Sara Bachman Ducey, M.S., CNS Professor of Nutrition Montgomery College CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

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1 , M.S., CNS Professor of Nutrition Montgomery College 51 Manakee Street Rockville, Maryland CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Executive Positions: Montgomery College - Coordinator of FM 103 (15+ sections/semester); Leadership Development Institute graduate and keynote speaker, Coordinator of Women s Studies Program, Chairman and member, Sabbatical Committee. Elected member of Rockville Faculty Council ( ). Teaching Experience: Entrepreneurship: Montgomery College taught at all three campuses; beginning as Biology adjunct professor in 1990, currently serving as Associate Professor, Rockville campus. Teach nutrition and biology classes. Other teaching experience include TAI Sophia and the Catholic University of America (School of Nursing). Independent consulting practice grant report writing, advocacy, corporate seminars, professional education, science and policy analysis. Community Leadership: Radio commentator (monthly program), frequently quoted in the press, Girl Scout leadership; and Maryland Nutritionist s Association leadership; provide expert testimony on trans-fats to Maryland State Senate (2007). Awards: Outstanding Faculty Service Award (2007); Sabbatical Leave (2008); Montgomery College On Her Shoulders They Stand annual award (2005); Student Life Good Neighbor and Special Recognition awards.

2 Page 2 of 9 EDUCATION Master of Science, Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Areas of concentration: breast feeding promotion and trace mineral metabolism, Bachelor of Science, Plant and Soil Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Massachusetts, CERTIFICATION Certified Nutrition Specialist, American College of Nutrition, Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists, March 21, 1994; Certification Number: # TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008 to present Candidate, Masters of Public Health, Environmental Health, projected completion December, to present Clinical Associate (adjunct instructor), Catholic University of America, School of Nursing, teaching NURS 257: Nutrition & Health (This course is taught fully online with BlackBoard courseware.) 2007 to present Professor of Nutrition, Hospitality Management, Montgomery College. Awarded Outstanding Faculty Service Award, May Awarded Sabbatical Study, Fall to 2007 Associate Professor of Nutrition, Hospitality Management, Montgomery College. Primary faculty member in charge of Introduction to Nutrition (FM103) for which I recruit, interview, support, supervise, and evaluate the adjunct faculty we hire to help teach our fifteen or more sections of this three credit non-lab science course each semester. I develop extra-curricular enrichment opportunities for our nutrition students, including special lectures, workshops and field trips.

3 Page 3 of to 2003 Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Coordinator, FM 103 Introduction to Nutrition, Montgomery College. Participate in the college's Speakers' Bureau. During academic years , I have given more than 65 speeches on behalf of the MC Speakers Bureau. Trained in distance learning courseware. I taught three semesters of FM 103 using Blackboard.com; WebCT 6.0 and Blackboard 6.0 trained Coordinator, Women's Studies Program, Montgomery College. I was recruited to this position in Fall As coordinator, I was responsible for the program's budget, academic programming, community and outreach programs. I led the Women s Studies Program (WSP) Steering Committee, WSP student committee, coordinated WSP course scheduling across our three campuses, developed and offered WSP offerings such as: seminars, speeches, workshops, breakfasts, luncheons, scholarship program, awards program, as well as collaborating with outside organizations with like interests present Nutrition Consultant My independent consulting practice encompassed a range of activities including research & analysis, private consults, public speaking, corporate seminars, writing, presentation preparation, teaching, and marketing. Assignments included: Nutrition, weight loss and wellness consulting for private clients. Nutrition education speeches and continuing education programs for a variety of community and government organizations such as: University of Maryland, Medical School/ICD Program; Adventure Scuba, Inc.; BIA Financial Network, Frederick Community College, GEICO Insurance Group, Chevy Chase Athletic Club, National Association of Broadcasters, Stone Ridge School and to staff of the USDHHS; the US Navy Dental School and the Centers for Disease Control.

