Current Position:
Nutrition communications consultant for food industry clients
Writer and researcher for Woman’s World, a weekly magazine with 1.6 million readers
Advisory Board member and regular contributor to Maximum Fitness magazine

Specialty:
Weight management, cardiovascular nutrition, healthy dining out

Education:
M.S. Nutrition, Texas Woman's University
Dietetic Internship, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
B.S. Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Oklahoma

Leadership Positions:
Chairman of the American Dietetic Association Foundation Board 2006-07
Member of the American Dietetic Association Board of Directors 2006-07
Member of the ADA House of Delegates and the HOD Executive Committee
Past president of both the Texas and Dallas Dietetic Associations

Honors:
2004 Texas Dietetic Association Media Award
1996 Texas Dietetic Association Distinguished Dietitian Award
1981 American Dietetic Association Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year Award

Experience:
Participated in over 800 newspaper, magazine, radio and television interviews about nutrition across the country
National media spokesperson, American Dietetic Association, 1990 to 1997
State media representative, Texas Dietetic Association, 1985 to 1990

Other:
Neva previously taught nutrition classes for the outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program at the Medical Center of Mesquite for 13 years, served as Program Coordinator for the Consumer Services Division of the Associated Milk Producers, Inc., taught in the nutrition department at Texas Woman's University and worked as a clinical dietitian in two hospitals. She has also been a nutrition writer for The Female Patient and First for Women magazines and a contributing author to the American Dietetic Association’s Competitive Edge marketing manual.

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