Lindsay Schmitz MS, RD, LDN
Lindsay is the owner of Live Smarter Nutrition & Wellness, practicing out of The Health Club at Southpointe. She specializes in weight management, plant-forward eating, disease prevention, wellness and educating consumers about pure, safe, alternative personal and home care choices.
Lindsay formerly held positions as a bariatric dietitian at West Penn Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati, OH). Lindsay also has experience in public health as a manager and lead dietitian for a Woman, Infants and Children office in Cincinnati. She has held leadership positions in both the Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania chapters of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. She graduated from Upper St. Clair High School (Pittsburgh, PA), the University of Dayton (OH) and received her Master’s in Sports Nutrition from the University of Aberdeen (Scotland).
Member Services Chair
Sheetal K. Parikh, MS, RDN, LDN
Sheetal Parikh has been very passionate about plant-based nutrition since her childhood. She holds two Bachelor of Science degrees and one Master’s degree in Dietetics and Nutrition. She brings her unique experience and skills in the nutrition world by blending eastern and western cultures with innovative diets. She is specializing in Plant-Based Nutrition, and has been a vegetarian all her life, and promotes vegetarianism and its health benefits.
Since 2019 she has been an Author for Vegan/Vegetarian diets for the Nutrition Care Manual for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). She has been involved with setting standards for RD Exam Passing Score Study Task Force and Item Writing Workshop for Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). She served in the positions of Advisory Board Committee for Diversity and Inclusion for AND; Florida State Coordinator and Diversity Liaison for Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group. She achieved the feat of being a BSDN Advisory Board Member for Keiser University; the institution from which she graduated and won an award for Outstanding Student of the year 2017 from Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. At present, she works as Lead Regional Dietitian in Clinical and Patient Services for Morrison Healthcare and also Counsels Patients and Clients on the importance and advantage of eating Plant-Based foods for their health and the earth’s well-being. She is proficient in creating new plant-based recipes; designing techniques for happy & healthy cooking; preparing appetizing meals for her clients, family, friends, and colleagues. She lives with a motto of “You are what you Eat”.
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State Coordinator Chair Katya Galbis, LD, DipACLM
Speaker's Bureau Chair Vacant
Student Member Coordinator Kathleen Law
Newsletter Editor AnnaMarie Rodriguez, RDN,LD, FAND Alexa Pizzarello, RD
Newsletter Staff Blair Persyn, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC Karen Mills, JD, RDN
Communication Chair Manju Karkare, MS, RDN, LDN, CLT, FAND
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Newsletter Reviewers Barbara Ravid, MA, RDN, CSR Catherine Conway, MS, RD, CDN, CDE Debbie Lucus, RD, MS, CDE Hollie Gelberg, PhD, RD Reed Mangels, PhD, RD Sudha Raj, PhD, RD
RD Resource Co-Chairs Stephanie Swavely, RD, CSO, LDN Bonnie Birnbaum, RD, CSR, CDCES
Policy and Advocacy Chair Justine Violet Meyer, MPH, RD, CSG
Sponsorship Chair Dori Coetzee, MS, RDN
Social Media Chair Madeline Butler-Sanchez, MS, RDN, LDN
Awards Chair Catherine Conway, MS, RDN, CDCES, CDN
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Research Chair Katie Ellison, MS, RDN
Research Committee Reya Andrews Dyan Young, DA, AD
Webinar Chair Sara Tamsukhin, PhD, MS, RD, LD
Webinar Asst. Vacant
Diversity Liaison Parul Kharod, MS, RD, LDN Jen Nguyen, RDN Alisa Clark
Network Rep. to VRG Reed Mangels, PhD, RD
Volunteer Coordinator Vacant
Website & Discussion Board Coordinator Karenna Genzlinger
DPG Manager/Administrator Carla Jamison
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