4 Page 4 of 9 Designed curriculum, and taught, three weeklong children s classes at the National Zoological Park, including one on animal nutrition; repeated course offerings for several summers; Conducted case studies of the Women, Infant, Children (WIC) program in Louisiana, Georgia and Virginia for the WIC Dynamics Study (as consultant to Urban Institute); also trained WIC Dynamics interviewers on nutrition aspects of program; Wrote script and recruited children for episode of Cooking Light with Ruth, a community cable television show. The segment features a pizza contest -- the winners had the pizza with more vegetables. Designed and scripted a slideshow for the Trimdown Program at the Providence Hospital Wellness Institute program; also facilitated weight loss and nutrition courses for Providence. Co-authored resource manual, Strategies for Increasing WIC Services and Resources, for the National Association of WIC Directors; Wrote chapters for training manual for the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project. Acted as development specialist (fund raising) to the local agencies conducting CCHIP studies. Served as Washington D.C.-based representative to the Committee on Improving Breastfeeding Promotion Strategies in the WIC Program, writing research and policy briefs and meeting with policy-makers and staff. Designed and wrote materials for the Advocates for Better Children s Diets; Authored What You Need to Know About Food Allergies, for the National Restaurant Association; Editor of nutrition program materials for the American Association for Retired Persons;

5 Page 5 of 9 Co-authored workbook on risk communications for the Apple Processors Association; Wrote nutrition sections for winning proposal for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) Healthy Start grant. Co-authored several marketing proposals on expanding sales of commodity products through school meals Adjunct Professor of Nutrition, Traditional Acupuncture Institute (now TAI/Sophia Institute), Tai Sophia Institute 7750 Montpelier Road, Laurel, Maryland Responsible for teaching a 400 level nutrition course for graduate students of acupuncture. Conducted a distance learning (correspondence) version of the same course for independent students Adjunct Professor, Nutrition, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, Germantown and Rockville campuses; Taught Biology 213: "Nutrition," at Takoma Park and Germantown, and FM 103: "Introduction to Nutrition." Instructor, Nutrition, Montgomery College, Germantown Campus. Taught Biology 213: Nutrition Research and Policy Analyst, Food Research and Action Center, Washington, D.C. Monitored and analyzed the WIC Program. Provided technical assistance on nutrition and WIC program issues to WIC program directors, journalists, advocates and public policy staff. Conducted research on nutrition and infant health, authoring the report: Poor Infants, Poor Chances, a 300 page report on infant mortality and low birth weight. Co-authored WIC Facts and WIC: Success Story, 2nd edition. Acted as liaison between FRAC and the National Association of WIC Directors. Designed analysis plan for a nationwide survey of emergency food providers; wrote numerous articles for Foodlines, FRAC s newsletter; prepared and presented workshops on nutrition and health issues; supervised interns and assisted in organizing programming for several national conferences. Supervisor: Sara Lynn Parker, Director, Nutrition and Policy Research

6 Page 6 of Regional WIC Nutrition Coordinator, Virginia Department of Health, Fairfax, Virginia. Provided technical guidance to nutrition staff; monitored and evaluated the nutrition education provided by the program nutritionists; analyzed data and prepared reports for a statewide nutrition monitoring program; prepared and presented training programs for nutritionists, community groups and WIC vendors. Responsible for many organizational aspects of the second annual meeting of the NAWD, held in Arlington, VA. Supervisor: Earl E. Virts, Jr., M.D., Regional Medical Director Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Assisted with human and animal research projects investigating trace mineral metabolism. Participated in management of a 40-day long feeding study of copper metabolism in elderly men, including: recruiting and selection of subjects; computer analysis of dietary intake data; designing food intake record forms; data coding and entry and analysis. Teaching assistant for: Community Nutrition; Vitamins and Minerals in Human Nutrition; and Clinical Nutrition. Supervisor: Wanda Chenoweth, Ph.D. Professor of Human Nutrition. LEADERSHIP AND CITIZENSHIP ACTIVITIES Montgomery College Community/ Leadership Activities Outstanding Faculty Service Award, Montgomery College, May Rockville Faculty Council (Elected position), ( ) Leadership Development Institute (Class of 2005): I graduated with the class of I was selected to be the keynote speaker at our graduation ceremony. Women s Studies Program Program Coordinator Program Coordinator served as executive director of this program. Responsible for all aspects of executive management including budgeting, chairing steering committee, course scheduling, non-credit programs, administered scholarship program, event programming, staff, marketing, collaborating with outside agencies.

