Directors
CEO & Director:
Sachiko St. Jeor, PhD, RDN, FAND
Professor Emerita Clinical Medicine
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Reno, NV 89557
Co-Directors:
Barbara Scott, MPH, RDN
Associate Professor Pediatrics
Reno School of Medicine, University of
Nevada Reno, NV
Miriam Een, MS, RDN
Assistant Professor, Univ of Las Vegas
School of Medicine, LV, NV
Director: Strategic Planning:
Gail Frank, MPH, Dr. PH. RDN, CHES
Professor of Nutrition, Director of the
Dietetic Internship
California State University, Long Beach, CA
Advisory Board
Chair: Craig Johnston, PhD
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Health and
Human Peformance University of
Houston, TX
Co-Chair: Eileen Myers, MPH, RDN, LDN, FAND
Nutrition and Healthcare Consultant
Fernandina Beach, FL
Advisors
Gary Cutter, Ph.D., Professor Biostatistics,
University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Birmingham, AL
John Foreyt, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, TX
James Hill, PhD, Professor and Chair, Dept of
Nutrition Sciences, Director UAB Nutrition
Obesity CTR, Birmingham Al
Martin Kohlmeier, MD, PhD, Professor of
Nutrition, University of North Carolina,
Kannapolis, NC
Julie Schwartz, MS, RDN, CSSD, LD, CSOWM,
acsm-EP, NBC-HWC; Owner, Balanced Nutrition
And Coach, Safety Harbor, FL
Nutrition Fellows
Erica Foote, BS 2018, Univ of Nevada (Dietetic
Internship)
Tatum Sykes, 2021, Undergraduate (high school
Interhsip)
Chelsey Merlino 2023, Work/Study Externship
(NDTR and Senior UNR Nutrition)
Emma Anderson 2023, work/Study Externship
(Senior UNR Nutrition)
TBN (Capstone Graduate Psychology Project,
University of Houston)