Meet the Dreamfields Advisory Board

Dreamfields has proudly assembled an impressive panel of nutrition, medical, scientific, and culinary experts for an Advisory Board that includes:

•  Roberta Duyff

•  Amy Hess-Fischl

•  Tami A. Ross

•  Jim Coleman

Roberta Duyff, MS, RD, FADA, CFCS (MO)

Nationally recognized media spokesperson, speaker, writer, and food industry/government consultant. Author of numerous consumer books, including the comprehensive American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide (third edition, 2006) and 365 Days of Healthy Eating from the American Dietetic Association (2004). Regular columnist in Today’s Health and Wellness magazine among others; regular appearances on national and regional TV including the CBS Early Show.

• Past National Chair, Food & Culinary Professionals/ADA; active with International Association of Culinary Professionals and Les Dames d’Escoffier.

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Amy Hess-Fischl, MS, RD, LDN, BC-ADM, CDE (IL)

Program coordinator for the teen and adolescent diabetes program at the University of Chicago’s Diabetes Center. Diabetes Care and Education (DCE) Dietetic Practice Group Newsletter Editor (2006 to 2007), Treasurer (2005 to 2006) and currently Diabetes Technology Task Force Chair. Author of Pediatric Diabetes: Health Care Reference and Client Education Handouts, and numerous medical journal articles.

• Spokesperson for a variety of healthy consumer food products; accomplished speaker and writer/reviewer on many topics related to diabetes self-management, healthy eating and diabetes technology.

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Tami A. Ross, RD, LD, CDE (KY)

Past chair (2005-2006) of the 6100 member Diabetes Care & Education Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association; currently serving a 3-year term on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Consultant to McNeil Nutritionals, a large internal medicine practice, among others. Author of 6 books (4 of them cookbooks).

• Writer/contributor to professional and lay publications (including a column in Diabetes
  Self-Management magazine).

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Chef Jim Coleman (PA)

Host of two national TV shows (on CN8): “Flavors of America,” which takes viewers on a culinary road trip around the country, and “Healthy Flavors,” which aligns with the American Dietetic Association and often features dietitians; host of the national radio show (on NPR) “A Chef’s Table.” Author of three cookbooks and a weekly Q&A syndicated column from The Philadelphia Daily News.

• Executive Chef at Normandy Farm and Coleman Restaurant in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania; formerly Executive Chef at The Great Wall Hotel in Beijing, China, and the five-diamond Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia. 
• Graduate of the Culinary Institute of America.

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