Dr. Lauri Wright, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND is the Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Director of the Center for Nutrition and Food Security and Co-Director of the Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition Program at the University of North Florida. Her specialties include food-insecure individuals, malnutrition, global nutrition and the nutritional needs of people with HIV/AIDS. Dr. Wright has consulted with seniors in the Meals on Wheels program, providing nutrition education and counseling. She formerly worked as a clinical dietitian at the Veterans Administration, providing medical nutrition therapy for veterans with chronic disease. Dr. Wright is President-Elect of the Academy, the 2021-2022 Past Speaker of the Academy’s House of Delegates and a member of the Academy’s Political Action Committee. She graduated from The Ohio State University, earned a master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University and a doctorate from the University of South Florida.