Katie Brown is Senior Vice President, Sustainable Nutrition at National Dairy Council. She has a passion for connecting agriculture, food, nutrition and health to elevate sustainable nutrition as relevant, meaningful and actionable. She leads scientific, regulatory and nutrition affairs, and thought leader outreach and education and serves as a subject matter expert and spokesperson on diary’s role in healthy and sustainable food systems.

Dr. Brown is a registered dietitian nutritionist and has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Dietetics and Nutrition and a Doctorate degree in Education. Prior to joining NDC, she served as the Global Nutrition Strategy Officer for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. In this role she was responsible for strategic planning, leading public education initiatives and community-based nutrition research initiatives.

Dr. Brown has been an author on numerous manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals and has spoken at many national and international professional conferences on topics ranging from sustainable food systems, dairy nutrition, food and nutrition security and effective nutrition education.

Carrie Hamady is a registered/licensed dietitian in the state of Ohio. She has a Master of Science in Health Promotion and a Doctor of Education in Leadership Studies. She is an associate clinical professor in the department of Public and Allied Health as well as the coordinator of the Food and Nutrition Program and the Director of the Undergraduate Dietetics Program at Bowling Green State University. Her interests are in clinical nutrition, sustainability, food insecurity, innovative teaching techniques in dietetics education, informatics, and the use of programmatic learning outcome. She serves as the Faculty Affiliate on campus for the BGSU Ending Hunger initiative and with the Office of Academic Assessment. She won the award for best innovation in dietetics education at FNCE, the Faculty Excellence Award for Community-Based Teaching at BGSU, the 2018 Ohio and North Central Region of NDEP Outstanding Dietetic Educator Award in the DPD Program category, and the 2020 BGSU Mentoring Excellence Award. She is also the former Chair of the Nutrition Informatics Committee for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Katie Brown has the following relevant disclosures to report: she is a member of the University of Kansas School of Health Professionals Board of Advocates and she is employed by the National Dairy Council. She certifies that no conflict of interest exists for this program.

Carrie Hamaday has no relevant disclosures to report and she certifies that no conflict of interest exists for this program.

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