Montana Dietetic Internship - People
Program Staff
Anna Diffenderfer, MS, RDN
Director, Dietetic Internship, Operations & Sustainable Food Systems Focus
Lindsay Ganong, MS, RDN
Director, Graduate Education & Clinical Supervised Practice
The success of the Montana Dietetic Internship is dependent on the work and collaboration of many people across the state of Montana. The director and assistant directors are housed at Montana State University along with food and nutrition program faculty and staff. Beyond MSU, MDI preceptors work in facilities located in six different Montana regions and one Wyoming region in clinical, community and food service management. MDI also has an advisory board that includes MSU administrators, faculty, and preceptors representing different practice areas of dietetics.
Food and Nutrition Administrators and Faculty at MSU
- Jessi Peterson, MS, RDN, LN; DPD Director, Instructor, Food & Nutrition
- Jill Falcon Ramaker, PhD; Faculty & Buffalo Nations Food Systems Initiative Director
- Brianna Routh, PhD; Faculty;
Assistant Professor, Sustainable Foods, Nutrition, and Family and Consumer Sciences
Food & Family Extension Specialist
Graduate Program Leader in Sustainable Foods
- Emily Tomayko, PhD; Faculty
- Tricia Seifert, PhD; Professor and Dean, Education, Health and Human Development
- Dawn Tarabochia, PhD; Department Head, Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology
MDI Advisory Board 2021-24
The advisory board meets annually to review program mission, goals, outcomes, and evaluation data. Board members make recommendations related to improving and refining the program and its policies and procedures, based on information presented by the MDI program directors. Advisory board members include MSU program faculty and administrators, and MDI preceptors representing all areas of dietetic practice.
- Melody Anacker, MS, RD, LN; DPD Program Director, Asst Teaching Professor, Food and Nutrition
- Marcy Gaston, PhD, RD, LN; Asst Teaching Professor, Hospitality Management
- Colleen Miller Mickolio, MS, RD, LN; Pediatric Rep, Abbott Nutrition
- Sydney Obrecht Pickering, MS, RDN, CNSC, LN; Clinical Nutrition Supervisor, Providence St. Patrick Hospital
- Brittany Moats, RDN, LN; Clinical Dietitian, Billings Clinic
- Jenn Kane, RDN, LN, CLC; Public Health Nutritionist, Missoula Healthy Families
