Mary Kay Meyer, PhD, RD
Chair

Dr. Mary Kay Meyer is a registered dietitian who has been active in the DPG since 1996 serving as Newsletter editor for four years before being elected to Chair Elect.

Dayle Hayes is an award-winning author, educator, and nutrition consultant based in Big Sky country – Billings, Montana. As a parent, community volunteer, and nutrition professional, Dayle is dedicated to creating healthy school environments.

She collected dozens of school success stories for Making It Happen, a joint CDC-USDA project; wrote a chapter on communicating with students in Managing Child Nutrition Programs: Leadership for Excellence; and developed two popular kits (School Wellness: A Golden Opportunity and Enriching Family Mealtimes) for school health leaders and educators. She is also co-author on the Position of the American Dietetic Association: Nutrition Guidance for Healthy Children Ages 2 to 11 Years (2008).

From 1994 to 1998, Hayes served on ADA Board of Directors where she chaired the Public Initiative Team and Technology Task Force. She has also served as president and media spokesperson for the Montana Dietetic Association and is currently co-chair of Billings Action for Healthy Kids. 

In recognition of her leadership and professional dedication, Dayle has received numerous honors and awards, including: Montana Dietitian of the Year, an Excellence in Nutrition Education Award, and an American Dietetic Association Excellence in Consultation and Business Practice Award.

Teresa Nece, MS, RD, LD, SNS, is Past Chair of the School Nutrition Services dietetic practice group. Teresa has served on the Executive Committee as SNS Chair (2008-2009), Chair- Elect (2007-2008), Vice-Chair (2006-2007), Secretary (2004-2006), Nominating Committee Chair (2003-2004) and Nominating Committee Member (2001-2003).  

Teresa has spent nearly 30 years in the school food and nutrition service profession. She was the Director of Food and Nutrition Management Department at Des Moines Independent Community School District in Des Moines, Iowa for ten years. In addition her experience includes 15 years as Assistant Director of the Food and Nutrition Management Department for Des Moines Schools and 5 years as a Consultant in the Iowa Department of Education, Child Nutrition Division.  Teresa was a Home Economics teacher in Wichita, Kansas for four years.  She is a graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science.

Teresa is currently an independent consultant.

Teresa completed a 2 year term as Midwest Regional Director for the School Nutrition Association (SNA) in July 2007.  She serves as a member on the ADA Legislative Public Policy Committee. She has served Iowa School Nutrition Association members in numerous roles including president, vice-president, legislative chair, newsletter editor and nutrition chair. She has also served on the SNA Major Cities Advisory committee as well as the Certification and Credentialing Governance Council.

In 2006 Teresa was awarded the ADA Judy Ford Stokes for Innovation in Administrative Dietetics or Food Service Facility Design.

Diane Duncan-Goldsmith, MS, RD, LD 

Treasurer

Diane has been Director of Food Service for the Iowa City Community School District since 1987.  Prior to this she was an administrative dietitian at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, a consulting dietitian for Washington County Hospital, and a relief dietitian at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids.  She obtained her masters in food and nutrition from the University of Iowa and her bachelor of science degree from Augustana College.  She has been active at the state and local levels with both the School Nutrition Association Iowa (SNAI) serving as state president 2002-03, and the Iowa Dietetic Association serving on the executive board for two years.  She is a member of the Midwest Dairy Association Iowa Dairy Nutrition Advisory Committee, and represents SNAI on Iowa’s Healthy Kids Act Nutrition Committee, Iowans Fit for Life, and Iowa Action for Healthy Kids.  Her family includes her husband and three daughters, two of whom attend Iowa State University and the youngest who will be a high school senior this fall.

Margaret Turner, MS, RD, CD
Secretary

Margaret Turner is the former director of Food and Nutrition Services for Yakima School District where she worked for over 25 years.

Her position as director allowed her to manage a large workforce which provided breakfast, lunch and snacks to a diverse population of students, 14,000 plus,  in Eastern Washington (state).

In addition to volunteering for the practice group, Margaret has been involved school-related activities with a keen interest in childhood obesity. Margaret was also a preceptor for many years for the dietetic internship program at Central Washington University (CWU) in Ellensburg Washington.

Margaret holds a Master of Science degree in Nutrition and a Bachelor's degree in Food Science and Nutrition from CWU.

In her spare time, Margaret enjoys sewing (quilting), gardening and most of all, being a grandmother.

 

 

 

 

Constance G. Mueller, MS, RD, SFNS
Newsletter Editor

Constance Mueller has been active in SNS and presently serves as Nutrition Link Newsletter Editor for our DPG.  She has a BS from the University of Illinois and a Master’s Degree from Illinois State University.   She was an instructor in the Food/Nutrition-Dietetics program at Illinois State University for 8 years.  She presently is in her 14th year as Director of Food and Nutrition Services for Bloomington District 87 Schools.   She serves as preceptor for the ISU Dietetics Internship Program hosting 5 week internship rotations in her department.  She is past president of the Illinois School Nutrition Association and Media Spokesperson for the School Nutrition Association.   She presently serves on the Illinois School Wellness Policy Task Force.

Honors and Awards include the 1998 SNA FAME Award for Silver Rising Star, the 2004 Award of Excellence for Outstanding Management, Leadership, and Innovation from the School Nutrition Services Practice Group of the American Dietetics Association and the 2005 Award of Excellence in Management Practice from American Dietetics Association Foundation.     She has also attended  the American Dietetic Association Leadership Institute.

She presently serves on the Board of the American Red Cross of the Heartlnad as Chair of the Services Delivery Committee.

On a personal note, she is married with three grown daughters and two young grandsons.

