Name and credentials: Danni Gheleva, PhD, RDN, CD
Email: danni@nutritionpnw.com
Topics of expertise: healthy eating principles, functional and integrative nutrition (how lifestyle affects food choices and disease risk), metabolism, plant-based diets, dietary fiber, the Mediterranean diet, wellness promotion, chronic disease prevention, sports nutrition, nutrition for fertility and pregnancy and during different life stages (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood), women’s health, teaching kitchens, eating on a budget, healthy cooking, food policy, spirituality and food, and more
Bio:
Dr. Gheleva has been a nutrition professional for over 25 years. Along with her passion for all things food and sustainable eating, she has deep knowledge of nutrient metabolism, nutrition therapy for chronic cardiometabolic and neurodegenerative disease prevention and management, as well as nutrition and wellness for active people throughout the lifecycle.
She holds a BS in Nutrition & Dietetics from Texas Christian University and a Doctorate in Human Nutrition from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She has taught nutrition at the college level for 18 years and worked as a nutrition scientist with a major food company for 4 years. She has led experiential learning experiences in Mediterranean food culture and sustainable food production in Italy, was a visiting scholar at the Mediterranean Diet Foundation in Spain and was the founder of the first college-based Teaching (Community) Kitchen in Washington state. As a nutrition coach, therapist, and educator/presenter, she is rooted in science, application-focused, and client-centered, and is also informed by her diverse background, cross-cultural experiences, and immigrant perspective. She believes food is medicine and loves to help others experience the power of food to transform.
Danni is the owner of Kaleidoscope Nutrition: www.nutritionpnw.com
Name and credentials: Christy Goff, MS, RDN, CD, CDCES, RYT200
Email: Cgoff35@gmail.com
Topics of expertise: General nutrition topics (meal planning, debunking diets, food & mood connection), disease prevention classes (brain & heart health, cancer prevention, osteoporosis, nutrition for the immune system) and many more
Christy Goff is a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified diabetes educator, and yoga instructor. She graduated with a masters from Bastyr University and has since worked in various settings including as an outpatient diabetes and nutrition educator, a clinical dietitian, as a dietitian with the federal program for women, infants and children (WIC). Currently, she splits her time between working at the Nintendo campus health clinic, a dietitian at Pacific Medical Centers and a prenatal/postnatal yoga instructor. Christy enjoys working with the media with previous interviews by Q13 Fox and King5, leading numerous cooking classes at Verdant Health, and presenting at local companies and community centers around the Puget Sound area. Additionally, she is a past president of the Greater Seattle Dietetic Association and enjoys leadership roles. No matter her job title, she helps clients start on a journey to solve their health goals through counseling, webinars, and general community education. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her husband and toddler, hiking, yoga, cooking, photography and traveling.
Name and credentials: Ginger Hultin MS RDN
Email gingerhultin@gmail.com
Topics of expertise: plant-based diets, healthy cooking demos and meal prep, integrative health (topics on supporting the immune system, nutrigenomics, balanced diets, food and mood), lowering inflammation through diet; cancer treatment, risk reduction and oncology-related topics
Ginger Hultin is a Seattle-based Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and owner of the concierge, virtual nutrition practice Ginger Hultin Nutrition where she helps clients with complex health conditions through an integrative approach. She specializes in anti-inflammatory diets for integrative oncology nutrition, people with gastrointestinal disease, and autoimmune issues. Ginger serves as adjunct clinical faculty at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health in Seattle and has authored two nutrition books: Anti-Inflammatory Diet Meal Prep and the How to Eat to Beat Disease Cookbook. She is a graduate of the University of Washington and Bastyr University and is currently pursuing her doctorate of clinical nutrition at the University of North Florida.
Contact me for speaking engagements here: https://gingerhultinnutrition.com/speaking-and-media/#speakingform
Ginger has spoken about nutrition and health around the country as well as internationally to large audiences. She enjoys bringing energy, humor and storytelling to her presentations, creating an interactive and engaging experience for the audience. Deeply evidence-based, she is able to speak to audiences with varied backgrounds, bringing people together through open-mindedness and inclusion.
Ginger currently serves as adjunct clinical faculty at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health teaching master’s level nutrition students. She is a Vice-Chair for the Member and Student Advisory Committee at the Academy, President of the Seattle Dietetic Association, past President for the Chicago Academy and past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group. She was awarded Emerging Dietetic Leader in Washington, 2020.