Sports RD Snippets

Travel while you can! Alicia Kendig Glass talks all about her role working with Olympians! Alisha shares the behind the scenes of Tokyo, Rio and London and lessons learned at the Olympic games. Alisha also shares great advice for early Sports RD's that you won't want to miss! 

USOC Senior Sport Dietitian, Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics Alicia Glass is in her 10th year working for United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. She provides nutrition support and services at home and on the road during domestic and international travel for the USA Track and Field and USA Swimming National teams and athletes. Before that she spent time with and lent her expertise to the Winter Olympic Sports at the USOPC, and worked at US Anti-Doping Agency to educate athletes on the risks dietary supplement use and benefits of a fine-tuned nutrition plan. Glass holds a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and a master’s degree in public health nutrition from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Check out Team USA Nutrition Resources/Factsheets: https://www.teamusa.org/nutrition

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You can do hard things! Lindsay shares incredible advice to early sports dietitians, students and mentors! Lindsay talks all about her unique role working with a variety of athletes and shares the behind the scenes of fueling the USWNT at the Olympic Games in Tokyo!

Lindsay Langford is a Registered Dietitian and a board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. Lindsay received her Bachelor’s degree from University of Alabama and Masters from Louisiana Tech University.  Lindsay has been with Ascension St. Vincent Sports Performance (ASVSP) for 13 years working with athletes from middle school to the professional level.  Through ASVSP, she consults or has consulted with teams such as:  Indiana Pacers, Butler University, Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Fever and US Soccer Women’s National Team.  Lindsay is married with two young boys and enjoys all things outdoors, traveling and house projects (and Davids Buddah Blend Tea)

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Boundaries are Key! Kari Oliver talks all about the importance of setting boundaries, taking care of yourself, and finding out who you are outside of being a Sports RD. Kari also shares the behind the scenes of fueling professional hockey players!  

Kari Oliver joined the LA Kings Hockey Organization as the team’s first full-time sports dietitian in February of 2021.  Prior to beginning with the Kings, Kari spent five- and one-half years providing nutrition support to the Fighting Irish football team, among a multitude of other teams, at the University of Notre Dame.

As the Director of Sports Nutrition for Football, Kari coordinated all meals and snacks at home and away, oversaw Training Table, conducted body composition testing, provided nutrition counseling and education talks, coordinated cooking demos and grocery store tours, and provided medical nutrition therapy services to the Irish student-athletes.  Additionally, she served on the Athletics Supplement Committee.  One of her proudest accomplishments was developing a partnership with Cultivate Culinary, a local food rescue company, with a mission of providing balanced meals to the underserved and overlooked populations of Michiana.

Prior to working at Notre Dame, Oliver was a Lifestyle Educator at Kaiser Permanente for three and one- half years, educating and counseling those with physical limitations and various medical conditions on exercise and healthy living practices. She also completed sports nutrition internships at USC and Baylor.

Oliver received her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology with a Concentration of Exercise science from California Baptist University, and her master’s degree in Nutritional Science from California State University – Los Angeles. Rotations in her DI included Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, CA, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department men’s and women’s jails, and with USC Athletics.

Oliver was a four-year member of the CBU women’s volleyball team, playing libero and serving as captain her senior year. In her free time, Oliver enjoys seeking out coffee shop gems, being outdoors, playing volleyball, traveling, live theatre, baking, trying new restaurants and spending time with family and friends.

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1 Year of Sports RD Snippets! 

In this episode, I’ll be answering all your questions about the podcast! Meredith Price, the very first Sports RD guest on the show will be interviewing me this time around. Meredith asks me all about the behind the scenes, the hardest part about starting a podcast, and more! 

Thank you all so much for listening and spreading the word. I appreciate all your messages and feedback throughout this past year. Can't wait to bring on my upcoming guests heading into year 2! 

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The FIRST Panel Episode! 

