Carolyn Suerth Hudson, RD, LD

Carolyn is a Health and Wellness Manager responsible for promoting programs like Fuel Up To Play 60 in schools and sharing nutrition education resources with health professionals. She is also a spokeswoman responsible for TV, radio and print interviews in major markets across Minnesota.  She has served on the editorial board for the National Dairy Council’s quarterly newsletter The Dairy Download and has been blogging on www.midwestdairy.com for the past three years. Carolyn works closely with schools, the nutrition and medical community throughout the state to educate health professionals, parents and children helping them establish lifelong habits of good nutrition and physical fitness. 

Carolyn is a graduate of Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and completed her dietetic internship at Toronto General Hospital. She has been a dietitian for more than 25 years in both the US and Canada.

Previous to joining Midwest Dairy, Carolyn was an independent nutrition consultant specializing in nutrient analysis. She developed databases and provided nutrient analysis for athletes competing in the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics and for well-known magazines including Canadian Living. She has been a food service director at small private institutions and at multi-site teaching hospitals with Marriot Corporation, Sodexo and Aramark. She served as the dietitian spokeswoman for a health care facility during the world’s first identified E. coli outbreak. Carolyn handled training, accreditation and quality assurance for 65 registered dietitians, served on the Board of Directors for the Dietitians of Canada and was instrumental in gaining licensure for dietitians’ in Ontario resulting in the formation of the College of Dietitians of Ontario.

She is currently the President for the Minnesota Dietetic Association and has served on the Board of Directors for the past 5 years. She is a member of the Corporate Advisory Council for the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, mentor for the University of Minnesota Nutrition Program, serves as an advisory council member for University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview Dietetic Internship program and an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Carolyn is the mother of two adult boys and is enjoying gardening and an active lifestyle of an empty nester. Check out her linkedin profile.

Contact:
651.487.4750
chudson@midwestdairy.com