Past Illinois Academy Award Winners 

Emily Kuettel, MS, RD, LDN

Emerging Dietetic Leader:
Jeanna Rich, RDN, LDN

Outstanding Dietetic Students:    
CP: Haylee Netemeyer

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Sara Umphfleet, MPP-D, RD, LDN

Grace E. Hensold, RDN, LDN
Melaney Van Spankleren, RDN, LDN
Jennifer L. Buron, MS, RDN, LDN  

Emerging Dietetic Leader:
Jessica A. Moehling, MS, RDN, CNSE, LDN

Outstanding Dietetic Students:    
DPD: Zainab Alzoubi
DI: Elizabeth Gutierrez
CP:  Taylor Hoeg

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Julie Ann Patterson PhD, MBA, RDN, LDN

Justin Britten, MPH, RDN, LDN
Allison K. Fassler, MA, RDN, LDN
Elayna M. Fehr, MS, RDN, LDN
Melanie Battaglia, MS, RDN, CSSD, LDN  

Emerging Dietetic Leader:
Leila M. Shinn, MS, RDN, LDN

Outstanding Dietetic Students:    
DPD: Gabrielle Haskell
DI: Maria Vargas Guzman
CP:  Morgan Weise 

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Christine M. Cliff, MPH, RDN, LDN, CLT, FAND

RYDY:
Amy Moore, MS, RDN, LDN
Jennifer Lotton, MS, RDN, LDN, CLC
Victoria Glatz, MS, RDN, CSG, LDN
Emily Peterson, RDN, LDN
Sarah Carlson, RDN, LDN

RYDT:
Staci Coussens, NDTR

Emerging Dietetic Leader:
Kara Wilcoxon, MS, RDN, LDN

Outstanding Dietetic Students:    
DPD: Virginia Girsch
DI: Mackenzie Burgess
CP:  Jilian Prough

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Julie Schumacher, EdD, RD, LDN

RYDY:
Tina Lam, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Valerie R. Koress, MS, RDN, LDN
Kathryn Brown, RD, LDN 
Sara S. Umphfleet, RD, LDN
Desiray J. Yeaw, MS, RD, LDN

RYDT:
Anita Davila, BS, DDTR

Emerging Dietetic Leader:
Sadie K. Baird, MS, RDN, LDN

Outstanding Dietetic Students:  
DPD: Holly R. Stallard 
DI: Grace G. Sinopoli, NDTR

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Karen R. Greathouse, PhD, RDN, LDN 

RYDY:
Sara Fagan
Constance L. Herriott
Emma Rueth

Emerging Dietetic Leader:
Laura A. Carlson, MS, RDN, CSOWN, LDN

Outstanding Dietetic Students:
CP: Jennifer Lynn Lotton
DPD: Starr'Retiece Gibson
DI: Reilly L. McKinis

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Mary Russell, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND

RYDY:
Monica L. Bojko, MS, RD,LDN
Jacqueline Kirchner, RDN, LDN
Elizabeth A. Michaels, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE
Jessica Petruszak Nigg, MS, RDN, LDN

Emerging Dietetic Leader:
EDY: Sarah Olender, MS, RD

Outstanding Dietetic Students:
CP: Lynette P. Becker
DI: Noel L. Konken
DPD: Renee L. Jeffrey

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Penelope Grantham Roth, MS, RDN, LDN

RYDY:
Amy Melton, MS, RDN, LDN
Christina Weidman, RD, LDN
Carly Morgan Klaus, MS, RD, LDN
Nicole Lynn Olen, RD, LDN

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Paula Milas Sochacki, MPH, RDN, LDN

Emerging Dietetic Leader:
Susan L. Waltrip–Buck, MS, RD, LDN

Outstanding Dietetic Students:
DPD: Heather M. Guetterman
DI: Holly A. Black
CP: Julio M. Flores

Outstanding Dietetic Educators Award:
DPD: Carol Longley,  PhD, RD, LDN
DI: Amanda M. Newell,  MS, RD, LDN
CP: Brooke B. Schantz,  MS, RD, CSSD, LDN

RYDY:
Jessica Rendleman, RD, LDN
Ginger Hultin, MS, RDN, LDN
Kristen Frondal, RDN, LDN

Outstanding Dietitian:
Christina Rollins, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC

Outstanding Dietetic Students:
DPD: Haley R. Snell
DI: Jennifer R. Uhlman

Outstanding Dietetic Educator Award:
DPD: Melanie Tracy Burns, RDN
DI: Dr. Julie Raeder Schumacher, RD, LDN

RYDY:
Emilie G.M. Fielder, MS. RDN, LDN
Emily L. Bailey, RD, LDN
Bonnie J. Janota, RD, LDN
Erin M Carlson, RD, LDN, CNSC
Brooke B. Schantz, MS, RD,CSSD, LDN
Katherine G. Byers, MS, RDN

Emerging Dietetic Leader:
Melissa A. Prest, MS, RDN, CSR, LDN

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Melissa Joy Dobbins, MS, RD, LDN, CDE

DPD: Susannah E. Scaroni, University of Illinois
DI: Kristen L. Lach, Rush University Medical Center

Outstanding Dietetic Educator Award:
DPD: Justine M. Karduck, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
DI: Nancy T. Prange, MS, RDN, LDN

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Anna Shlachter, MS, RD, LDN

DI: Cara Gorman

Emerging Dietetic Leader:
Christine Cliff, MPH, RD, LDN

Melissa A. Luisi, MS, RD, LDN
Kristen L. Faust, RD, LDN
Carolyn A. Tampe, RD, LDN
Lauren R. Zuro, RD, LDN
Angela J. Todd, RD, LDN

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year:
Kimberly Kirchherr, MS, RD, LDN, CDE

DPD: Christine Palumbo, MBA, RD

DI: Chelsey Seger

Kelly Ziemkiewicz, RD, LDN, CDE

RYDY:

Tracy Blozis, RD, LDN

Anita Giraldo, RD, LDN

Jennifer Paul, RD, LDN

Paula Sochacki, MPH, RD