Christine J. Manta, RD
Chair
Christine currently serves as head of customer experience at HumanFirst, formerly Elektra Labs. Christine was the first full time employee at HumanFirst and has had a variety of roles in research, sales and product over the past 3 years. Prior to joining HumanFirst, she supported the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative's (CTTI) systematic review of feasibility studies using mobile technologies in clinical research. Christine has a background in research serving as a clinical coordinator and research associate at Christiana Care's Value Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There, she led research and evaluation projects across a variety of implementation science and patient safety initiatives, publishing several papers as first author. Christine received her master's in nutrition from University of Pittsburgh and completed a clinically focused internship in acute and long term care settings.
Sharon Solomon, RD
Past Chair
Sharon Solomon, RD, is currently a Senior Director of Food Services for Morrison Community Living in a 500+ bed facility in New York. Her career has been varied and she has lead teams to create strong processes with automation often being the foundation. In addition, she is the past chair of Interoperability and Standards Committee with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Sharon currently serves as the Advisory Chair for the Nutrition Informatics DPG in its first year with AND. Outside of work she is pursuing a Masters in Healthcare Administration with a concentration in Innovation, Strategy and Change Management.
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Erica Stevens, RDN
Chair-Elect
Erica began her journey as a dietitian working in various positions in the hospital setting, transitioning to clinical and eventually food service management. Since then, she transitioned to working in nutrition informatics in 2015. She got her start building menu databases within a diet office software system and then worked in various technology related roles relating to diet office software including focusing on HL7 interface testing coordination, developing implementation processes, policies, and procedures, and eventually adding software requirement development and QA to her resume. She currently oversees an interdisciplinary team who implement, support, and develop a diet office software system.
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Sarah Kruse, PhD, RD
Secretary
Sarah L Klammer Kruse, PhD, RDN graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato with a BS in Computer Science and in Dietetics. She received her MS in Nutrition from Texas Woman’s University, and PhD in Organization and Management from Capella University. Her career has included experiences in healthcare, information technology, administration, and academia. Skills and knowledge gained as a clinical dietitian, food service manager, health center CEO, and professor have influenced her passion for health IT and nutrition informatics. She is a Professor, Department Chairperson in the Computer Information Science Department, and the Health Informatics & Analytics Program Director, at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
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 Donna L. Quirk, MBA, RDN, LD
Treasurer
Carolyn retired from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta after 28 years (12 years as a pediatric RD and 16 in IT building and supporting inpatient Epic for our system) in 2021. Prior to that, Carolyn worked at various adult hospitals in Ohio. While a pediatric dietitian, Carolyn was very involved the Pediatric Practice group, including being Chair. After switching her career to informatics, Carolyn volunteered with the Academy with developing early use cases for HL7. She joined the NI DPG about 3 years ago and just completed two years as the treasurer. Carolyn is excited to be joining the House of Delegates where she will be representing the Nutrition Informatics DPG. Since Carolyn remembers a time that DPGs were not represented, she is grateful for the work that other DPGs did so that all DPGs could have a seat at the table.
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Carolyn A. Silzle, MBA, MS, RD, FAND
Academy House of Delegates Representative
Carolyn retired from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta after 28 years (12 years as a pediatric RD and 16 in IT building and supporting inpatient Epic for our system) in 2021. Prior to that, Carolyn worked at various adult hospitals in Ohio. While a pediatric dietitian, Carolyn was very involved the Pediatric Practice group, including being Chair. After switching her career to informatics, Carolyn volunteered with the Academy with developing early use cases for HL7. She joined the NI DPG about 3 years ago and just completed two years as the treasurer. Carolyn is excited to be joining the House of Delegates where she will be representing the Nutrition Informatics DPG. Since Carolyn remembers a time that DPGs were not represented, she is grateful for the work that other DPGs did so that all DPGs could have a seat at the table.
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Ashley Ratliff, RD, LD, CNSC
Nominating Committee Chair
Ashley Ratliff is the IT Program Manager for the Center for Human Nutrition within the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. She works closely with the clinical nutrition clinicians to ensure the electronic platforms meet the needs of the caregivers to be able to provide the best patient care. She provides research, data management, and quality improvement support. Prior to her current role, she worked on the Nutrition Support Team prescribing PN to hospitalized patients. She received her master's degree in clinical nutrition from Rush University in Chicago, Illinois.
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NI DPG Leadership
Vacant
Advisory Committee Chair
Erica L. Stevens, RD
Advisory Committee Member
Vacant
Advisory Committee Member
Amy Wootton, RD
Academy Interoperability and Standards (ISC) Committee Liaison
Vacant
Awards Committee Chair
Vacant
Awards Committee Member
Vacant
Awards Committee Member
Vacant
Strategic Communications Chair
Valarie L. Chudzinski, MA, RDN, LDN, CNSC
Communications Committee Member
Susan (Sue) Evanchak, RD, LDN
Education Committee Co-Chair
Valarie L. Chudzinski, MA, RDN, LDN, CNSC
Education Committee Co-Chair
Vacant
Education Committee Member
Sharon Solomon, RD
Tech Fair Liaison
Vacant
IDEA Liaison
Vacant
Membership Committee Chair
Amy Wootton, RD
Membership Committee Member
Vacant
Student Member Liaison
Vacant
Newsletter Editor
Ann Childers, MS, MHA, RDN, LD
Nominating Committee Chair-Elect
Sue Kent
Nominating Committee Member
Sahar Saffi
Nominating Committee Member
Leslye Rauth
Nominating Committee Member
Sharon Solomon, RD
Nominating Committee Member, ex officio
Vacant
Nutrition Services Payment Specialist
Rebecca Lynn Pitman, MS, RD
Policy and Advocacy Leader
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