Montana Dietetic Internship - People
Program Staff
Anna Diffenderfer, MS, RDN, LN
Co-Director, MDI / Operations & Sustainable Food Systems Focus
Lindsay Ganong, MS, RDN, LN
Co-Director, MDI / 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 directors and assistant director are housed at Montana State University along with food and nutrition program faculty and staff. Beyond MSU, MDI preceptors work in facilities located in Montana 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.
MDI Advisory Board 2021-25
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.
Food and Nutrition Administrators and Faculty at MSU
- Jessi Peterson, MS, RDN, LN; DPD Director, Instructor, Food & Nutrition
- Emily Tomayko, PhD; Faculty
- Tricia Seifert, PhD; Professor and Dean, Education, Health and Human Development
- Dawn Tarabochia, PhD; Department Head, Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology
Professional Community Advisory Board Members
- Coleen R. Kaiser, MS, RDN, LN; MSU DPD Advisory Board; MSU Hospitality Advisory Board, Director, Hospitality Prorgram
- Colleen Miller Mickolio, MS, RD, LN; Pediatric Rep, Abbott Nutrition
- Sydney Pickering, MS, RDN, CNSC, LN; Clinical Nutrition Supervisor, Providence St. Patrick Hospital,
- Kristen Pfannuller, RD, LN, Bozeman School District #7, Food Service Management
- Kate Monger, RDN - RiverStone Health, WIC/Family Health Services Program Manager, Community Nutrition
