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K-State SDA/KDA Mentoring Program Mentor Profiles
These talented and generous KDA members have graciously agreed to serve as Mentors for K-State dietetics students! Students are welcome to browse the online profiles and select a potential mentor. E-mail addresses are provided so that students may contact the person they are interested in working with individually. Please be proactive in making connections. We feel that if you are allowed to have a choice in your mentor selection, interests will be more readily aligned and the relationship will be more beneficial to all involved. Dietitians are allowed to mentor more than one student; however, we ask that students only commit to one mentor at a time. The commitment will last for one semester, at which time students may choose to learn from a different mentor.
MENTOR PROFILES:
Practice/Interest Area
Business and Industry
Consultant
Clinical
Management: Food Service and Clinical
Public Health/WIC
School Foodservice
Sports
Business and Industry
Melody Cole, RD
Hy-Vee Dietitian
Melody is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to mentees. She has 11 years of Dietetics Practice and is involved with a grant that provides nutrition education to 5th-9th graders. She wants to show a student or two how much fun being an R.D. can be. In her current position as a part-time Hy-Vee Dietitian, Melody provides nutrition education to the public/employees in the grocery store setting. She is hoping to connect with a future dietitian who has an entrepreneur attitude.
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Karen Hanson, RD,LD, CHFS
Director of Nutrition, Kansas Beef Council
Contact: Karen@kansasbeef.org
Karen is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make a one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to mentees. She has 30 years of Dietetics Practice. Her work includes event planning for public outreach, as well as making contact with other health influencers in the field of health and nutrition. Karen is passionate about her career as a Registered Dietitian and is excited about sharing experiences gained during her previous career as a clinical/consulting RD and her current position in the beef industry. She enjoys encouraging students to dream big, get excited and learn all they can from every experience they encounter. In her current position, Karen is responsible for health promotion, consumer education, health influencer education and public relations, while providing media representation for the Kansas Beef Council. Her role as Director of Nutrition for the Kansas Beef Council is multi-faceted. Karen is involved in a wide variety of projects; from writing articles and newsletters, to giving food demonstrations and teaching nutrition basics for the public. No two days are ever the same for Karen, but all days are interesting and challenging for her as a Registered Dietitian.
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Clinical
Chelbie Glenn, R.D.
Clinical Dietitian
Chelbie is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to mentees. She has 8 years of Dietetics Practice and can provide information about teaching, research, general clinical, weight management, diabetes, pediatrics, nutrition support, and geriatrics.
As a mentor, Chelbie hopes to help in any way that she can to enlighten students about their areas of interest.
In her current position, Chelbie counsels outpatients, assesses and manages nutritional status of patients on Geri-Psych unit, covering hospital inpatients (nutrition assessment and nutrition support), and assists with MOVE weight loss program.
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Sara Sawer, R.D., L.D.
Clinical Dietitian
Sara is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to mentees. She is also interested in becoming a KDA Position Mentor. She is a current officer of the Kansas Dietetic Association and is interested in teaching student about becoming a leader in the organization.
She has 3 years of Dietetics Practice and can provide information about school food service, general clinical, weight management, diabetes, NICU, and nutritional support.
Sara is currently working on obtaining her Master’s in Public Health. She has also worked with behavioral health patients in the past and enjoyed eating disorder cases.
As a mentor, Sara hopes to influence future RDs as she was once influenced by the RDs she came in contact with.
In her current position, Sara has multiple responsibilities such as NICU, menu planning, and clinical work.
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Consultant
Jane Byrnes, R.D., L.D., & YMCA-certified personal trainer
Consultant Dietitian
Contact: janebb@sbcglobal.net
Jane is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to mentees. She is also interested in becoming a KDA Position Mentor. She has 26 years of Dietetics Practice and can provide information about weight management. As a mentor, Jane hopes to develop the perspective of clients or the public, versus seeing the world solely through a dietitian’s eyes. In her current position, she administers grants for Kansas Action for Healthy Kids, evaluates sanitation in chain restaurants for a commercial company (that is, not public health department), consults clients at two Wichita YMCAs, and consults at one child-related agency. She is the 2008 Distinguished Dietitian for KDA. Most of her practice is non-traditional, with highly flexible timing.
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Erin Laurie, R.D., L.D.
