Congratulations to our 2025 NEP DPG award winners!!

Award of Excellence

The Nutrition Education for the Public Award of Excellence 

The Award of Excellence recognizes high-quality nutrition education projects that enhance and advance the objectives of the NEP DPG.

Outstanding Member Award

The 2025 Nutrition Education for the Public Outstanding Member Award has been awarded to Laura Thomas, MEd, RD, LD, FAND

The Outstanding Member Award recognizes a Nutrition Education for the Public (NEP) dietetic practice group (DPG) member whose ideas and professional leadership demonstrated outstanding dedication and contribution to the NEP DPG over the years.

Laura Thomas, MEd, RD, LD, FAND

Congratulations to our 2025 FNCE Student Scholarship recipients:

Ebonie Allen-Gregory, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN



Jordan Leopold, Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ

NEP is thrilled to award these nutrition students with a scholarship that recognizes their commitment to working in the dietetics field as well as their participation in our DPG.

We thank them for their outstanding contributions to the field of nutrition and dietetics as well as their commitment to the NEP DPG.