2009 Awards

Congratulations to Beth Thorson, MS, RD
Winner of the SNS DPG Award of Excellence

Recipient of the American Dietetic Association School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group 2009 Award of Excellence was recognized recently at the Food and Nutrition Conference held in Denver, Colorado.  Beth Thorson, MS, RD, CTSBS, was presented an engraved pewter tray at the annual dinner by Dr. Mary Kay Meyer, president of the SNS DPG.  This award honors a member who has demonstrated excellence in leadership, management, and innovation.

A graduate of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 1977 with a Master of Science in Foods and Nutrition, Ms. Thorson is  the Child Nutrition Program Director for the Leander Independent School District in Leander, Texas.

 

Affiliated with the Leander Independent School district since 1996, Ms. Thorson has focused a great deal of her time in promoting nutrition to the students and the district as a whole.  The school district has seen significant growth while sensibly standardizing the child nutrition program.

 

Using the continuous improvement model, Ms. Thorson developed and implemented broad program objectives and operating policies and procedures for food service operations on 31 campuses (k-12 with 28,400 enrollment).   She was responsible for the selection and training for 200 employees, budget preparation and management of over $10,000,000 in operations, and authorization of food, supply and equipment purchases.  Additionally, she expanded menu choices and marketing options at all levels with emphasis on customer input.

 

Among Ms.Thorson's key accomplishments are:

            * increasing school lunch participation by 15%

            *instituting 5 entrée choices at elementary schools; expanding sides and ala carte choices

           * implementing NuMenus (Nutrient Standard Menu Planning)

           * implementing campus-based production record modification and

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            *managing growth of district from approximately 10,000 students in 1996 to 13, 200          students in 2000 to current enrollment

2008 Awards

Congratulations to Judith Dodd, MS LDN RD

Winner of the American Dietetic Association Marjorie Hulsizer Copher Award 2008

Registered dietitian Judith L. Dodd, of Gibsonia, Pa., a nationally recognized leader in nutrition education, child nutrition and school and community wellness, has been named the 2008 recipient of the American Dietetic Association’s highest honor, the Marjorie Hulsizer Copher Award.

Congratulations to Claire Miller, MS RD LDN

Winner of the 2008 American Dietetic Association
Medallion Awards

The medallion Awards recognize members for their outstanding service and leadership to ADA and the dietetics profession.

Congratulations to Linda Godfrey, MS, RD, SNS, LD

Recipient of School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group’s 2008 Award of Excellence

Linda Godfrey is the recipient of the American Dietetic Association’s (ADA) School Nutrition Service Dietetic Practice Group’s (SNS DPG) Award of Excellence in recognition of her innovation, creativity, and leadership in advancing the quality and integrity of school nutrition programs.

Briggs Receives 2008 Silver Friend of Child Nutrition Award at National Award Ceremony

Marilyn Briggs, RD, SNS, MS

Marilyn Briggs, RD, SNS, MS, co-director, Center for Integrative Nutrition Environments in School Communities in Davis, Calif. was recently honored with the Silver Friend of Child Nutrition Award by the National Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence (FAME) Award program.  Briggs was recognized for her work in establishing the Center for Integrative Nutrition Environments in School Communities in cooperation with the University of California-Davis.  

2007 Awards

Congratulations to Alice Jo Rainville, PhD, RD, CHE, SFNS

Silver Friend of Child Nutrition Award 2007

Title: Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics School/District: Eastern Michigan University City/State: Ypsilanti, Michigan

On January 14, 2007 Alice Jo Rainville, PhD, RD, CHE, SFNS, was awarded the Silver Friend of Child Nutrition Award in Tucson, Arizona at the School Nutrition Association's annual Child Nutrition Industry Conference.

Congratulations to Donna S. Martin, EdS, RD, LD, SNS

Winner of the Judy Ford Stokes Award for Innovation in Administrative Dietetics or Food Service Facility Design in 2007

This award is given to encourage further development in administrative dietetics in saving money, generating revenue or in food service facility design.

Congratulations to Vivian B. Pilant, PhD, RD

Recipient of American Dietetic Association’s Medallion Award 2007

Dr. Vivian B. Pilant, director of School Food Service & Nutrition for the state of South
Carolina, is a recipient of the American Dietetic Association’s (ADA) Medallion Award. Pilant’s leadership in the dietetic profession was demonstrated by writing ADA’s 2006 Position

Local Support for Nutrition Integrity in Schools, chairing the School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group, and serving on numerous state and national nutrition related committees.

Congratulations to Ruth Gordon, MEd LD RD SNS

Recipient of School of Nutrition Services Dietetic

Practice Group’s 2007 Award of Excellence

Ruth Gordon, RD, is the recipient of the American Dietetic Association’s (ADA) School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group’s (SNS DPG) Award of Excellence in recognition of her innovation, creativity, and leadership in advancing the quality and integrity of school nutrition programs.

2006 Awards 

Congratulations to Dr. Josephine Martin for receiving the 2006 Gene White LIfetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition

This award recogonizes Dr. Josephine Martin, whose influence and contributions to child nutrition have spanned over half a century.

Congratulations to Beverly Girard, MBA, MS, RD

2006 Silver Plate Award Winner

Beverly is Director of Food and Nutrition Services for the School Board of Sarasota County, Florida.

The International Food Service Manufacturers Association grants this coveted award to the industry’s top operators representing nine segments.   Beverly won in the category of Elementary and Secondary Schools.

Teresa Nece, MS, RD, LD, SNS Winner of the Judy Ford Stokes Award for Innovation in Administrative Dietetics or Food Service Facility Design in 2006

Congratulations to Teresa Nece for receiving the Judy Ford Stokes Award for Innovation in Administrative Dietetics or Food Service Facility Design in 2006.  Ms. Nece has been active in both ADA and SNA in which she has served as a resource and officer at all the local, state, and national levels.

2005 Awards 

Lois Chait, MBA, RD,CDN 

2004 Awards
   

Constance G. Mueller, MS, RD

Recipient of School of Nutrition Services Dietetic
Practice Group’s 2004 Award of Excellence