Expertise Requests
Besides my busy private practice, I have a number of nutrition projects I’m working on. I love the variety my work affords me, from serving as the nutrition expert for the Ford Road to Kona® Triathlon, doing health- and nutrition-related webinars for Accenture®, being a guest nutrition lecturer at the John Burns School of Medicine (University of Hawaii), to working with Jack & Kim Johnson’s Kokua Hawaii Foundation and the ‘AINA In Schools program as the nutrition education coordinator.
Please see below for brief descriptions of my experience and capabilities, and contact me for any requests.
Speaker Requests
Webinars (recorded & live), keynote, panelist, conferences & workshops, guest lecturer. Topics: Nutrition, health, worksite wellness, weight management, eating disorders, nutritional biochemistry. *Projects: Atlas Insurance Company Corporate Wellness Webinar Series; Accenture Employee Wellness Webinars; Ford Motor Company Road to Kona Triathlon Nutrition Expert Panelist; Northern California HR Association annual conference presenter; various corporate retreat speaking appearances.
Media Appearances
Television, radio, podcast. Topics: Nutrition, health, worksite wellness, weight management, eating disorders, nutritional biochemistry. *Projects: KHON Channel 2 News “Ask the Expert”
Insurance & Employer Benefits
Insurance coverage, standards of care policy development; total health management benefits strategy. *Projects: University Health Alliance (UHA) nutrition coverage policies; various employers: benefits design strategy development.
Training Programs
Health/wellness/nutrition program development, customized curriculum-writing, research tool development. *Projects: University of Hawaii School of Kinesiology published research; Hawaii Department of Education School Food Service Manager Nutrition & Healthy School Meal Training Program & Manual; Benchmark Wellness Boot Camp Training Program & Manual.
Nutrition Education
Curriculum development for elementary school-aged children. *Projects: Kokua Hawaii Foundation/’AINA In Schools; Nutrition Explorers After-School Curriculum.
Menu Analysis
Restaurant and other commercial menu review & analysis; provision of Nutrition Facts Labels & health claim statements pursuant to FDA, USDA and industry regulations.
Health Content Development
Newsletters, grant-writing, web content. *Projects: State of Hawaii Department of Health website nutrition content (Healthy Hawaii Initiative).