Professional Development-Research-Membership Teams

Manju Karkare, MS, RDN, LDN, CLT, FAND (Webinar Chair) Manju Karkare is President/CEO of Nutritionally Yours LLC, a private practice providing individualized integrative and functional nutrition counseling for prevention and wellness, weight management, and gut health as well as culinary nutrition for corporate wellness. A nationally recognized leader who has served at state and national levels, she currently serves as Chair of the Legislative & Public Policy Committee. She is a graduate of SNDT University, Pune, India and she earned her Master of Science in Nutrition from the University of Kentucky.

Jacob T. Mey, PhD, RD (Newsletter Assistant CPEU Editor) Jake is an Assistant Professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He runs the Mitochondrial Energetics and Nutrient Utilization (MENU) Lab, where he uses clinical-translational research approaches to understand how diet (our “MENU”) affects the way cells use energy and how that in turn impacts human health and disease. His driving passion is to elevate the dietetic profession and to expand the reach of evidence-based nutrition information to the public.

Annika Koester (Student Executive Committee Member) is a Nutrition master’s student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and holds a master’s in kinesiology. She is a graduate assistant with the university’s wheelchair track and road-racing team and researches fall prevention for individuals with SCI and MS in the Disability Participation & Quality of Life Lab. Outside of work, she enjoys running and hiking with her family and is genuinely grateful for the opportunity to learn and contribute alongside the team.