Awards

Each year DCMAND recognizes many esteemed members through our awards program. Winners are announced each spring at the DC MAND Annual Meeting (which usually takes place in April or early May).

Click the name of the award to find out more information. Applications for awards open no later than February 1st. Application deadlines will also be announced at that time (approximately mid-March).

The 2025 award applications are now open. The application deadline for each award is Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Ann Litt Graduate Student Award

Cindy Reeser Undergraduate DPD/Dietetic Intern Award

Emerging Dietetic Leader Award

Outstanding Dietetics Student Awards

The purpose of the Outstanding Dietetics Student Award program is to recognize the emerging leadership and achievement of students in ACEND-accredited dietetics education programs and encourage their participation in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. A student from each type of education program within a state will be selected by each state association (a maximum of six per state).

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Outstanding Dietitian of the Year Award

Outstanding Preceptor of the Year Award

Recognized Dietetic Technician of the Year Award

Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year Award

The purpose of the Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award is to recognize the competence and activities of younger dietitians in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and to encourage their continued participation in association affairs. This group will be an additional resource from which the leadership of the association will develop both at the district, state, and national levels.

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Congratulations to the 2023 DCMAND Award Recipients!

Emerging Dietetic Leader

Christina Badaracco, MPH, RD, LDN

Cindy Reeser Undergraduate DPD/Dietetic Intern

Audie Spear

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year

Charmaine C. Jones, MS, RDN, LDN

Outstanding Dietetics Student

Gwyneth Hadasa