NDAS Alumni/Student Speed Networking Event
Sunday, March 22, 2015
10:00-11:00 a.m.
Faculty Staff Club, The Nittany Lion Inn
Alumni Bios
Madelyn Barrows `11
mhoover313@gmail.com
Madelyn is currently working in a clinical setting at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center. She works with patients in the hospital who need to improve their nutrition
for recovery from illness, primarily related to cardiovascular disease. She also serves as a
preceptor for the Penn State Dietetic Internship, which has allowed her to share her love for
teaching people about nutrition with future dietitians.
Sherry Bibawy `07
sbibawyy23@gmail.com
Sherry manages 4-10 offices in the Philadelphia Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program. She
trains and guides nutritionists as well as nutrition managers/supervisors. Sherry also works with
community programs within Philadelphia and explains the WIC Program to new residents of the
hospitals in the city.
Lily Hsu `79g
lily.hsu@mcphs.edu
Hsu is associate provost for academic affairs at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences, which has campuses in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, and
Manchester, New Hampshire. Hsu provides leadership for institutional effectiveness,
institutional research, outcomes assessment and faculty development. She also oversees and
coordinates assessment activities and directs the New Faculty Orientation Program and
Senior Faculty Fellows, a mentoring program for junior and mid-career faculty. Prior to
assuming her current role, she was assistant provost for academic affairs.
In addition to her degrees from Penn State, Hsu received an Ed.D. from Columbia
University's Teachers College in Health and Behavior Studies and Nutrition Education.
Jill Jayne `04
jill@jumpwithjill.com
Jill Jayne refers to herself as the country’s only “rockstar nutritionist.” She is the creator of
the live rock ‘n roll nutrition show “Jump with Jill,” the accompanying audio CD “Get Me
Goin,” and the teacher toolkit “Nutrition Rock Invasion.” She also casts and trains others to
perform “Jump with Jill” around the country. In addition to being an accomplished
musician, Jayne is a registered dietitian with a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and in theater
from Penn State and a master’s degree in nutrition education from Teachers College
Columbia University. Before becoming a professional “rockstar nutritionist,” she was a
writer, producer, and host of the nationally syndicated children’s nutrition news program
What’s in the News for PBS as well as a New York City public school teacher.
Susan Jennings `88
sjennings1200@msn.com
Susan graduated from Penn State in 1988 with a BS in Applied Nutrition degree and again in
1996 with her M. Ed. in Health Education. She is currently working as an Account Manager
in Corporate Relations with the American Cancer Society in the Pittsburgh office. This is a
new business development and relationship management position working with Fortune
1000 and prominent regional companies headquartered in western Pennsylvania. Corporate
engagement strategies include corporate philanthropy, employee engagement and
volunteerism, CEO engagement, cause marketing, co-branded education/messaging,
corporate wellness and grant requests to foundations. Susan spent more than 10 years as a
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative working for Abbvie/Abbott selling to Neurologists and
Psychiatrists, as well as with Endo Pharmaceuticals promoting pain management products to
various physician targets. Susan started in sales with an account support position with
Novartis Nutrition (now part of Nestle Health Sciences), and was promoted into a sales role
selling enteral products, pumps/supplies, and specialty therapeutic foods into hospitals and
LTC settings. Susan worked as a clinical dietitian for 8 years before getting into sales. She
attended the University of Kentucky for her dietetic internship (‘88-’89).
Barbara Kochanowski `79
bkochanowski@msn.com
Kochanowski is responsible for regulatory affairs activities, including cooperative programs
with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, ingredient safety, and dietary supplement
programs at CHPA. Prior to joining CHPA in 2009, Dr. Kochanowski worked for more than
23 years in R&D at The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), retiring in December 2008 as
director, Global Personal Health Care, Oral Care, and Feminine Care Product Safety and
Regulatory Affairs and Corporate Microbiology. She is experienced in pharmaceutical,
medical device, and dietary supplement regulatory affairs, Rx-to-OTC switch, product
safety, clinical research, and pharmacovigilance. Dr. Kochanowski is a member of the
American Society of Nutrition. She also serves on the board of directors of the American
Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.
Karen Weisen `77
kweisen@geisinger.edu
Karen Wiesen, MS, RD, LDN received her BS in Nutrition in 1977 from The Pennsylvania
State University and her MS in Clinical Dietetics in 1988 from St. Louis University. She has
been a clinical dietitian for 34 years with over 25 years of experience as a renal dietitian.
She is presently a renal dietitian and the inpatient dietitian supervisor at Geisinger Medical
Center in Danville, PA. She serves as a clinical preceptor in renal for the Geisinger dietetic
internship and past teaching experience includes intern preceptor at St Louis University,
Barnes Jewish Hospital and the St Louis VA Internships and guest faculty in renal nutrition
at St. Louis University in the School of Allied Health. Karen served as a past Chair of the
National Kidney Foundation Council on Renal Nutrition. She is co-editor of the 1st and 2nd
edition of A Clinical Guide to Nutrition Care in Kidney Disease and is a workgroup member
on the Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for Dietitians in
Nephrology. She received the Recognized Renal Dietitian Award in 2007 and the
Outstanding Service Award in 2013 from the National Kidney Foundation Council on Renal
Nutrition. She is a published author and invited speaker in the area of renal nutrition at the
national level.
Frances Wulf `98
fewulf13@gmail.com
Frances is currently working in Research and Development in the pharmaceutical industry
as a Project Director. She works on managing and oversight of clinical trials. Frances
worked her way up in her career starting in research at Penn State, then working with
patients and ultimately, a management position with various pharmaceutical companies. She
works with global teams and has traveled all over the world.