Julie Skolmowski, MPH, RD, SNS
Membership Chair

Julie Skolmowski, MPH, SNS, RD has been a member of SNS DPG since 2002 and currently serves as Membership Chair. Julie recently served as Treasurer from 2007-2009. During her term as Treasurer, Julie spearheaded enhancement of SNS DPG's sponsorship program to attract sponsors to more opportunities, enabling SNS DPG to expand services for members. Julie currently also serves on the ADA Member Value Committee.

Julie is a Senior Program Manager for the School Nutrition Foundation.  Julie manages research and professional development programs for school nutrition professionals. Julie also applies her nutrition expertise to additional projects as needed within the School Nutrition Association.

Julie holds a BS in Human Nutrition and Food Service Management from the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, a Master’s in Public Health Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and a Certificate in Business Administration from Georgetown University. Julie also holds the School Nutrition Specialist credential of the School Nutrition Association.

She is a member of the District of Columbia/Maryland Area Dietetic Association.

 Awards/Scholarship Chair

Carolyn Spoone Holt is currently serving as Director of the Volunteer Services Department at Morristown Hamblen Healthcare System.  She has spent twenty of her thirty years practicing as a registered dietitian in an acute care setting.  When not practicing in the clinical arena, she has enjoyed serving as the Director of Marketing and Community Relations, the Director of a multidisciplinary weight management program, an Adjunct Faculty member at Carson Newman College, and a consultant in several long-term care facilities in East Tennessee.  During her work in marketing and community relations, she was responsible for writing news articles for the local media on nutrition related topics, scheduling and coordinating school health fairs, conducting hospital tours for pre-school and elementary students, and featuring programs on nutrition for the community.

The daughter of a retired elementary school teacher, Holt had plans of becoming a teacher. A visit to the University of Tennessee Knoxville introduced her to the dietetics program and she knew this was the perfect fit. As a result, she has enjoyed an exciting career in dietetics and the added pleasure of taking this knowledge outside of the acute care setting to the classroom and in policy making.  In 1998, Holt decided to campaign for a seat on the Hamblen County Board of Education and was successful in doing so.  She has served eleven years on the BOE and feels she has made a difference in the nutrition and health of students in the school district as a result of serving on this body.  As the emphasis on the impact of nutrition on learning heightened, Holt decided to become more active in the School Nutrition Services DPG.   

A former Outstanding Dietitian of the Year for Tennessee, Holt is currently the affiliate delegate in the HOD and has done so for five years.  In the HOD, she has served as a mentor and table facilitator for each of two years.  She attended the inaugural Leadership Institute sponsored by ADA in Tuscon, Arizona.  She is a past president of the Tennessee Dietetic Association, Knoxville District Dietetic Association, and has served both associations in several elected offices and committee appointments.

In 2003, she was named to the TSBA All Tennessee School Board and the board was named the TSBA School Board of the Year in Tennessee.  She has served as chair of the school board for four years. Additional, Holt is active in the local education foundation having served on the board for eleven years, and is currently chairing the Education Committee of the P-16 Council.

She is the mother of a son, Matthew, who is a junior at Morristown Hamblen West High School.  

Jill Eagan, MPH, RD
Nominating Committee Chair

Jill Eagan, MPH, RD, currently serves as Nominating Committee chair for the SNS DPG.  Jill has also served as an elected board member for the Houston Area Dietetic Association in various positions.

 Jill is a Child Nutrition Education Specialist at Region 4 Education Service Center in Houston, Texas. She has been employed at Region 4 since 2002. Her responsibilities include providing training and technical assistance to districts, charter schools, RCCI’s, and private schools in implementing federal and state child nutrition requirements and conducting School Meals Initiative (SMI) Reviews.

 
 Jill received her Bachelor of Science degree in Food and Nutrition from Southern Illinois University and her Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas Houston School of Public Health. She is also a registered dietitian. In 2006, Jill was recognized by the Houston Area Dietetic Association as Young Dietitian of the Year.

Virginia Webb
Sponsorship Chair

Virginia Webb is currently working as an independent consultant. Her previous employment includes several positions at the National Food Service Management Institute (culminating as Director of Education and Training in 2007.  A Registered Dietitian, Virginia has worked as Food Service Director at Rapides Regional Medical Center and Natchitoches Parish Hospital in Louisiana.  Virginia completed her Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics at Louisiana Tech University and her Master’s in Food Service Management from Colorado State University. She is a Certified ServSafe Instructor, Certified Director Level III with the School Nutrition Association, and has many experiences as a trainer for school nutrition programs. She served on the School Meals Initiative National Task Force and has reviewed numerous training resources.

Donna S. Martin, EdS, RD, LD, SNS
Electronic Communications Chair

Donna S. Martin, EdS, RD, LD,SNS has been active in SNS DPG serving until recently as Newsletter Chairman for 3 years.  Currently she is responsible for the development of a new website for SNS.  In this capacity she is responsible for keeping the practice groups web site up to date and user friendly for members and prospective members.

Donna is the Director of School Nutrition for the Burke County Public School System in Waynesboro, Georgia.  Burke County Public Schools has 5 schools with over 4,700 students.  Her prior experience includes being a dietetic internship director for 11 years and being the Director of the Richmond County Board of Education School Nutrition Program in Augusta, Georgia which had 58 schools for 9 years.

Donna received her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, completed a dietetic internship at University of Alabama in Birmingham, earned a master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition from University of Alabama in Birmingham and earned an Educational Specialist Degree from Augusta State University.

Her previous volunteer work included being a delegate for Georgia for 9 years.

Donna sees the website as an excellent way to communicate timely information to members and also as a tool to recruit more members to the practice group.  I am pleased and honored to be serving the SNS DPG as Electronic Communications Chair.