Advisory Board Bios

Sandra Schlicker is the Associate Director for Clinical Nutrition and External Fundraising Affairs for the American Society for Nutrition (ASN). Until recently, she served as Executive Officer of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, which has merged with the ASN, the premier scientific society for nutritionists in medicine and the health sciences. Previously, she was a Senior Program Officer at the Food and Nutrition Board, a unit of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences from 1995 to 2002. In that capacity she was the study director for the several Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) reports and for the DRI Subcommittee on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients. In addition, she worked on Board activities related to the food safety and the Food Forum, which brings together food industry, academia and consumer officials with the FDA, USDA, and EPA.

Before joining the Food and Nutrition Board in 1995, Dr. Schlicker was Vice President of a Washington D.C. based consulting/research firm, which focused on public policy issues in the fields of agriculture, health and nutrition, energy, community economic development and education. She served as a lobbyist, media spokesperson, and nutrition consultant to food manufacturers and trade associations. She worked closely with several federal agencies and with the legislative branch on food and nutrition issues.

Sandy came to Washington in 1982 as a Reagan appointee to serve as the nutrition advisor to the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at USDA. She moved from Buffalo, NY where she was Vice President of NTC Foods Corporation, a manufacturer of frozen preplated school meals. She has also served as Head of Nutrition and Home Economics with Durkee Foods in Cleveland, OH. She began her career as an assistant professor of food and nutrition at Purdue University.

Dr. Schlicker is holds a B.S. in Science and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Food and Nutrition from Pennsylvania State University. An active member of the American Dietetic Association, American Society for Nutrition, and the Society for Nutrition Education, she has authored numerous nutrition articles in professional and consumer publications. In 2005, President Bush appointed Sandy to the Advisory Committee of the White House Conference on Aging. In addition, Washington DC Mayor Williams has appointed Sandy to his Commission on Food and Nutrition and his Commission on National and Community Service.