Join Me in Congratulating our December 2011 Dietians of the Month, Katrina Butner and Jean Gutierrez!
Katrina Butner
Katrina Butner is currently a Prevention Science Fellow at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). She is involved with disseminating the key recommendations from the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans and serves as a liaison to the President?s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. She holds a PhD in Clinical Exercise Physiology and Nutrition from Virginia Tech and is a Registered Dietitian. She completed her dietetic internship at the National Institutes of Health and her BS from Saint Joseph?s University. She is certified through the American College of Sports Medicine as a Clinical Exercise Specialist and as a Certified Personal Trainer. She is in her third year serving on the board of the Clinical Exercise Physiology Association (CEPA), first as the Student Representative, currently as the Social Networking chair, and will assume the role of Marketing chair in June 2013. As the Potomac Post co-editor, she has enjoyed working with Jean Gutierrez to make substantial updates to the DCMADA newsletter to improve communications with DCMADA members. In her spare time, Katrina enjoys cooking, running half marathons, and cycling, both indoors and out.
Jean Gutierrez
Jean Gutierrez is currently Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at the George Washington University. She completed her BS in Nutritional Sciences & Dietetics at Cornell University, an MS in Nutrition Research and DI at SUNY Buffalo, and her PhD in Exercise, Nutrition and Preventive Health at Baylor University. Jean has served as a professional cooking instructor at Tops and Martins Cooking Schools (Amherst, NY & West Seneca, NY), nutrition coach for Division 1 Football, Basketball, & Soccer athletes, and has provided corporate nutrition and hands on cooking classes for United Health and Wellness, L-3 Communications, the Williamsville School District (NY), and Fisher-Price. Currently, Jean teaches undergraduate and graduate level nutrition courses at GWU and conducts research to prevent chronic diseases in collaboration with researchers at the USDA and Children’s National Medical Center. In her spare time, Jean enjoys cooking, making jewelry, refinishing vintage handbags, and lifting weights. Jean and her husband Jim are currently training for the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run.
