Registered dietitian nutritionist Sarah Bourque has begun her one-year term as the president of the Connecticut Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (CT Academy), the state affiliate to the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. Bourque is a registered dietitian with Karelia Health, an employee wellness company that works with businesses throughout the United States to prevent and reverse heart disease. She also is the coordinator of a Kids Eat Right grant project with Middletown Public Schools.
Assisting Bourque are executive committee members: Ellen Liskov, president-elect Nancy Ryan; Council on Professional Issues (CPI) chair; Tina Dugdale, delegate; Lisa Zarny, member-at-large; Emily Pomykala, secretary; Carol Casey, treasurer; and Jessica DelVecchio, public policy panel chair.