SNEB Annual Elections 2015

Frances A. Coletta, PhD, RD
Principal
Coletta Consulting

SNEB & other relevant professional leadership experiences:
SNEB Foundation President: 2003-06
SNEB Foundation Board of Trustees: 2006-2008
Annual Conference Program Co-chair: 2002
NEWI Division Chair: 2000
Nutrition Today Editorial Board: 2000 to present
American Society of Nutrition Board of Directors: 2012-13

Click here to see a short video of Frances Coletta outlining her platform
 
What strengths would you bring to the Board of Directors?
My passion and broad-based experience in both domestic and international nutrition provide a strong foundation for me to serve as SNEB Vice- President.   I will bring more than 25 years of work experience in public health, academia and industry –all committed to integrating sound science into helping people make informed food choices to support health and wellness. I am a strategist, visionary and motivator with a proven track record of leveraging nutrition research into effective education, partnership, and policy initiatives.  This has required effective strategic and financial planning, cutting-edge-relationship building, and successful results-oriented programs.  

 What is the greatest challenge facing SNEB as an organization in the next decade?
Opportunities abound as SNEB is challenged with:

• First, defining the important role of the nutrition educator of the future, ever mindful of the Society’s historical leadership position;
• Second, active involvement of SNEB’s national and international members, with increased focus on the engagement of our organization’s young professionals to provide them with ownership and a strategic position as future leaders; and
• Third, the development and approval of SNEB’s next strategic plan to position the role of the nutrition educator for the coming decade, as we prepare for our 50th year anniversary in 2017.

What would you do to help SNEB address it?
As your vice-president and president, I will work to ensure our organization’s 50th anniversary year will be one of “bridging our past to frame our future” with a three-pronged approach involving designated committees of SNEB’s current- and future-leader teams who will:

1. Provide a plan for moving the science of nutrition education forward for the next 10 years, while promoting respect for our present practitioners and keep our Society financially sound.
2. Address the evolution of nutrition education by opening opportunities for interaction with professionals in other fields, such as economists, behavioral scientists and child development specialists. This step will broaden our capabilities to achieve the Society’s mission and goals in a dynamic environment.
3. Focus on our nation’s nutrition and food policy by showcasing the 2017 SNEB Annual Meeting as the stage for initiating the 2nd White House Conference on Nutrition, with defined links to government, academia and key funding organizations.

It would be my honor and privilege to lead SNEB on the journey of making our 50th anniversary a pivotal year for “bridging our past to frame our future.” Give me your trust and exercise your right by voting for me, Frances Coletta, for your vice-president.

Education
PhD: Sociology with emphasis on mother-child feeding behavior
St. Louis University, St. Louis Missouri

MS: Coordinated Dietetic Internship - MS Degree, with emphasis in Public Health
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

BS: Institutional Management
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina

Adrienne A. White, PhD, RD
Professor of Human Nutrition
University of Maine

SNEB & other relevant Experience

Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
SNEB Foundation, 2013-present
Abstracts Committee, 2014
Nominating Committee member, 2012-2014, co-chair, 2013-2014.
Board Member-Director at Large, 2009 to 2012
Resolutions Committee, chair 1995-96
JNEB Journal Committee, 2005-2008, chair, 2006-08
JNEB Journal Committee, Board Liaison, 2009 to 2012
JNEB Marketing Subcommittee member, 2008 to 2012
JNEB Invited Paper Subcommittee, 2009 to 2012
Higher Education Division, chair, 1993-94
Division of Weight Realities, chair 1998-99
Nominating Committee 2007-2009, chair 2008-09

University of Maine
Peer Advisory Committee, School of Food and Agriculture, 2012 to present
Leadership Committee member, Exploration of School of Food and Agriculture, 2012-2013
NFA College, Experiment Station Research Council Member, 2010 to present
Protection of Human Subjects Review Board, chair, 2006 to 2008
Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society, student advisor, 1989 to present
Dietetic Internship Advisory Committee, chair, 1997 to present
FSN Department Peer Advisory Committee, 1996 to 2013

What strengths would you bring to the Board of Directors?
The strengths I bring to the Board of Directors include strong leadership skills and a deep and broad perspective of SNEB through involvement at the Division level, committee work, past Board membership, the Journal leadership, and most recently in the SNEB Foundation. I enjoy team collaboration, and I have a good working relationship with many members of the SNEB leadership.  

What is the greatest challenge facing SNEB as an organization in the next decade?
The greatest challenge to SNEB over the next decade is maintaining prominence in disseminating nutrition education and behavior research and programs and encouraging intellectual exchange.  In its early years, the Society was alone in providing a professional forum for nutrition education. Even though SNEB continues to be uniquely focused on nutrition education, the environment has become more competitive with the increase in scientific rigor in the discipline and the widely acknowledged value of nutrition education and behavior change in preventive health care.

What would you do to help SNEB address it?
The small size and specialized nature of SNEB is both a liability and strength. To capitalize on the strength, it is important to inform and be informed by the membership; build strong leadership from within; mentor young professionals into the Society; and protect our uniqueness and greatest assets—the Journal of the Nutrition Education and Behavior, advocacy for nutrition education policies and programs, and our diversity within a common passion and purpose for nutrition education. I love SNEB.  It has been my primary professional organization for 29 years.  The Society is important to me because of my professional life and even more so, for the friendships I have made.  In the Board position of Vice-President, I will work for its financial and scholarly well-being.