The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF) has announced the newly elected members of its board of directors and nominating committee. The eight new board members will join the current board of directors in advocating for self-operated health care foodservice beginning Aug. 1.

The newest members of the board of directors are:
  • President-elect: Patti Oliver, MS, RD, MBA, DHCFA, director of nutrition, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
  • Secretary: Joyce Scott-Smith, MS, RD, director of food & nutrition and dietetic internship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Shadyside, Pittsburgh
  • Treasurer-elect: Lisette Coston, MBA, RD, LD, director of nutrition and food services, Saint Francis Health System, Tulsa, Okla.
  • Director: Raquel Bulford-Frazier, MS, RD, LDN, CC, FHCFA, chief of nutrition and foodservice, Bruce W. Carter VAMC, Miami
  • Director: Dan Henroid, MS, RD, CP-FS, director of nutrition and food services, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
  • Director: Jacqueline Sikoski, MS, RD, LD, director of nutrition services, Bozeman Deaconess Hospital administrative director, Bozeman Diabetes Center, Bozeman, Mont.
  • Nominating committee member (2011 nominating committee): Mary Spicer, RD, LD, DHCFA, director of food, nutrition, conference and telecommunications services, Texas Health Presbyterian Plano, Plano, Texas
  • Nominating committee member (2011 nominating committee): Antoinette (Toni) Watkins, MS, RD, LD, director of food and nutrition services, The Medical Center of Plano, Plano, Texas