Adjunct Professor

• Aug 2018 - Present

I am helping to train the next generation of nutrition experts in effective ways to communicate the latest science to the public and to influencers. I am helping to train the next generation of nutrition experts in effective ways to communicate the latest science to the public and to influencers.

Editorial board member of this peer-reviewed scientific journal

• Jun 2019 - Present

Sr. VP, Director of Food, Nutrition and Wellness Communications

• Jul 2008 - Sep 2020

Provide strategic communications counsel to a wide variety of clients, from government agencies and nonprofits to global corporations.

Senior Vice President

• Sep 2012 - May 2020

Lead teams that create strategic communications strategies for a broad range of clients from government agencies and trade associations to non-profits and major global corporations.

Advisory Board Member

• Sep 2015 - Jun 2017

Served on board that advised Dean, Krasnow Institute. Served on board that advised Dean, Krasnow Institute.

Nationally syndicated columnist, Web chat host, Lean Plate Club creator , health/nutrition writer

• Sep 1984 - Jul 2008

Award-winning health/nutrition writer; creator of the Lean Plate Club multimedia column, which included a nationally syndicated newspaper column distributed by the Post Writers Group (circulation 6 million weekly); e-mail newsletter (nearly 300,000 weekly circulation, with open and high click rates) and weekly Lean Plate Club web chat at Washington Post.com. Conceived and ran national Lean Plate Club health challenges, vlogs and hosted the first on-air radio broadcast at Washingtonpost.com.Also provided breaking news and feature coverage of health, nutrition and science topics throughout the paper from the A section to Sports and washingtonpost.com.

Adjunct Professor, Journalism and Communications

• Aug 1995 - Jun 1996

Adjunct professor in Journalism and Communications for the Washington Semester Program. Each semester taught a new group of 30 students from other colleges and universities who were interested in learning journalism and communications in the nation's capitol. Helped design and plan curriculum that included lectures, field trips to key Washington, DC agencies, news organizations and other key places, including the Supreme Court. Engaged leading journalists as expert speakers and helped students obtain internships at major news organizations for the semester. Also assisted students in placing their work with news organizations.

National Health and Medical Correspondent

• Apr 1981 - Sep 1984

Award-winning health and medical writer for the Newhouse News Service National Staff, which served as the DC Bureau for 27 Newhouse newspapers and provided coverage to dozens of other leading newspapers from the Boston Globe to the Washington Post. Award-winning health and medical writer for the Newhouse News Service National Staff, which served as the DC Bureau for 27 Newhouse newspapers and provided coverage to dozens of other leading newspapers from the Boston Globe to the Washington Post.

Reporter

• Jun 1979 - Apr 1981

Served as a beat reporter covering beach towns from the Clearwater bureau and was on the staff of The Floridian, the Sunday magazine. Served as a beat reporter covering beach towns from the Clearwater bureau and was on the staff of The Floridian, the Sunday magazine.