Caroline B. Webber Name and Credentials: Caroline B. Webber, PhD, RD Years a member of DPG: since 2000 Current Position, Title, & Location: Assistant Professor, Dietetics and Director of Dietetic Internship Program, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Previous Positions (limit to 3): Community Dietitian, National Health Service, West Sussex, England Clinical Dietitian in Hendersonville, North Carolina and Contra Costa County, California Education/Internship: BS, University of California, Berkeley, Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics MPH, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, public health nutrition PhD, Cornell University, Nutrition (community nutrition, minor in development sociology) ADA/DPG Offices/Activities: HEN-L primary list owner - 2001 to present Membership Chair – 2007 State or Local Dietetic Association Offices/Activities American Overseas Dietetic Association (AODA): Legislative & Licensure Liaison, 1995-1997 Chair, Corporate Sponsorship Committee, 1997 Annual Conference Michigan Dietetic Association: Nominating Committee, 2007-2008 Other Professional Organizations: Member: Society for Nutrition Education, Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, Community Food Security Coalition Awards/Honors: Hunger & Environmental Nutrition (HEN) DPG Hunger Award, 2003 What is your leadership philosophy and future direction for the HEN DPG? HEN has entered a period of rapid growth that mirrors growing awareness and concern for the environment and food security issues among ADA members. Current and former HEN leadership teams have done a terrific job of bringing our members’ values to the table, and ADA has listened. I want HEN to continue in this direction. I believe in consensus building via open discussion and opportunities to educate ourselves and our colleagues on the issues.