Recipient Spotlight
The Venesa W. Strong Memorial Scholarship Recipients Say Thanks!
Lester and Venesa Strong, RDN, were married for more than 40 years. When Vanessa passed away in 2016 after a long struggle with dementia, Lester knew the best way to [...]
September Spotlight on Malnutrition
2018 Abbott Nutrition Alliance Award Recipient Highlights The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation’s Abbott Nutrition Alliance Award recognizes up to four Academy members annually working in a hospital setting [...]
Foundation Scholarship Recipient Luke Shealy
Scholarship Recipient Luke Shealy Thanks the Foundation Board and its Donors Luke Shealy visited the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Board meeting on June 14, 2018, in [...]
Life University Dietetic Students Get Creative and Raise Money for the Foundation
Christina Green, is the Vice President of the Student Nutrition and Dietetics Association at Life University in Marietta, Ga. The SNDA is a student led organization that promotes nutrition education [...]
Foundation Fundraising Champion Shares Why She Raises Funds
Rachel Sallade, MS, RD, LD, works as a Registered Dietitian for the Marshall University Nutrition Education Program, is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is the [...]
Academy Fellowship Program
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Fellowship program funds and deploys dynamic, registered dietitian nutritionists to remote corners of the globe to conduct research and provide nutrition education by [...]
Distinguished Donor and Academy Member, Colonel Frances G. Ballentine, MS, RetRD, Leaves a Legacy with the Academy Foundation
Colonel Frances Gasson Ballentine, MS, RetRD, an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics member since 1944 and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, passed away in November of 2017 at the [...]
Why Do Academy Members Support their Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation?
“I choose to give to the Academy Foundation because I value the work it does. The scope of the Academy is focused on the advancing the profession. I value the [...]
Leaving a Legacy for a Loved One: The Venesa W. Strong Memorial Scholarship
Lester and Vanesa Strong, RDN, were married for more than forty years. When Vanessa passed away in 2016 after a long struggle with dementia, he knew the best way to honor her memory and love of nutrition and dietetics was to establish a scholarship in her name through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Fellows
Current Fellows Stephen Alajajian, RDN Project: Gardens for Health International Funded by: The Academy Foundation Research Endowment Stephen Alajajian is a registered dietitian nutritionist [...]