Leadership

How Are We Doing?

The leadership of the Research DPG is a dedicated group of volunteers, working on behalf of our membership. Please let us know how we are doing.

• Email researchdpg@eatright.org.
• Use the Academy's Leadership Directory. Click here for the Leadership Directory User Guide.

• Advocate by responding to the advocacy e-blasts and posts
• Write an article for The Digest
• Share with colleagues on the EML
• Run for an elected position, click here for more information!

Current Leadership: 2025-2026 Executive Committee

The list below recognizes volunteers with ongoing contributions to the Research DPG. Please contact us to get in touch with one of our Executive Committee members.

Executive Committee Members

• Chair: Casey Colin
• Chair-Elect: Andrea Barnes
• Past Chair: Andrea Arikawa
• Secretary: David Cavallo
• Treasurer: Jessica Combs Caudill
• Nominating Committee Chair: Kathleen Woolf
• HOD Delegate: Kelsey McLimans 

• Academy Manager - DPG Relations: Martha Huizar
• Council on Research (COR) Liaison: Mary Lesser
• ACEND Liaison: Jen Ross
• Policy and Advocacy Leader: Linda Fergus
• Historian: Mindy Nelkin

• Co-Chair: Rebecca Koch
• Co-Chair: Jingyi Wang
• Member: Corrie Labyak and Sarah Ullevig

• Editor-in-Chief: Andrea Lobene
• Assistant Editors: Judy Gould and Lori Stockert
• Assistant Editor for Student Articles: Megan Reynolds

• Chair: Samantha Stavola
• Co-Chair: Henna Muzaffar

• Chair: Kathleen Woolf
• Members: Sabrina Trudo and Nancy Emenaker

• Membership Coordinator: Emily Heying
• Membership Liaison: Eliza Short
• Mentorship Chair: Luc LaBonte
• Student Representative Chair: Kelly Povroznik 
• CPE Administrator: Katherine Ideno
• Diversity Liaison: Cherine Hatem
• Council on Research Liaison: Mary Lesser

• Website Committee Chair: Ginger Hultin
• Website Committee Vice-Chair: Tyler Titcomb
• Social Networking Chair: Maria Morgan Bathke
• Webinar Co-Chair: Tracey LeDoux
• Webinar Co-Chair: Abigail Raffner

Contact

• Chair researchdpg@eatright.org
• Awards jw61@indiana.edu 
• Fundraising researchdpg@eatright.org
• Membership researchdpg@eatright.org
• Mentorship Program labontel17@ecu.edu
• Newsletter researchdpg@eatright.org
• Nominating researchdpg@eatright.org
• Policy and Advocacy researchdpg@eatright.org
• Secretary researchdpg@eatright.org
• Student Liaison researchdpg@eatright.org
• Web: Social Media researchdpg@eatright.org
• Web: Listserv researchdpg@eatright.org
• Webinar Co-Chairs Catherine Cohen and Elizabeth Ruder researchdpg@eatright.org
• Webmaster researchdpg@eatright.org

Please contact Dara LoBuono (researchdpg@eatright.org) if you have questions regarding email accounts.