Reality Coalition Chairs

The Reality Coalition is an independent group of obesity and nutrition experts led by three chairpersons:

	George L. Blackburn , MD, PhD Harvard Medical School
	Louis J. Aronne , MD Weill-Cornell Medical College
	MRC Greenwood, PhD University of California-Davis

The Reality Coalition chairs are responsible for setting priorities and directing implementation of the Coalition’s strategic plan.

Reality Coalition Members

The Reality Coalition Core Panel includes the following members:

• Valentine Burroughs, MD, MBA
  Catholic Health Care Services
  
  
• Susan Cummings, MS, RD, LDN
  Massachusetts General Hospital
  
  
• Morgan Downey, JD
  Obesity Specialist
  
  
• Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD
  Tufts University
  
  
• Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, CNS
  University of Pittsburgh
  
  
• Arthur Frank, MD
  George Washington University
  
  
• Gary Foster, PhD
  Temple University
  
  
• Barbara Moore, PhD
  Shape Up America!
  
  
• Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH
  Harvard School of Public Health
  
  
• Judith S. Stern, ScD
  University of California-Davis
  
  
• Anne Wolf, MS, RD
  Anne Wolf and Associates
  

Since 2007, the following groups have appointed individuals from their organizations to join the Reality Coalition as it expands:

• America on the Move
  
  
  
• American Dietetic Association
  
  
  
• American Pharmacists Association
  
  
  
• The Obesity Society
  
  
  
• National Consumers League
  
  
  
• Shaping America’s Health