7 Page 7 of On Her Shoulders We Stand Women s Studies Program leadership award. Sabbatical Committee 2006 Chairman 2005 Chairman 2004 Member, Rockville campus representative 2002-Present Active Participant Student Life, Montgomery College 2007 Cliff McNight Award 2006 Good Neighbor Award 2006 Special Recognition Award Faculty Sponsor, MC Student Ambassadors Faculty Sponsor, MC Green Club Faculty Sponsor, Nutrition Club Faculty Sponsor, Women s Studies Student Group Local Issues, Activities and Organizations Provide Expert Testimony (March 8, 2007) on Trans-fats to the Maryland State Senate, S.B. 633 and S.B. 504, Finance Committee, Annapolis, Maryland. Radio Commentator (1996-Present): Appear monthly on "Metro Talk" to discuss nutrition topics and answer call-in questions. Show Host: Jerry Phillips. This program is now aired on WFED-AM 1500/WTOP-FM Previously appeared on WBIG-FM 100.3/WTEM-AM, 980 (Clear Channel Communications, Washington, DC). Maryland Nutritionists Association, current program chair. Member since Responsible for organizing and marketing educational programs for member nutritionists and others. Montgomery college students and faculty are welcomed at the meetings that we hold on campus. Wyngate Community Committee on Food Service and Nutrition: Member of this committee at a local elementary school. Responsible for initiating research on student interest in salad offerings in the school lunch program and for reporting to the school and county food service agency, Parents Council of Washington, D.C.: Nutrition columnist for newsletter, ; chairman of the 4 through 6th grade committee; co-author of study on

8 Page 8 of 9 parent networking projects; representative to the Council for Green Acres School to the Parents Council, Program co-chair, Chair of Parenting Fair Committee, Girl Scouts of America Leadership Positions, Service Unit 33-5, Girl Scouts Council of Nations Capital, Co-manager of two dozen local troops, Girl Scout Council of Nation s Capital Outstanding Leader award. Girls Scouts Council of the Nations Capital: Co-chair of the 1994 Health and Fitness Exposition, Montgomery County, Maryland. This was a hands-on fair for more than 1000 girls designed to encourage girl scouts to engage in healthy living styles and to participate in volunteer activities relating to health and fitness. December Girl Scout Troop #1954: Co-leader for a group of Senior Girl Scouts. Mentored three girls through completion of their Gold Awards (Girl Scout s highest award). Girl Scout Troop #1178: Troop for girls beginning in the first grade; these girls have just graduated from high school. Mentored three girls through completion of Gold Award. Leader, Camp Tuckerman: staff for two-week long nature oriented, summer day camp staff: , Metro-D.C. Affiliate of the Society for Nutrition Education: Member, Public Relations Subcommittee for National SNE meeting, 1992; President, ; Vice President and Program Committee Chairman, , and member National Issues, Activities and Organizations Honorary Board Member, Weston A. Price Foundation Society for Nutrition Education: Chairman, Committee on Public Policy, ; Chairman, Legislative Committee, , ; Regional Legislative Coordinator, Western II Region, , ; member of organization Child Nutrition Forum, member of steering committee as representative of the Society for Nutrition Education ( ).

9 Page 9 of 9 American Public Health Association: Member of the Association and Food and Nutrition Division, , National Association of WIC Directors: Member of the Nutrition Services Subcommittee, Responsible for analysis and reporting of a baseline survey to assess existing policies and programs for use in developing nutrition management standards.