Recipient Spotlight
September 2019 Donor Profile – Neva Cochran, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Neva Cochran, is an award winning registered dietitian nutritionist and nutrition communications consultant in Dallas, Texas, who partners with food, nutrition and agricultural organizations to promote positive, accurate, scientific-based [...]
The Foundation is Addressing Global Malnutrition Through its Fellowships Supported by the Second Century Campaign
The Foundation’s Applied Global Nutrition Research Fellow, Stephen Charles Alajajian, RDN, has been working in Guatemala on behalf of the Foundation and Maya Health Alliance/Wuqu’ Kawog, overseeing the implementation research [...]
San Diego State University Student Nutrition Organization Raises Funds for the Academy Foundation at their Annual Gala
The Student Nutrition Organization (SNO) at San Diego State University (SDSU) held their Sixth Annual Dinner Gala & Silent Auction recently and raised a generous donation for the Academy of [...]
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 [...]