Planning/Advisory Committee

Course Directors

Joseph E. Donnelly, EdD, FACSM

Professor and Director, Energy Balance Laboratory and The Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management, Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence Kansas

Debra K. Sullivan, PhD, RD,

Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City Kansas

Committee Members

Merlin G. Butler, MD, PhD, FFACMG

Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City Kansas

Bill Frick

Associate Superintendent, Shawnee Mission School District, Shawnee Mission Kansas

Mary Gambino, PhD, RN

Assistant Dean for Community Affairs, Director of Nursing Continuing Education, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City Kansas

Keith A. Gary, PhD

Director of Program Development, Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, Kansas City Missouri

K. Allen A. Greiner, MD, MPH

Director of Research, Family Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City Kansas

Kimberly Johnson, MSE

Conference Coordinator, Energy Balance Laboratory and The Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management, Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence Kansas

Allison Koonce, MS, CHES

Coordinated School Health Program Manager, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka Kansas

Joseph L. Kyner, MD

Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education, University of Kansas Medical Center, Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City Kansas

Marti Macchi, MEd

Director of Special Studies, Office of Health Promotion, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka Kansas

Karen McDonald, MPA

YMCA of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City Missouri

Paula Murrish

Director of Food Services, USD497 Lawrence Public Schools, Lawrence Kansas

Geetha Raghuveer, MD, MPH

Cardiologist, Children's Mercy Hospital, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City Missouri

Kim Sanders

Sr. Program Manager, Office Manager, University of Kansas Medical Center, Continuing Education, Kansas City Kansas

Debbie Sosland-Edelman, PhD

Executive Director, Sosland Foundation, Kansas City Missouri

Mark Thompson, PhD

Project Director, Coordinated School Health, Kansas Department of Education, Child Nutrition & Wellness, Topeka Kansas