MESSAGE FROM THE 2022-23 MAND PRESIDENT

MESSAGE FROM THE MAND PRESIDENT: Toni Swanson, RDN, CSG, LD

I hope you are all having a great start to your summer and are excited as me about this upcoming MAND year! We accomplished so much last year including some in-person events, which was so refreshing.   I’m the 2022-23 President and work for Ecumen as their corporate Dietitian. I do a lot of things in this role but my favorite part is being able to support fellow dining leaders and Dietitians at each of our sites. I love to hear from other Dietitians about what they are passionate for in the nutrition field and how MAND can help support or be a resource for them.  I wouldn’t be able to support our MN Dietitians without the entire MAND board and with that, I want to take a quick minute to also introduce our new President-Elect, Michelle Anderson.

Michelle is a registered dietitian with Elior North America as a learning & Development Partner, where she consults with business segments and functional groups to design and develop training. Her training topics range from food and workplace safety to orientation, talent management, and development of their team members. She is very excited to be a part of the board in the coming year and in the President-Elect role, she looks forward to interacting with MAND members, and collaborating with board members on their committee work and projects.

As we look to the new year, we are really focusing on our members and engagement. Our regions will be providing some awesome educational and networking events throughout the year both virtual and in- person. Our policy panel continues their diligent work to advocate for all nutrition professionals at the state and federal level. We have already started the planning for another in-person annual conference–it was so good to see so many of you last year! Our MAND Student Board will begin this fall and they hope to plan 2 events for all students/interns. We are also excited about the opportunity to partner with the Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (WAND) and continue our Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging (DIEB) work with a free CPE event tomorrow at 12 noon. Make sure to follow us via Facebook and Instagram for more details on all of the wonderful MAND events we have planned for the year. We appreciate your continued support for MAND and we cannot wait to see you in the future!