The Executive Board of the Council for Pediatric Nutrition Professionals (CPNP)

Nicole Martin, RD, CSP, CD

President

Nicole has been practicing as a dietitian for over 10 years at Children’s Wisconsin, and her areas of interest include enteral nutrition support and CF. She has been involved with CPNP since 2016 and has had the honor of serving as the CPNP Media Chair before becoming President-elect and now President. As President, Nicole hopes to increase CPNP member engagement and support members in their professional development.


Brock Williams, PhD, RD, CNSC

President-elect

Brock is a Registered Dietitian and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). Over the past 10 years, he has worked as both a clinical and research dietitian at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids; Toronto), and at BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver) in areas such as Translational Medicine, Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Nutrition, and Allergy. His major clinical and research interests lie in micronutrients and childhood feeding (human milk feeding, complementary feeding and the prevention and treatment of food allergy). Brock has served as the Research Chair on the CPNP Executive Committee, and in the role of President-elect, Brock hopes to support professional development opportunities for CPNP members.


Venus S. Kalami, MNSP, RD, CSP

Secretary Treasurer

Venus [ven-oos] is a board-certified pediatric dietitian nutritionist and advocate-at-heart for culturally, socioeconomically, and weight-inclusive nutrition. With training from Tufts, Stanford, and FARE, she subspecializes in empowering children of all ages with digestive and allergic conditions to live the fullest lives, by building positive relationships with food and their bodies. Through her passion for food, psychology, and cultural humility, her unique and individualized perspective on nutrition has been featured on media outlets such as CBS KPIX-5, Good Morning America, VeryWell Health, Motherly, Health Talks, Insider, The Conversation, and Health Professional Radio, as well as professional conferences.


Nicole Misner, MS, RDN

Research Chair

Nikki works as an outpatient dietitian at USF Health in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. She has been practicing as a registered dietitian specializing in gastroenterology for 5 years and works with children with a wide variety of GI conditions. Nikki was awarded the 2022 NASPGHAN Foundation/CPNP Nutrition Research Grant. Nikki served as Media Chair from 2022-2024 and led the marketing for Nutrition Pearls: The Pediatric GI Nutrition Podcast.


Megan Murphy, RD

Clinical Practice Chair

Megan works at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. She’s been a dietitian for over 13 years, and has worked in both adult and pediatric care, in hospitals, clinics and various community settings. She holds a Certificate of Training in Pediatric Food Allergy, and currently works exclusively in GI clinics, covering everything from General GIto Celiac, EOE/food allergies, IBD, and liver disease patients.


Michelle Yavelow, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, CSP

Communications Chair

Michelle works as an outpatient dietitian in the USF Health Pediatrics Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. She is also the USF Health Pediatric Pulmonary Cystic Fibrosis dietitian. She has been practicing as a registered dietitian in pediatrics for 4 years. Michelle has special interests in nutrition support, infant growth, and managing nutrition in patients with cystic fibrosis on highly effective modulator therapy. Michelle serves on the NASPGHAN Public Education committee and has contributed to the CPNP newsletter.


Elizabeth (Lisa) Cooley, MS, RD, LD, CNSC

Media Chair

For the past 5 years, Lisa has worked at Riley Children’s Health in outpatient gastroenterology. While it was her own journey with IBS and success with the FODMAP diet that drew her to GI, she has developed a love for working with the intestinal rehabilitation and aerodigestive patients. Her interest in nutrition support led her to obtaining her CNSC in the Fall of 2023. Lisa welcomes the opportunity to further her involvement with CPNP.


Tamara Sims-Dorway, RD, CSP, LS/N

Program Chair

Tamara is an experienced Registered Dietitian who is a board-certified specialist in pediatric nutrition. She is an integral part of the multidisciplinary team at the Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition at Arnold Palmer Hospital, where she provides comprehensive nutritional care for children and families facing a range of GI challenges. She has previously served on the CPNP planning committee for NASPGHAN and was the communications co-chair for POWER (Pediatric Obesity Weight Evaluation Registry).  She enjoys volunteering in her community and spending time with her family.


Abigail Lundin, MS, RD

Past President

Abigail has been working at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland for over 10 years in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She works in a clinical role, specializing in pediatric GI, including IBD and feeding disorders.  She has been a member of CPNP since its first year and hasn't missed an Annual Conference for  a decade! She served as the CPNP Media Chair prior to becoming President-Elect and then President.

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