Dinner and a presentation on CAREER CHOICES begins at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22nd.

Speaker bios are below.

Renew your membership and register for the September meeting by September 8th and your name will be entered to win a $100 Fresh Direct gift certificate to be presented at the September meeting.

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Speaker Bios:

Christen C. Cooper, MS, RD, holds a Master's in Nutrition from Columbia University. She is founder of Cooper Nutrition, which provides culturally-competent nutrition education to a variety of businesses, schools, government agencies and individuals nationwide. She has worked for Today Show dietitian, Joy Bauer, and has experience in nutrition consulting, curriculum development, teaching and research. She is a regular contributor to Today’s Dietitian, and has contributed to Aging Well, NY Metro Parent, Livestrong.com, and other publications. She serves on the advisory board of www.superkidsnutrition.com, a website devoted to improving all aspects of children's nutrition. She is an ongoing nutrition consultant for the Office of the Attorney General of New York, Red Rabbit Lunchbox, Today's Dietitian, Provant Health Care, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Northern Westchester Hospital and other organizations.

Prior to her work as an RD, Ms. Cooper earned her Bachelor’s degrees, with honors, in History and Political Science at Wellesley College. She was awarded the Woodrow Wilson Prize in American Politics and received a Ford fellowship to study in Maastricht, the Netherlands. She also received a fellowship to study women’s health in Washington, D.C. and Brazil. After completing her undergraduate work, Ms. Cooper served as a women’s health advisor at the U.S. House of Representatives, and as a managing consultant specializing in health care at Kaiser Associates in Latin America and New York.

Maggie Moon, MS, RD - the corporate nutritionist for FreshDirect, develops ways to make it easy for customers to shop for and enjoy the healthy foods they crave. She is responsible for identifying good-for-you foods and making recommendations to customers to help meet their nutritional needs.

Additionally, she offers on-site counseling to customers as well as corporate participants in FreshDirect’s “Smart Eating at the Office” program, which offers tips to employees on how to eat and snack well on the job.

Maggie also works with our team of chefs to develop better-for-you options such as the Smart and Simple line of freshly prepared meals. You’ll also see her Nutritionist’s Pick each week within the President’s Picks list.

Outside of FreshDirect, Maggie Moon works as a nutrition writer and speaker. She combines her background in language arts with training in nutrition science to convey accurate evidence-based information to a range of audiences from researchers to consumers.

She  has written for or been quoted in consumer and trade media outlets, including Woman’s World, Big Apple Parent, Today’s Dietitian and IDEA Fitness Journal. She is an active member of and has served on the Executive Committee of the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition practice group of the American Dietetic Association, and will be serving as editor of the GNYDA newsletter starting fall of 2010.

She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and received her Master of Science degree in Nutrition Education from Columbia University. She completed her clinical training at New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell; and has community setting work experience from United Way of NYC, Columbia Head Start, and the Healthy Schools, Healthy Families program of the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian.