Diane is a great example of what it is to be a dietitian. She is passionate, innovative, creative, and dedicated to promoting the profession, providing the highest quality care to her patients or clients, and educating the nutrition professionals who are coming up behind her. She works with a variety of populations from students to steel industry workers, long term and palliative care to business executives. She is dynamic and flexible in her approach to educating her clients as well. Diane is truly an advocate for the profession and highly deserving of Registered Dietitian of the Year.