NKF Council on Renal Nutrition

Executive Committee

Feel free to contact your Region Representative or any other NKF-CRN Executive Committee member at any time to offer your ideas, to volunteer for a special project, or whenever you need additional information.

Read the CRN Rules & Regulations.

Chair Matilde Ladnier, RD, LD, MBA
(281) 277-0692
matilde.ladnier@davita.com
Chair-Elect Nikki Nygren, RD, CD
(206) 799-7273
nikki.nygren@nwkidney.org
Immediate Past Chair
 
Karen Greathouse, RD
(313) 575-8503
greatkar@med.umich.edu
Publications Chair
Elizabeth J. Sussman-Dabach, PhD, RD, FCRS
(818)-677-4693
SCM Program Chair Brittany Sparks, RDN, CSR
(916) 300-6904
info@nutritionbybrittany.com
SCM Program Co-Chair
Melissa Young, MS, RDN, CSR, LD, CLC
(470) 206-8240
Determine your region representative  
Marisol Kramer, RD, LDN
Region I Representative/Patient & Public Education Chair

mkramer@plrenal.com
Ann Pittaoulis, RD, LDN 
Region I Alternate Representative

apittaoulis@mail.com

Toni DeVane, MS, RDN, CSR, LDN, CNSC
Region II Representative/Awards Chair
(910) 862-1017
tdevane@pentechealth.com

Ruba Jibreen, MS, RD, CSR, LD, MBA
Region II Alternate Representative
(770) 608-5129
rjibreen@hotmail.com
Jennifer Bazzanella, RDN, CD, MBA
Region III Representative

jennifer.bazzanella@fmc-na.com
Michelle Adams, MS, RD, CSR, LD 
Region III Alternate Representative

michelle.adamsrd@gmail.com
Carol Lim, RD, LD
Region IV Representative/Membership Chair 
clim2002@hotmail.com
Shannon Bares, RD, CSR, LD
Region IV Alternate Representative 
(414) 403-0501
shannon.bares@usrenalcare.com
Sara Prato, MS, RDN 
Region V Representative/Research, Professional Education Chair 

sarap@pskc.net
Julius Navarro, RDN, CSR, CNSC, LD 
Region V Alternate Representative

juliusnavarro.rd@gmail.com
 

Mission Statement

The NKF Council on Renal Nutrition (CRN) functions as a professional council within the framework of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and networks with other organizations to support the National Kidney Foundation's goal of making lives better for those with chronic kidney disease through education, outreach and research in the field of nutrition as it pertains to prevention, eradication and treatment of kidney and urologic diseases.