Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle):Seligman, Hilary

Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle):Seligman, Hilary

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
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NAME
Kim Prendergast / POSITION TITLE
Community Health & Nutrition Consultant,
Feeding America
eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login)
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION / DEGREE
(if applicable) / MM/YY / FIELD OF STUDY
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN / BS / 05/94 / Dietetics
Nutrition, Fitness & Health (Dual degrees)
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL / MPP / 05/02 / Public Policy
Program Evaluation and Public Administration Concentration

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A.Personal Statement

Kim Prendergast, MPP, RD is a nonprofit director, dietitian, and consultant whose work is focused on assuring that all people have access to nutritious food and medical care. For more than a decade, Ms. Prendergast has worked with Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger relief organization, supporting the national nutrition strategy and expanding food bank nutrition education and culinary training programs. She currently manages Feeding America’s Diabetes Initiative. This three-year pilot project, funded by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, is addressing the epidemic of diabetes in low-income communities through food bank-health care partnerships.

Ms. Prendergast also serves as the Executive Director of the MetroWest Free Medical Program, a free clinic in the Boston area that provides free medical care to nearly 2,000 uninsured patients each year. She brings this expertise and knowledge of community-based organizations and partnerships to her work with food insecure populations.

She has presented on the relationship between Food Insecurity and Health at numerous conferences and is active both locally and nationally on supporting community partnerships for food access, nutrition education, and health promotion. Prendergast is a member of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, the American Public Health Association, American Association of Diabetes Educators, and the American Diabetes Association.

B.Positions and Honors

List in chronological order previous positions, concluding with the present position. List any honors. Include present membership on any Federal Government public advisory committee.

Positions:

1994-1999Clinical Dietitian, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

1999-2001Public Policy Association, Feeding America, Chicago, IL

2001-2004Community Kitchen Program Manager, Feeding America, Chicago, IL

2004-2005Nutrition Manager, Feeding America, Chicago, IL

2005-presentPresident, Karmana Consulting

•Youth Obesity Learning Collaborative Consulting Project Manager, Health Research Educational Trust, Chicago, IL

•Greater Boston Food Bank, Boston MA

•Healthy MetroWest, Framingham, MA

•Sudbury Public School District, Sudbury, MA

2005-presentCommunity Health & Nutrition, Consultant, Feeding America, Chicago, IL

2007-presentExecutive Director, MetroWest Free Medical Program, Sudbury, MA

Honors, Memberships and Activities:

1994Purdue University, Flora Roberts Award given to the university’s Outstanding Senior Woman

1997-1999National Kidney Foundation, Council on Renal Nutrition of New England, Chairperson

1999Brigham & Women’s Hospital Outstanding Preceptor

1999-2001University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, Harris Fellow

2000-2001Editor in Chief, Chicago Policy Review

2002-2009Academy of Nutrition & DieteticsHunger and Environmental Nutrition Practice Group

2007-2010 Chairperson, 2005-2007 Webmaster, 2002-2004 Treasurer

2007-presentGreenLight Fund Selection Advisory Committee, Boston, MA

2008-presentBrigham & Women’s Hospital Dietetic Internship Advisory Committee, Boston, MA

2011USDA Hunger Free Communities Grants Reviewer

2012-2014 Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics Farm Bill Working Group

2013-presentSudbury Public Schools Wellness Committee

Professional Memberships:

Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics

Hunger and Environmental Dietetic Practice Group

Public Health Dietetic Practice Group

American Association of Diabetes Educators

American Public Health Association

C.Selected Publications (Peer-reviewed and Non-Peer-reviewed)

1. (Bridges) Prendergast, K; Trujillo, EB; Jacobs, DO. Alcohol-related thiamine deficiency and malnutrition Critical Care Nurse December 30, 1998 19:80-85.

2. O’Brien, D, Prendergast, K.America’s Second Harvest, The Red Tape Divide, State-by-State Review of Food Stamp Applications, June 2001.

3. Kaiser, S; Prendergast, K. Nutritional Links to Substance Abuse Recovery. Journal of Additions Nursing.19; 125-129, 2008.

4. Prendergast, K. On the Cutting Edge, Academy of Nutrition & Dietetic, Diabetes Care and Education Practice Group. Addressing Food Insecurity in Diabetes Management, 2013.

D.Research Support

N/A

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