Lucille Beseler, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE, FAND

President, 2016-2017

Academy Update2017

Today’s Objectives

� Distinguish roles members play in Academy and society

� Spotlight new, continuing benefits of membership

� Identify assets the Academy and members bring to profession, plus our challenges

� Recognize importance of Academy’s activities and initiatives in vital areas

� Emphasize importance of members’ involvement to Academy’s and profession’s success

� Take next steps in celebrating Centennial and prepare for Second Century

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“Establish a Bold Vision”

Develop our Second Century Vision

Expand our influence and reach

Leaders on a global scale

www.eatrightPRO.org/visionandmission

Members’ Key Role in Planning

� Stakeholders and experts provided input

� September 2016: Nutrition Impact Summit

� Board discussed areas of opportunities

9 Growth

9 Increasing value for members

9 Making a global impact

www.eatrightPRO.org/visionandmission

New Vision and Mission

New VisionA world where all people thrive through the transformative power of food and nutrition

New MissionAccelerate improvements in global health and well-being through food and nutrition

www.eatrightPRO.org/visionandmission

New Principles

� Integrate research, professional development and practice to stimulate innovation and discovery

� Collaborate to solve the greatest food and nutrition challenges now and in the future

� Focus on system-wide impact across the food, wellness and health care sectors

� Have a global impact in eliminating all forms of malnutrition

� Amplify the contribution of nutrition practitioners and expand workforce capacity and capability

www.eatrightPRO.org/visionandmission

Honor Our Past…

www.eatrightPRO.org/100years

…and celebrate our present

Dittrick Medical History Center

May 1-22Cleveland, Ohio

www.eatrightPRO.org/memberbenefits

Academy Is Your Organization

Serve as a Preceptor

www.eatrightacend.org

Center for Lifelong Learning

www.eatrightPRO.org/CPD

Take Your Career to New Places

Registration and Housing Open May 2

FNCE: In Sweet Home Chicago

www.eatrightfnce.org

Publications and Resources

� Up to 20 new or revised titles each year

� Clinical resources are now websites

www.eatrightSTORE.org

� New articles online first… ahead of print

� Free iOS and Android app

� Educator PPT slides

� Podcasts with experts and authors

� Curated topic collections

� And more

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

www.andjrnl.org

Raising Public Awareness

www.eatrightPRO.org/media

Thousands of stories in all forms of media

Academy at the United Nations

Academy at NASDAQ

National Nutrition Month

March 8: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day

www.eatrightPRO.org/NNM

Ensure Provision of Quality

www.eatrightPRO.org/quality

Comprehensive overview on eatrightPRO: Quality Management: Resources for Excellence

in Nutrition and Dietetics

Resources include:

� 17 Focus Area Standards of Practice, Standardsof Professional Performance (SOP and SOPP)

� Scope of Practice Documents and Decision Tool

� Definition of Terms List

� Case Studies and Practice Tips

� National Quality Strategy Education Modules

� Telehealth Resources

� Standards of Excellence Metric Tool

� Working with ASPEN to support identification and treatment

� Letter to payers: Don’t use low BMI as only diagnostic criteria

� Malnutrition Awareness Week: Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill

� Encourage CMS to adopt four quality measures: Academy is steward

� Tell Congress: Medicare recipients need quality care and nutrition interventions

Address and Defeat Malnutrition

DefeatMalnutrition.Today

The Basis of Our Profession

� We conduct research every day

� Research demonstrates our value

� Identifies what improves outcomes

� May is Nutrition Research Month

� Resources include ANDHII

� CNMs using research to increase numbers of inpatient RDNs

� Drives our organization

� Get involved – in May and all year

www.eatrightPRO.org/research

Position and Practice PapersDecember 2016 November 2016

www.eatrightPRO.org/positions

www.eatrightPRO.org/transparency

Your Foundation

Scholarships Research

Public Education Awards

Donors helped provide more than $850,000 to 475 students and members through scholarships, awards,

fellowships and research grants in the past fiscal year

www.eatrightfoundation.org/donate

Achieving Our Policy Priorities

Advocacy for sound policy in priority areas

� Disease Prevention and Treatment

� Lifecycle Nutrition

� Healthy Food Systems and Access

� Quality Health Care

Policy Initiatives and Advocacy

www.eatrightPRO.org/advocacy

Successful public policies

� Create jobs for RDNs

� Improve health of Americans

� Result from impactful engagement

9 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

9 Funding of nutrition programs

Our Policy Initiatives

www.eatrightPRO.org/ANDPAC

� Enhanced reimbursement

9 Additional diseases

9 Alternative payment models

� Preserving prevention funding

� Enhanced access to care and coverage

� School meals and food security (SNAP, WIC)

� Nutrition education

� Consumer protection, licensure

� Telehealth

Policy Training and Advocacy

Advocate for health and profession

Become the voice of nutrition that Congress trusts

Complete interactive, educational experience

www.eatrightPRO.org/PPW

Public Policy WorkshopJune 25-26

Washington, D.C.

Advocacy Days

Held quarterly in D.C.

In-District meetings for those not able to attend

Goal: Increased visibility of profession and our issues with decision makers

president@eatright.org

Thank You!