Phyllis B Acosta Lifetime Achievement Award
Laurie Bernstein, MS, RD, FADA, FAND

• Professor Emerita, Children's Hospital of Colorado, School of Medicine- Department of Pediatrics

• Director, Inherited Metabolic Disease Nutrition Department

• Founding Member, GMDI

• Co-Managing Partner, MetEd

• Co-Founder Metabolic University

• Co-author of Penny the Penguin Has PKU , Setting Up Your Low Protein Kitchen, Max the Monkey has MCADD, Stepping Up Your Protein Intake and many educational modules for families with inborn errors of metabolism.

• Co-editor and author. Nutrition Management of Inherited Metabolic Diseases: Lessons from Metabolic University (2015, 2022)

• Author of multiple peer-reviewed articles and book chapters

• Multiple abstracts and oral presentations

• ADA Creative Nutrition Education Award (1997, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2013)

Emerging Leader Award
Jessica Kopesky, MS, RD, CD, CLD

• BS, Dietetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2023
• MS Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, 2017
• Clinical Dietitian Specialist, Children’s Wisconsin
• Co-Chair GMDI ad hoc Committee on Mentorship (2022-present
• Co-chair GMDI Technology Committee (2019-2022)
• Member GMDI Technology Committee (2011-present)
• GMDI/SERN ad hoc Nutritional Guidelines workgroup for UCD ( 2022-present)
• GMDI/NCC Metabolic Dietitian Workforce Workgroup (2022-present)
• Multiple professional oral and poster presentations and workshops

Pacesetter Award
Lindsay Ryan, MS, RD, LD

• BS, Nutrition Dietetics, Auburn University 2017
• MS, Health Sciences, Georgia State University, 2018
• Post Masters Clinical Research Dietitian Fellowship, Dept. Human Genetics, Emory University (2019-2021)
• Genetic Metabolic Clinical & Research Dietitian II, Education & Training Coordinator, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Aug 2021-present
• Co-Chair, GMDI Education Committee (2023-present
• Genetic Nutrition ECHO Traineeship Facilitator, 2020-present
• GMDI/SERN PKU Guidelines Pegvaliase Update, Delphi 2 Contributor and Evidence Analyst
• Multiple professional presentations and posters
• Co-Investigator Georgia CTSA 1-3 Education Award
• Research Dietitian for multiple studies

2022 Leadership Award Recipients

2021 Leadership Award Recipients

2020 Leadership Award Recipients