Leslie Bonci, MPH, RDN, CSSD, LDN, FAND, is a registered dietitian, board certified specialist in sports dietetics and is the owner of Active Eating Advice - Be Fit, Fed, Fearless - a nutrition consulting company. She is also the co-founder of Performance365, a sports nutrition consulting company. She had a 31 year tenure in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Her company, Performance 365, provides sports nutrition services for high school, professional, and masters athletes and performance artists. She also works with industry as a spokesperson in an advisory capacity.

Leslie is the author of “Sport Nutrition for Coaches” and the American Dietetic Association’s “Guide to Better Digestion.” She’s the co-author of “Run Your Butt Off,” “Walk Your Butt Off,” the “Active Calorie Diet,” and “Bike Your Butt Off.” She has authored numerous chapters for sports medicine and sports nutrition manuals. Leslie participates in many podcasts and provides nutrition expertise for television, radio, and print outlets. She is an adjunct instructor at the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University and received her undergraduate degree in biopsychology from Vassar College, her master’s in public health from the University of Pittsburgh, and she completed her dietetic internship at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh. She was the director of sports nutrition at the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine for 16 years.

Nina Crowley, PhD, RDN, is a devoted advocate for improving communication, patient-centered care, and accessibility in obesity care. With a PhD in Health Psychology from Walden University, an MS in Health Care Policy and Management from SUNY Stony Brook, and a BS in Nutrition Science from Cornell University, Dr. Crowley began her career as a bariatric dietitian and later served as the program director for the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program at the Medical University of South Carolina. Currently, in her role as Director of Clinical Education and Partnerships for seca’s Medical Body Composition and Bioimpedance Analysis Division, she collaborates with healthcare providers to advance education on body composition analysis.

Dr. Crowley has significantly contributed to the field through publications, presentations, and media involvement focusing on obesity care, behavior change, policy and advocacy, and body composition.

Disclosures:

Nina Crowley, PhD, RDN, faculty for this educational event, has the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose: she is a speaker for Abbott Nutrition Health Institute (ANHI). All relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Leslie J. Bonci, MPH, RD, CSSD, LDN, FAND, faculty for this educational event, has the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose: she is on the Nutrition Expert Panel for Bayer USA. All relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

The planners for this educational event have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients.