador - Southeast 2025-2027:  Vicky Porter, MS, RD

Ambassador - Midwest 2025-2027:  Anna Marie Rodriguez, MS, RDN, LD, DipACLM, FAND

Ambassador- Southwest 2025-2027:   Chrissy Barth, MS, RDN, IFNA-COT, RYT 

Connecting Educators Chair 2025-2027: Jamie A. Weber, MS, RDN

Connecting Educators Associate 2025-2026: Heidi Katte, MS, RDN, CD, FAND

FNCE Planning CoChair 2024-2026:  Analy Gonzalez, RDN, MSAN, MPH 

FNCE Planning CoChair 2024-2026:  Colleen Orbegoso, MS, RDN, LDN

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) CoChair 2025-2027:  Analy Gonzalez, RDN, MSAN, MPH 

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) CoChair 2025-2027:   Elise Harrison, MS, RDN, CDN

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Associate 2025-2026: Sandra Avitia, MS, RD, LDN

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Associate 2025-2026: Molly Ostrander, MS, RDN, LDN

Marketing/Communications Chair 2025-2027:  Kimberly Zeender Christy,  MPH, RDN, LD, CLC

Membership Chair 2025-2027: Rifqa Dacloush, MBA, RD

Mind-Body Therapy Chair 2024-2026: Pamela Malo, MHS, RD, KYT

Mind-Body Therapy Associate 2025-2026: Gabriela Puche, MS, RDN, RYT-200, LD

Network Chair 2024-2026: Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, EBQ

Newsletter Editor 2025-2026: Jena Savadsky Griffith, RDN, IHC

Newsletter Copy Editor 2025-2026: Holly Van Poots, RDN, CSP, LD, FAND

Nominating Committee Chair-Elect 2025-2026:  Katherine Manuel, PhD, RD, LDN, FAND

Nominating Committee Member 2025-2026: Virginia Alcalde, MA, LMHC, RDN, CD

Nutrition Services Payment Specialist 2025-2027: Cary Kreutzer, EdD, MPH, RDN, FAND

Policy Advocacy Leader (PAL):  

Practice Excellence Liaison 2025-2026: Sarah Howell, RDN, LDN

Professional Advancement Chair 2024-2026: Cindy Carroll, MS, RD, LDN, RN

Professional Advancement Associate 2025-2026: Anne Mahon, MSPH RDN

Social Media Chair 2024-2026:  Summer Xia, RDN

Social Media Associate 2025-2026: Carol-Anne Hipple, MBA, MS,  RD,  LD

Social Media Associate 2025-2026:  Faith Huss, student

Sponsorship Chair 2025-2027:  Valerie Warner, MS, RD, CSSD, CPT

Sponsorship Associate 2025-2026: Stephanie Fiorito, PhD, RDN, IFMCP, LND

Student Membership Chair 2025-2027: Roger Cabrera, student, CPT

Academy DPG Manager:  Martha Huizar, MS, BS, RD

Executive Director: Amy Jarck