CDR National Election

THE 2025 NATIONAL ELECTION  

The candidates for the Commission on Dietetic Registration 2025 National Ballot. 

The candidates were chosen from many excellent nominees by carefully reviewing skills, leadership, and professional experience to select the best qualified, forward-thinking credentialed practitioners for leading the Commission. CDR is committed to meeting the professional needs of credentialed practitioners and their employers and to protect the public.

The election will be February 1-15, 2025.  

CDR Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)

• Chimene Castor, PhD, RDN, LDN (TX)
• Jennifer Bathgate, DCN, RD, CSP, LDN (IL) 
• Josephine Ledda, RD (NY)
• Kristin Gustashaw, MS RDN CSG LDN (IL) 
• Roniece Weaver, MS, RD, LD (FL)
• Sean Paladini, MS, RD, CSR (UT)

CDR Nominating Committee Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)

• Jacob Fischer, RDN, CSG (CA)
• June Thompson, MS, RD, LDN, FAND (NC)

CDR Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered (NDTR)

• ShLanda Burton, BS, NDTR (NC)
• Taylor Ellison, MS, NDTR (GA)

Election References:

• Campaign Rules
• Ballot Petition Rules
• Position Description/Qualifications and Skill Sets