We are talking all about the NCAA Food and Supplement History, including Deregulation! Amy Freel, Randy Bird, Allison Maurer, Leah Thomas and Caroline Mandel share the behind the scenes of what it was like fueling student-athletes before and after deregulation. You won’t want to miss the conversation with these veteran Sports RD’s. This episode will give you a new perspective and appreciation for our profession to better understand where it was, where it is, and where it's going. Each panelist shares invaluable advice for current and aspiring sports dietitians.  

Panelists:  

Amy Freel- Executive Director of CPSDA, founding member of CPSDA

Randy Bird: Director of Sports Nutrition at the University of Virginia, founding member of CPSDA

Allison Maurer: Director of Sports Nutrition and Fueling for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Caroline Mandel: Director of Sports Nutrition at University of Michigan

Leah Thomas: Assistant Athletic Director for Student- Athlete Development at Georgia Tech

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You can't hire a resume, you hire a person! Annie will inspire you to believe in yourself, ask for help when you need it, and remind you the importance of building relationships. Annie shares her unique experience as a sports dietitian in collegiate athletics and her transition into the supplement world!

Annie Hogan Lowry is currently the Director of Team Sales for Momentous. She began her career in sports nutrition while completing the coordinated program at Indiana State University.  While completing her RD and getting her master's in Applied Health Science, she worked as a team manager for football to get as much exposure to college football as possible.

Annie worked at the University of Tennessee as Allison Maurer's first paid assistant in 2013.  She then took the Director of Sports Nutrition at Baylor for two years.  Annie then moved to the Director of Sports Nutrition at Tulsa to begin the school's first Sports Nutrition program.

Lowry earned her bachelor’s degree in History, minoring in business administration from Western Kentucky University in 2006. She earned her master’s degree in applied health science from Indiana State University while completing the coordinated program in dietetics in 2012.

Annie has now landed in the sports supplement world as the Director of Team Sales for Momentous while she raises her 4 and 3-year-old boys while married to Calvin Lowry, the wide receivers coach at the University of Tulsa.

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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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Feel the fear and do it anyway! Jackie Barcal will inspire you to follow your passion and chase your Sports RD dream!

Jackie Barcal is the Head of Nutrition at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. In her role, she leads a team of dietitians who help maximize student-athlete performance by equipping them with the knowledge and resources to fuel themselves now and in the future. In addition working with middle and high schoolers, Jackie works with campers, collegiate & pro athletes as well as corporate groups. Jackie always knew she wanted to make an impact on high school athletes having not been exposed to nutrition information as a teenager.

Prior to IMG, Jackie attended the University of Wyoming where she was a Graduate Assistant in athletics while pursuing a masters. Before Wyoming, Jackie was a member of the inaugural Gatorade Sports Nutrition Immersion Program (SNIP) at the University of Alabama in 2013. Jackie was awarded the CPSDA Service Award at the annual conference in 2019 for her contributions and service to the field.

A native of California, her passion for sports nutrition emerged during her time competing in Division II softball at California State University, Stanislaus where she earned a bachelor’s in Business Administration Finance. She continued her education at CSU Sacramento earning a second bachelor’s degree in Dietetics and completed her dietetic internship at Fresno State.

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The VALUE of experience is key! Seb Zorn talks all about his role as Sports RD at the collegiate and pro levels, advice for students that want to work with football and he also shares his most cringe worthy sports RD moment! 

Sebastian co-founded the Cal Poly Sports Nutrition program while studying there for his undergrad. He then worked at Ohio State where he completed his masters while working with the ohio state football team for two years. He then did a fellowship with the Chicago Bears under Jenn Gibson. Following that he became a team sports dietitian for the university of Illinois and aided the team to their first bowl game in years. Sebastian is currently the Director of Football Nutrition at Stanford University. He is passionate about educating future sports dietitians, innovating into the future of the field, and supporting the development of world class athletes. He is interested in scaling individualized nutrition recommendations to optimize athlete nutrition.

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