Meet the leaders of the National Eating Disorders Association.
Headquartered in New York City, the National Eating Disorders Association is staffed by a dozen full-time professionals, several part-time employees and many dedicated volunteers. In addition, we are fortunate to work with an elite group of individuals who comprise our Board of Directors, Founder’s Council, Clinical Scientific Advisory Council, and Ambassadors’ Council.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is composed of members from the corporate, medical and philanthropic arenas, with some also representing the constituents we serve.
Bob Kovarik, Chair
Oakton, Virginia
Deborah Q. Belfatto, Vice Chair
Summit, New Jersey
John A. (Buddy) Howard, Treasurer
Raleigh, North Carolina
Phoebe Megna, Secretary
Darien Connecticut
Ovidio Bermudez, MD
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Lisa Ryan Burke
Summit, New Jersey
Ric Clark
Larchmont, New York
Mary Curran
West Simsbury, Connecticut
Amy Baker Dennis, PhD
Troy, Michigan
Elizabeth Fenn
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Roberta Katz, PhD, JD
Palo Alto, California
Walter Kaye, MD
San Diego, California
Russell Marx, MD
Princeton, New Jersey
Kimberli McCallum, MD
St. Louis, Missouri
Robbie Munn, MA, MSW
Charlottesville, Virginia
Don Nielsen
Seattle, Washington
Dorothy Sprague
New York, New York
Allison Kreiger Walsh
Orlando, Florida
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Staff
NEDA Staff, December 2011
Lynn S. Grefe, MA, President and Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Beyer, Database Manager
Dee Christoff, MA, Vice President
Maggi Flaherty, Communications Manager
Kenisha Forsythe, Accounting Assistant
Ilena Greene, MBA, Finance Manager
Lara Gregorio, LCSW, STAR Program Manager (Maryland)
Ashley James, Data Entry Clerk
Yasemin Merwede, Program Assistant
Claire Mysko, MA, Proud2Bme Project Consultant
CJ Redfern, National Walk Manager
Judy Renner, Office Manager
Susan Roman, MA, Director of Programs
Elizabeth Saviteer, MS, Program Coordinator
S. William Walters, MA, Helpline Manager
Unless otherwise specified, the staff are located in New York.
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Founder’s Council
The Founders of NEDA include past board members of two founding organizations and others who were critical to the development of this national movement and the formation of the National Eating Disorders Association. In acknowledgment of their many years of dedication and service, the council is one way to support their continued engagement, involvement and connection to one another – and with NEDA. The board members came from two founding organizations Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention (EDAP) and American Anorexia Bulimia Association of New York (AABA).
Mary Pabst, LCSWC, Chair
Judi Goldstein, MSW, LSW, Co-Chair
Catherine Baker, MSW
Nancy Bravman, CSW
Doug Bunnell, PhD
Leigh Cohn, MAT, CEDS
Lindsey Hall Cohn
Bill Davis, PhD
Amy Baker Dennis, PhD
Ilene Fishman, CSW
Michelle Hirsch, MD
Adele Holman, DSW
Craig Johnson, PhD
Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD, CDN
Marjorie Laird, PhD, MFCC
Michael Levine, PhD
Paula Levine, PhD
Anita Sinicrope Maier, MSW
Margo Maine, PhD
Russell Marx, MD
Diane Mickley, MD
Charles Murkofsky, MD
Melissa Nielsen
Jean Rubel, PhD
Joan Petty, RN, CS, NPP
Niva Piran, PhD
Morisa Schiff-Mayer, MD
Joseph Sultan, MD
Natalia Zunino, PhD
Steve Zimmer, CSW
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Clinical Scientific Advisory Council
The Clinical and Scientific Advisory Council (CSAC) is comprised of highly respected, nationally recognized experts who provide clinical and scientific counsel, guidance and advice to NEDA Board, staff and committees to further NEDA’s mission. The Council serves as a resource in ensuring that NEDA programs and materials maintain high standards of accuracy and clinical integrity.
CHAIR: Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD
Professor, School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Catherine Baker-Pitts, Ph.D., LCSW
Founder of American Anorexia Bulimia Association
New York, NY
Amy Baker-Dennis, PhD
Dennis & Moye & Associates
Psychologist
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Pamela Carlton, MD
Adolescent Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
James Hudson, MD, ScD
Associate Chief of the Biological Psychiatry Laboratory
McLean Hospital
Belmont, MA
Karin Kratina, PhD, RD, LD/N
Nutrition Therapist
Nutrition Therapy Associates
Gainesville, FL
Daniel F. Le Grange, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Eating Disorders Program
Department of Psychiatry
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Michael Levine, PhD
Professor
Psychology Department
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH
James Lock, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical Director
Comprehensive Pediatric Care Unit
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Russell Marx, MD
Medical Director
Eating Disorders Program
University Medical Center at Princeton
Princeton, New Jersey
James E. Mitchell, III MD
President & Scientific Director
Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
Fargo, ND
Charles Murkofsky, MD
Eating Diseases Specialist
Gracie Square Hospital
New York, NY
Cheryl L. Rock, PhD, RD
Professor
Dept of Family & Preventative Medicine
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Linda Smolak, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychology
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH
Steve Wonderlich, PhD
Director of Clinical Research
Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
Fargo, ND
Nancy L. Zucker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Medical Center
Duke University
Durham, NC
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Ambassador Council
The Ambassadors Council is composed of people who have generously agreed to use their celebrity on behalf of NEDA to generate awareness of eating disorders and to advance NEDA’s mission.
Jenni Schaefer, Chair
Author and motivational speaker
Bradley Bayou
Fashion Designer
Emme
Model, author, activist
Alexa and Natalee Falk
Musicians (Falk)
Zina Garrison
Professional tennis champion and gold medalist
Kirsten Haglund
Former Miss American (2008) and eating disorders activist
Jean Kilbourne, EdD
Author, documentarian, and social theorist
Karla Mosley
TV actor (Guiding Light)
Kaira Rouda
Entrepeneur, speaker, marketer, author
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Actor (The Sopranos)
Carré Otis Sutton
Supermodel, author, producer, activist
Whitney Thompson
Model, speaker
Matan Uziel
Founder of Warmhome Media Group, Senior Executive of Verbmodels, Inc. & Managing Director of Golden Heart Communications, Ltd.
Justin Ly, NEDA Junior Ambassador
US Figure Skating Jr. National Team
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Junior Board
NEDA’s Junior Board -- officially launched in January 2008, is an exciting new structure within the NEDA framework to build young philanthropy, leadership, advocates and policy makers within the field of eating disorders. The individuals of the Junior Board have pledged to assist the work of the organization through its mission and financially. One of its primary goals is to build awareness for the cause on college campuses through National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
The Jr. Board hopes to expand with more members to build a strong leadership team. We are thrilled to have the following core group of individuals:
Allison Kreiger Walsh, Founding Chair
Shelly Steinwurtzel, PhsD, Chair
Sherrie Vassallo, Vice Chair
Melissa Ostering, Treasurer
Laura Serico, Secretary
Lindsay Belfatto
Brooks Brodrick
Troy Roness
Christopher Skarinka
The Junior Board is supported by Dr. Ovidio Bermudez, past NEDA Board Chair and current Board member and Lynn Grefe, CEO.
Award Recipients
Each year, the National Eating Disorders Association recognizes leading experts and other dedicated individuals for their extraordinary efforts in the field of eating disorders. Awards are given at our Annual Conference and Benefit events each year. Click here to view a list of award recipients from 2002 - 2011.
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