Spring Assembly 2024

Program Agenda

8:00 - 9:00 am Registration Opens | Breakfast | Networking | Vendors

9:00 - 9:15 am Welcome

Speakers: Charlyn Fargo Ware, MS, RDN, LDN (Illinois Academy President)
Kathy Levin, RDN, CDCES, DipCLM (Illinois Academy CPI Chair)

9:15 - 10:15 am Science to Simple: Making Nutrition Science Accessible
Speaker: Susan Kundrat, MS, RDN, LDN

10:15 - 10:30 am Vendor Introduction | Break

10:30 - 11:30 am Your Academy in Action
Speaker: Lauri Wright, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND (Academy President)

11:30 - 11:45 am Vendor Introduction | Break

11:45 - 12:00 pm State of the State

Speaker: Charlyn Fargo Ware, MS, RDN, LDN (Illinois Academy President)

12:00 - 12:10 pm Vendor Introduction

12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch | Networking | Vendors

12:45 - 1:00 pm Award Announcements

1:00 - 1:20 pm Illinois Legislative Update
Speaker: Andrew Kretschmar

1:20 - 1:30 pm Vendors Introductions

1:30 - 2:30 pm Improving Health Equity Through Quality: the GMCS
Speakers: Anne Coltman, MSHA, MS, RDN, FAND, FACHE
Tamaire (Tammy) Ojeda Avila, MHSA, RDN, LD

2:30 - 2:45 pm Break | Build Your Own Snack Bar

2:45 - 3:45 pm A Taste of Culinary Medicine
Speakers: Jan Dowell, MS, MHS, CCMS, RD
Charlyn Fargo Ware, MS, RDN, LDN
Kathy Levin, RDN, CDCES, DipCLM

3:45 - 4:00 pm Wrap Up | Evaluations | Vendor Drawing

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Virtual Spring Assembly 2023

Program Agenda

Day 1: Wednesday, March 15

5:00 - 6:00 pm Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics President Presentation
Speaker: Lauri Wright, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND (Academy President-Elect)

6:00 - 7:00 pm Illinois Academy General Membership Meeting
Speaker: Tina Lam, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES (Illinois Academy President)

Day 2: Friday, March 17

12:00 - 1:00 pm Tweet, Snap, Post, Share: Ethics
Speaker: Drew Hemler, MSc, RD, CDN, FAND

1:00 - 2:00 pm Stress Management for Dietitians in the Post Covid Era
Speakers: Crystal Cerderna-Meko, PsyD & Nicole Jeanette Franklin, PsyD, ABPP