April Member Meeting: Join Us For “Lessons Learned in 50 Years of Professional Leadership” by Dr. Jane White, PhD, RD, FADA

Join us as we host former Knoxville District Dietetic Association President and former American Dietetic Association President, Dr. Jane White, PhD, RD, FADA, speak about “Lessons Learned in 50 Years of Professional Leadership”. This will be another hybrid meeting format at the Knox County Health Department Community Room or via Zoom on Thursday, April 20th from 3:00a-4:30p. Light refreshments provided. Hope to see you there for this exciting presentation!

Bio: Jane V. White, PhD, RD, FADA is a Professor Emerita, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine Memphis, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine Knoxville, 2012-present. She is a graduate of St. Mary’s Dominican College and was recipient of its Adele Stewart Home Economics Award in1968. She completed her Dietetic Internship at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in 1968 was awarded its Outstanding Alumni Award in 1994. Jane was awarded an Allied Health Traineeship by the NIH (1972-75) completing her Doctorate in Nutrition at the University of Tennessee in 1975. She received the Centennial Leadership Award of the College of Human Ecology, University of Tennessee in 1996. Jane is a Past President of the Knoxville District Dietetic Association, and recipient of its Outstanding Dietitian Award in 1979-80, and of its Leadership Recognition Award in 1994. She is recipient of the Tennessee Dietetic Association’s Special Award for Excellence in Leadership in 1994. Jane is a Past Speaker of the ADA House of Delegates (1992-93), President of the American Dietetic Association (2000-2001). She received the ADA Medallion Award in 1996, was the Karen Wright Memorial Lecturer for the Alabama Dietetic Association Foundation in 2000, and the Marjorie Hulsizer Copher Memorial Award in 2009. Jane served as ADA Representative to the AMA CPT and HCPAC/RUC Coding Advisory Panels from 2001-2017 and was Chair of the RUC/HCPAC from 2015-2017. Jane was an Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 444, Boy Scouts of America, Great Smoky Mountain Council from 1988-2012. She received the Toqua District Award of Merit in 1999 and was awarded the Silver Beaver Medallion in 2000. She was elected by the youth members (the boys themselves) of the Great Smoky Council to The Order of the Arrow and awarded its Vigil Honor in 1994. Jane has provided several hundred invited lectures over the years at multiple professional meetings, written 17 book chapters and has 49 publications in peer-reviewed journals. She is qualified to offer a solid perspective regarding 50 years of ADA Leadership.