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African Heritage & Health Advisory Committee
Oldways brought together a team of experts to help develop the African Heritage Diet Pyramid. This committee includes culinary historians, nutrition scientists, and public health experts, each focused on African descendant health and history. These advisors were essential to the creation of the African Heritage Diet Pyramid, and they continue to offer their expertise with the African Heritage & Health programs. Oldways thanks each one of them.
Oldways thanks the Walmart Foundation for its support of the African Heritage & Health program.
Constance Brown-Riggs, MSEd, RD, CDE, CDN
ADA National Spokesperson, Author
Constance is an award winning registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator, national spokesperson for the American...
Angela Ginn-Meadow, RD, LDN, CDE
Fit4D Nutrition Coach
Angela works as an education coordinator/nutrition diabetes educator at the University of Maryland Center for Diabetes...
Allan J. Johnson, PhD
Associate Dean, Professor and Chairman, Howard University
Dr. Allan Johnson is Associate Dean of the Division of Allied Health Sciences in the College of Pharmacy, Nursing and...
Robert Hall, PhD
Associate Professor of African American Studies and History, Northeastern University
Robert L. Hall has been an Associate Professor of African-American Studies at Northeastern University since 1989. Among...
Jessica B. Harris, PhD
Cookbook Author, Professor, Queens College, CUNY
Educator and culinary historian Jessica Harris is the author of twelve cookbooks documenting the foods and foodways of...
Kristie Lancaster, PhD
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Steinhart School of Culture, Education and Human Development, NYU
As a Professor of Nutrition and registered dietitian, Dr. Lancaster’s research centers on the role of nutrition in...
Vivien Morris, MS, RD, MPH, LDN
Dietician, Director of Community Initiatives for the NFL Program,
Boston Medical Center
Vivien Morris is the Director of Community Initiatives for the NFL Program (Nutrition & Fitness for Life). She...
Frederick Douglass Opie, PhD
Author, Professor of History and Foodways, Babson College
Frederick Douglass Opie lectures and writes about labor, culture, and foodways. He is the author of three books...
Tambra Raye Stevenson
Food Justice Advocate, NativSol
Washington, DC
Tambra Raye Stevenson is an inspiring speaker, writer, and food justice advocate. The award-winning Tufts-trained...
Toni Tipton-Martin
Journalist, Founder of SANDE, Community Activist
Toni Tipton-Martin is a culinary journalist and community activist who, after 30 years of teaching cooking and...
Katherine Tucker, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Health Sciences
Northeastern University
Dr. Tucker is currently a member of the American Society for Nutrition executive board of directors, as chair of the...
Gail Pettiford Willett
Nutrition and Health Coach
Gail Pettiford Willett, a board member for South African Partners, has worked in the human services field for 30 years...
Walter Willett, MD, DrPH
Chair and Frederick J. Stare Professor, Department of Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Willett is a renowned physician, nutrition researcher, and Chair of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard...
Akua Woolbright, PhD
Senior Healthy Eating and Wellness Educator, Whole Foods Market
With a Ph.D. in Nutritional Science and an MA in Sociology, Akua has been a strong embassador for community health...
Sara Baer-Sinnott
President, Oldways
Sara has been an instrumental figure at Oldways since its early days, joining the staff in 1992 to work on one of the...
Sarah Dwyer
Program Manager, African Heritage & Health
Sarah joined Oldways in 2011 and quickly became Program Manager for our African Heritage & Health Program. Growing...
Oldways thanks the Walmart Foundation for making possible the development of the African Heritage Diet Pyramid through its grant support.
