NANCY S. WELLMAN, PhD, RD, FADA

Dr. Wellman is professor of dietetics and nutrition at Florida International University, the public university in Miami. There, she directs the National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging, funded by the federal Administration on Aging. Areas of nutrition expertise include aging, public policy, sports, nutrition screening and marketing, as well as consumer education and food labeling.

Registered dietitian Wellman is past president of the 70,000 member American Dietetic Association (ADA), the nation's largest group of food and nutrition professionals. During her high profile ADA presidency, the Nutrition Screening Initiative, a national campaign against elder malnutrition that is backed by a coalition of 36 prominent aging organizations, was launched; the National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics, ADA's public information center, opened; and collaboration with professional and trade associations, such as the American Academy of Family Physicians, FMI and IFIC, was strengthened. Dr. Wellman currently serves as national co-chair of the Nutrition Screening Initiative.

As national media spokesperson and ADA Ambassador from 1982 through 1990, Dr. Wellman has been cited hundreds of times in the national popular press and has appeared regularly on TV and radio. She has testified before US Senate, House of Representatives and FDA Advisory committees.

She has been a member of committees on food labeling at the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, and has also written for the National Academy Op-Ed Service. Dr. Wellman currently serves on the USDA National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, International Food Information Council Foundation Board of Directors and United States Tennis Association Sport Science Committee.

Recipient of numerous awards, Wellman is certified as a charter Fellow of the American Dietetic Association and is a member of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition and American Academy of Sports Medicine. She holds a doctorate from the University of Miami and a master of science degree from Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition.

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