Take your confidence to the next level! Jennifer Brunelli talks all about NASCAR nutrition, her role on the Gatorade Women's Advisory Board, and her top tips to being a confident female in a male dominant industry.   

Jennifer (VanAssen) Brunelli MS, RD, LDN is the creator and owner of RDpro, LLC, a nutrition consulting business in the Charlotte, NC area that she opened in July 2011.  Jennifer graduated from the Darla Moore School of business at USC in 2004.  She is a 7-time All American swimmer and Athletics Hall of Fame athlete at the University of South Carolina. 

Jennifer and her team do nutrition programming development for teams, provide nutrition education, meal planning, body composition assessments, food intolerances and allergy testing, corporate wellness, performance kitchen design, supplement analysis, and more. She works with a wide range of clientele in varying age groups, health and body knowledge, and gender. Her roster of clients has included being the NFL’s Carolina Panthers team dietitian for 6 seasons, NASCAR’s Roush Fenway Racing team dietitian for 5 seasons, Hendrick Motorsports in her first season, supporting to build NC State and the Charlotte 49ers University athletic department sports nutrition department, and LEAD which is a female Olympian run business that stands to help young female athletes gain leadership skills and confidence in and out of their sport. 

Jennifer also has a thriving media presence on behalf of food boards, food companies, and supplement companies that support furthering education for athletes and safe training for clients.  Most recently she was appointed to the first ever Gatorade Women's Advisory Board alongside some of the most impactful athletes and female presences in sport. Jennifer has two children, Sloane (7) and Nathaniel (6) who are already active athletes (and little gamecock fans!)!  Jennifer can be reached for business opportunities through social media at @sportsRDpro and @theRDpro, or her website theRDpro.com.

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