Karen Lacey

Karen Lacey completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in Foods and Nutrition from Valparaiso University, Valparaiso Indiana and her Masters of Science in Dietetics with an emphasis in Clinical Dietetics and Management from Mt. Mary College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She completed a Dietetic Internship at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ms. Lacey has been and remains very active with the national, state and local dietetic associations. She has served in the past as a board member of the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetic Education (CADE) and continues to be a Dietetic Program Reviewer. Karen is a former delegate from Wisconsin and has also chaired ADA’s Quality Management Committee. She was a member of the ADA’s Standardized Language Task Force and chaired the work group that developed the Nutrition Care Process and Model.

She has authored several articles including those published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Associatio and DPG Newsletters. She has also written a chapter in the textbook; Promoting Wellness; A Nurses Handbook. Her most recent publications include co-authoring the 2nd edition of the text: Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology and the third author in Medical Nutrition Therapy: A Case Study Approach, 3rd edition.

Karen is a frequent presenter to the American Dietetic Association, The Wisconsin Dietetic Association and several district and state dietetic associations as well as other organizations. She is the recipient of ADA's Outstanding Dietetic Educator Award for both Didactic Programs and Dietetic Internships from Area 2 as well as Wisconsin Dietetic Association’s State Medallion Award.