Mission

The DMA Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation established as a means for acquiring and distributing resources to support management and educational programs that enhance the knowledge, understanding and skills of DMA members, and benefit the clients that Dietary Managers serve.

Goals

Six goals have been selected in order to meet the DMA Foundation's mission. They are indeed ambitious in order to serve DMA members well into the 21st century:

To promote activities and programs that provide educational opportunities for DMA members.
To promote activities and programs that provide leadership training for DMA members.
To promote innovation and creativity in the field that will enhance dietary management.
To promote the development of materials that will assist the public in gaining current information about dietary management.
To promote programs that encourage collaboration and partnership in the field of dietary management.
To promote and enhance good nutrition in the homebound senior population through a meals program that is national in scope.

Contact

DMA Foundation
406 Surrey Woods Dr.
St. Charles, IL 60174

Tel: 800.323.1908
Fax: 630.587.6308

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Scholarships for attendance at the 2009 DMA Leadership Institute are available for Dietary Managers who are currently employed in a non-commercial foodservice workplace. Click here for the application (Word document) >>

Board & Advisors

Officers

Erma O'Neil, CDM, CFPP
Chair

Phillis Fletcher, CDM, CFPP
Immediate Past Chair

Vicky Kearney, CDM, CFPP
Secretary-Treasurer/DMA Board Liaison

Directors

Carolyn Cooper, CDM, CFPP

Kristi Salisbury, CDM, CFPP, RD

Sue Rinkenberger, CDM, CFPP

Tim Wayne
Vendor Liason to IAC

Ed Schneider
Vendor Liason to IAC

Bonnie Lonbaken, RD
Vendor Liaison to DMA Board of Directors

Marla Isaacs
Executive Director

Council of Advisors

Betty Beilstein

Ruth G. Boese

Mike Bowler, CDM, CFPP

Geneva Conway, CDM, CFPP

Deborah Dawson, CDM, CFPP

Doris Douglas, CDM, CFPP

Phyllis Ensor, CDM, CFPP

Linda Halverson, CDM, CFPP

Howard Kemp, Jr.

Maurice Latimer, CDM, CFPP

Howard Maxwell, CDM, CFPP

Nancy Rehmert

Virginia Stoner

Melodie M. Wilkey, CDM, CFPP

Shirley Williams, CDM, CFPP

Colleen Zenk, CDM, CFPP

Celebrate DMA's 50th Anniversary with a beautiful hard-bound cookbook containing favorite recipes of DMA members, vendors, staff, and friends! Pre-orders are now being accepted at a reduced price of $20! (Books ship in Fall 2009.)

Download your order form for the DMA Foundation 50th Anniversary Cookbook
today >>

Pre-order in the DMA Marketplace >>

Submit a recipe! Go to www.typensave.com
At Group Login, enter dma
For contributor password, enter 4d2wr
Enter your recipe!

Making Contributions

Who May Contribute

Individuals, corporations and other foundations may contribute tax deductible funds and other resources, such as training materials, computers and the like. The contributions can be given to support all programs or they can be earmarked for specific projects.

The board of trustees of the Foundation, which is made up of past national DMA officers and Directors-at-Large and co-chaired by the two most recent past DMA chairs, will approve all allocations of donations. The use of funds and acceptance of resources must be consistent with the Foundation's mission and goals and not in conflict with DMA's mission and goals.

The Foundation is an IRS 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization. Individuals and corporations may claim specified tax deductions. Contributions can be made to the Foundation by:

- Sending a check of any amount you choose.

- Designating gifts to honor loved ones and professional colleagues, living or deceased.

- Naming the Foundation in your will or as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy, or donating real estate or other real property.

DMA members may also make a donation to the DMA Foundation when they pay their dues online.

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