NANP Meeting
CCNH is proud to be a pioneer in the field of holistic nutrition education. Over the years, many other nutrition education programs have surfaced, each offering a different title or certification, thereby contributing to a growing fragmentation of the profession. By joining the newly renamed National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP), students and graduates of holistic nutrition programs from many schools can come together to take this profession to the next level.
The July 15, 2004 membership meeting of National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP) took place in Boulder, CO and featured a luscious, healthy buffet hosted by Clayton College. This was a stimulating, inspirational experience that offered a leisurely setting for networking with friends of CCNH and with NANP Executive Director Michele Chartier, Nancy Peregrine, NANP board member and CCNH student, Ed Bauman, NANP president, and about 10 CCNH students and graduates who attended the meeting.
The NANP’s mission is to unify and strengthen the profession while serving members and protecting consumers’ rights to choose. NANP memberships are available at the student, associate and professional levels. Those at the professional level will be eligible to sit for the national registration examination, projected to be completed by midyear 2005.
Upon passing the exam, the professional will be allowed to use a title that has yet to be determined; however, Michele informed us that the title will include the words “nutrition” and “registered.” Although the Advisory Council is still being created, the following experts in the field have agreed to serve on it: Char Leberer, Ed Bauman, Robert Crayhon, Gene Bruno and Wendy Arthur, M.D., CCNH Director of Complementary and Holistic Healthcare. Their goal is to convene the initial meeting of this Council in August and vote on the title.
Membership benefits range from personal to professional to political. Ed Bauman spoke of how NANP offers members the opportunity to share their individual knowledge and experience with other professionals. Membership meetings offer a forum for “stepping up” as leaders and educators in this profession, in preparation for reaching out into the larger community.
California formed a state chapter in 2001, and representatives from that group spoke at the meeting. They generously offered to mentor any groups in other states that wish to organize on the state level. Colorado attendees appeared ready to get started!
Michele voiced that NANP encourages members to be active by participating in meetings, serving on committees, publishing their work in the quarterly newsletter and staying abreast of legislation that impacts this profession. These activities foster and strengthen the individual as well as the community of nutrition professionals.
To see photos from the NANP meeting visit our online scrapbook. CCNH is proud to encourage membership in this organization for students and graduates. If you are interested in joining, please call or e-mail Michele Chartier at execdir@nanp.org or 800-342-8037.
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