Nutrition, Senior Director
Meals on Wheels America, Virginia
Dr. Akobundu serves as the Senior Director of Nutrition Strategy at Meals on Wheels America where she leads the development and implementation of the Association’s strategy on nutrition and malnutrition. This work includes advancing a programmatic strategy to support and scale effective and inventive practices across Meals on Wheels America Members, that allow programs to continue to meet the evolving tailored nutrition needs of older adults. In addition, she works collaboratively at the national level to build knowledge and skills among nutrition and aging professionals in healthcare integration, business acumen development, program evaluation, and food service management arenas. Dr. Akobundu holds a Masters of Nutrition with a concentration in public health from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Doctorate in Nutrition from the University of Maryland, College Park. She received training in dietetics at Hunter College, New York, NY.
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