Value Enhanced Nutrition Assessment VENA in WIC

							                         VALUE ENHANCED NUTRITION ASSESSMENT IN WIC




              The First Step In
          Quality Nutrition Services




U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
   VALUE ENHANCED NUTRITION ASSESSMENT IN WIC



Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)/National WIC
Association (NWA) Value Enhanced Nutrition
Assessment (VENA) Workgroup
From the moment of its inception, VENA has been a collaborative effort. FNS
is grateful to all of the VENA workgroup members who contributed their time
and talent to the development of the VENA Guidance. Their unflagging
commitment to the VENA initiative and the WIC Program is inspiring -
because of them, WIC does make a difference.

Janet Allen, MA, RD, LD, Florida
Stephanie Bess, MS, RD, LD, Illinois
Mary Dallavalle, MS, RD, Maryland
Brenda Dobson, MS, RD, LD, Iowa
Denise Ferris, DrPH, RD, LD, West Virginia
Donna Hines, FNS/USDA - Headquarters
Doris Kuehn, MS, RD, LD, Washington, DC
Deborah T. Johnson, MS, RD, FNS/USDA - Southeast Region
Donna Johnson-Bailey, MPH, RD, FNS/USDA - Headquarters
Marta Kealey, RD, FNS/USDA - Headquarters
Susan Mayer, FNS/USDA - Southwest Region
Wendy McGrail, MPH, RD, California
Vee Ann Miller, MPH, FNS/USDA - Mountain Plains Region
Marilyn Myers, M.Ed, RD, CLE, FNS/USDA - Northeast Region
Lissa Y. Ong, MPH, RD, FNS/USDA - Western Region
Carol Peirce, MS, RD, CDN, New York
Cecilia Richardson, MS, RD, LD, NWA
Joyce Robertson RD/LD, PA-C, MHS, CADC, FNS/USDA - Midwest Region
Tihesha Salley, MS, FNS/USDA - Headquarters
Delores Stewart, MNS, RD, FNS/USDA - Mid-Atlantic Region
Carol Stiller, MS, RD, FNS/USDA - Headquarters
Shirley Sword, MS, RD, LDN, Pennsylvania
Robin Young, FNS/USDA - Headquarters

Former FNS/NWA VENA Workgroup Members
Sharla Jennings, MS, FNS/USDA - Headquarters
Misty Rains, RD, LD, Oklahoma
Debi Tipton, MS, RD, LD, Oklahoma
Connie Welch, MPH, RD, CD, Wisconsin
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