Lauren Manganiello, MS, RD, CDN, ACE-CPT

My career path has been a bit unusual. While I was in college and graduate school studying nutrition, I worked as a personal trainer in corporate gyms. Once I graduated and became an RD, I left the fitness industry and started working as a clinical nutritionist at a large NYC hospital; however, my heart wasn’t in clinical and I missed the fitness/wellness industry. I then started working in the wellness industry for a couple of years and finally left to start my own nutrition private practice and consulting business. I am able to combine my love for nutrition and fitness and share it with my clients. My other passion is teaching so I started as an adjunct lecturer at a local college. I teach 1-2 classes a semester and it’s a nice compliment to having my own business.

Stephanie Margolis, RD, LD & Josh Clauser, RD

Currently I own The Sarcastic Nutritionist with fellow RD Josh Clauser. He is the creative and funny one of the company while I make business plans, put lots of numbers into lots of spreadsheets, and color code many, many things.

Media, Marketing, Private Practice, Public Relations, Retail, Writing, Men in DieteticsSteph LangdonMarch 13, 2018what RDs do, #whatRDsDo, RD, dietitian, business owner, business, design, apparel, guyititian, duo, teamComment

Lalitha Taylor, BSc, RD

I want dietitians to continue to be the go-to “gurus” when it comes to nutrition! I want people to understand our scope of practice and have greater financial access to dietitians in private practice. In Alberta, a certain number of private sessions are covered to see a physiotherapist but not a dietitian. We need to change that.

Primary Health Care, Private Practice, MediaSteph LangdonFebruary 13, 2018#whatRDsDo, clinical, corporate, counselling, interview series, media, presenter, primary care, private practice, Registered Dietitian, something nutrishus, sport nutrition, what RDs do

Michelle Jaelin, BFA, BASc, RD

I would like to see more diversity in the field; men and women of different ethnicities, sizes, abilities, religions, sexual orientations and classes. Past Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics President Dr. Evelyn Crayton published a paper about the lack of diversity in dietetics in the 2015 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and also presented this evidence at the 4th International Critical Dietetics Conference in Chicago. I would like to see a more inclusive and diverse profession.

Writing, Blogger, Media, Private PracticeSteph LangdonSeptember 12, 2017#whatRDsDo, Registered Dietitian, art, artist, communications, dietitian, interview series, media, private practice, something nutrishus, what RDs doComment

Patricia Chuey, MSc., RD, FDC

In a nut shell, I help create peace of mind for consumers on the subject of food in their lives. What should be a basic and fairly easy task of eating to fuel our busy lives get unnecessarily confusing in the endless sea of food and nutrition information we all sail on. My work is focused on equipping people with accurate and practical knowledge and skills to stay well nourished, enjoy what they're eating and live a healthy, happy life without constant focus on food.

Blogger, Culinary, Communications, Private Practice, MediaSteph LangdonAugust 22, 2017#whatRDsDo, Registered Dietitian, communications, dietitian, food industry, grocery store, interview series, media, mentor, recipe development, something nutrishus, what RDs doComment

Gina Sunderland, MSc, RD

I see dietitians working in an even greater variety of practice areas by taking leading roles as bloggers, recipe developers, nutrition experts in grocery stores, food industry, media, agriculture, and health promotion/disease prevention. Ideally, every Canadian should have access to the expertise of a registered dietitian!

Clinical, Culinary, Media, Private PracticeSteph LangdonJuly 25, 2017#whatRDsDo, Registered Dietitian, clinical, dietitian, interview series, media, private practice, something nutrishus, what RDs doComment

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