February 10, 2021

Amy Culp: University of Texas/President, CPSDA

1 hour 14 minutes

Leading with passion & a vision! Amy Culp is a veteran sports dietitian with incredible insight and advice on her career path to becoming a sports dietitian. Amy will remind you to follow your passion, stick to your values and the take your time to build your skill set as a dietitian.

Amy Culp, RD, CSSD, LD, CEDRD is a skilled nutrition expert with a passion for promoting nutrition and wellness. She is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian, is Board Certified in Sports Dietetics, and is a Certified Eating Disorders RD. Amy specializes in sports nutrition, eating disorders and weight management. Since 2012, Amy has had the honor of developing and leading the performance nutrition program at the University of Texas. Prior to joining UT full-time, Amy served there as a consultant sports dietitian, while working in her private nutrition practice in Austin, TX.

Serving as the Assistant Athletics Director for Performance Nutrition and Clinical Wellness at UT, Amy cast the vision and developed the program from the ground up, starting with just herself to serve all 550 student-athletes, to now a team of 6 full-time Sports Dietitians.

Armed with her wealth of nutrition knowledge, public speaking abilities, and true passion for healthy living, Amy feels she is doing her life’s work when she educates the public on strategies of living a healthy lifestyle. She particularly enjoys utilizing a non-diet approach to help clients make peace with food and assisting athletes in getting an edge on the competition through proper fueling techniques.

Amy earned her Bachelor of Science with Distinction in Food and Nutrition form San Diego State University, and completed her clinical training at the highly competitive and challenging VA San Diego Healthcare System. While at SDSU, Amy exhibited outstanding leadership abilities as President of the Student Nutrition Organization, was awarded with scholarships and was chosen as the Outstanding California Dietetic Student of the Year for the State of California by the American Dietetic Association. Prior to starting her private practice, Amy worked in nutrition communications on a healthy dining guide, educated the general public as a nutrition education consultant, and worked with the students of the University of Texas to improve their nutrition and wellness.

Amy is a member of the American, Texas, and Austin academies of nutrition and dietetics, the Sports, Cardiovascular & Wellness Dietetic Practice Group (SCAN), and Collegiate & the Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA), where she serves on the board of directors, serving as President 2020-2021. In 2014, CPSDA honored her with the Service Award in recognition of the contributions given to her profession. In her free time, Amy enjoys cooking, being physically active (especially running & her husband’s workouts!), and spending time with her family.

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