Bio
Kym has several years of industry food service experience as a Registered Dietitian. She currently works on the marketing team as a Non-Commercial Business Solutions Specialist at Gordon Food Service. In this role, she works with K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and healthcare organizations to help achieve business goals while meeting regulatory requirements and nutrition standards.
She serves on the Industry Advisory Board for ILSNA and prior to joining Gordon Food Service, she worked as a regional dietitian for Chartwells K12 Dining Services. She also spent part of her career working in sports nutrition as the Performance Dietitian for the Saint Louis University Athletic Department, as well as working in retail dietetics as a supermarket dietitian for the Midwestern supermarket chain, Hy-Vee.
Kym stays active in local and national nutrition and dietetics groups and organizations and is a member of the Chicago Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Additionally, she is a member of several practice groups, including the Food and Culinary Professionals, Dietetics in Health Care Communities, and the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition dietetic practice groups.
She received her Master of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition and Nutrition and Physical Performance from St. Louis University in 2017 and her Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics with a Food Science minor from Dominican University in 2003. She completed the supervised practice component of her dietetic internship with Iowa State University and Great River Medical Center in Burlington, Iowa.
Her research has been published in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness and she has earned the CDR Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management.