Consultant Dietitian and Adjunct Instructor
Erin is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to mentees. She is also interested in becoming a KDA Position Mentor. She is a current officer of the Kansas Dietetic Association and am interested in teaching student about becoming a leader in the organization. She has 11 years of Dietetics Practice and can provide information about internship selection, teaching, public speaking, marketing, general clinical, weight management, consulting, rehab, and diabetes. As a mentor, Erin hopes to further the dietetics profession by encouraging upcoming RDs, to help students broaden their views of the profession, and to give support to students any way that she can. In her current position, Erin teaches nutrition to nursing students, conducts corporate wellness classes, provides nutrition education at a YMCA, and consults RDs as multiple LTC and Rehab facilities.
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Management: Food Service and Clinical
Susan Parks, MPH, RD, LD
Chief, Nutrition and Food Service
Susan has 25 years of dietetics practice and is interested in becoming a traditional mentor or a KDA position mentor; one who will offer guidance for mentees for one semester.
She can provide information in the areas of: foodservice management, administration, clinical, clinical management. For students interested in roles in their state affiliate, Susan has served as President Elect for KDA in 2007-2008 and President in 2008-2009.
Susan currently directs, supervises and manages all aspects of a complex food service and clinical department.
Her goal as a mentor is to help develop future dietetics professionals and to encourage students to consider an eventual role in management.
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Cheryl Wiley, M.S., R.D., L.D.
Kansas University Dining Coordinator
Contact: chwiley@ku.edu
Cheryl is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to mentees. She has 28+ years of Dietetics Practice and can provide information in food service management. In her current position, Cheryl serves primarily as support staff; planning National Nutrition Month activities for residence halls, plan/complete monthly nutrition displays, providing basic training for full-time new hirees and shortened version for part-time new hirees, teaching ServSafe class for supervisory/lead cook staff, coordinating a SHOWTIME internal training program for 100 best foodservice practices which recognizes units efforts and includes a self review and internal inspection component. The program can provide an overview of what KU Dining does in these areas (purchasing, management, dining marketing, cashiering, sanitation, daily work area duties, nutrition) from the support staff and directors point of view as well as observation in work unitsfor daily workings (purchasing, management, cashiering, sanitation, work station setups/work, nutrition in the work setting, recipe building/testing if needed). If someone comes this spring, can do a small project/setup for nutrition month.
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Public Health/WIC
Nichole Burnett, MS, RD, LD
Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Agent
Contact: nburnett@ksu.edu
Nichole is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make a one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to students. She has 12 years of Dietetics Practice and is currently an Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Agent in Johnson, County, KS. Nichole would like to educate students on providing nutrition education in the community in a non-traditional role of a dietitian. She would like to work with a student who enjoys being with the public, enjoys food preparation and isn’t afraid to try new things.
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Mary Waite, RD, LD, CBE
WIC Public Health Dietitian
Contact: mrsmmwaite@yahoo.com
Mary is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make a one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to mentees. She has 29 years of Dietetics Practice and can provide information about public health and WIC. As a mentor, Mary hopes to offer observation time for students exploring career options. She enjoys personal interaction with others, involved in many community organizations, such as Walk KS for Kids that encourage developing healthy exercise and eating habits. In her current position, she certifies and recertify WIC clients, encourages breastfeeding, and works with breastfeeding moms and babies. Mary is happy to share with any interested student what she has learned through her experiences. She’s also taught some nutrition and cooking classes earlier in her career and enjoys the teaching role. She feels that the mentoring experience should be beneficial for both mentor and student.
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School Foodservice
Roxanne Bell, MS, RD, LD
Nutrition Specialist
Contact: Roxanne.bell@usd305.com
Roxanne is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make a one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to mentees. She has 20 years of Dietetics Practice and can provide information in school food service, teaching, public health WIC, public speaking, general clinical, and weight management. She hopes to promote the Ellyn Satter principals of the Division of Responsibility when feeding children, promote knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among preschoolers and their families that will improve currently eating patterns. In her current position, Roxanne works with Heartland Programs, who welcomes student mentors since their experience with mentoring has been favorable in the past. They focus more on preventative nutrition, HP prepares special menus and diets that meet the needs of their diverse student population.
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Sports
Heidi Wells R.D., C.S.S.D., L.D.
Sports Dietitian
Heidi is interested in becoming a Traditional Mentor, and can make one semester commitment to answer questions, provide resources, or offer guidance to mentees. She is also interested in becoming a KDA Position Mentor. She is a current officer of the Kansas Dietetic Association and is interested in teaching student about becoming a leader in the organization.
She has 6 years of Dietetics Practice and can provide information sports nutrition and public speaking.
As a mentor, Heidi hopes to provide professional guidance and promote the career of dietetics.
In her current position, Heidi provides sports nutrition to athletes at Wichita State University.
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