Texas
Lana Frantzen, M.S.
Dairy MAX, Inc.
Lana Frantzen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Texas in Austin and a Master of Science degree in nutrition from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. A member of the American Dietetic Association, Texas Dietetic Association, and San Antonio Dietetic Association, she currently is pursuing a doctoral degree in nutrition at Texas Woman’s University.
Lana previously worked at the University of Texas Medical Branch and the Social and Health Research Center in San Antonio. She specialized in pediatric and maternal nutrition as well as minority health.
Lana is Director of Communications for Dairy MAX and has been with the organization for eight years. She serves as a media communicator in several Texas markets. Lana has completed numerous television, radio and print interviews. As part of the Dairy MAX team, she is responsible for developing and implementing bilingual nutrition education programs for educators, health professionals, and consumer leaders in Texas.
Teresa Wagner, M.S., R.D., L.D.
Dairy MAX, Inc.
Teresa Wagner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics from Texas Christian University and a Master’s degree in nutrition from Texas Woman’s University. She is a registered and licensed dietitian. A member of the American Dietetic Association and the Texas Dietetic Association, she is on the Public Relations Committee. She is currently president of the Fort Worth Dietetic Association.
Teresa previously specialized in pediatric and neonatal nutrition in both hospital and community settings. Prior to Dairy Max, she had her own consulting business serving clients in diabetes management, fitness, computerized diet office systems and education. Teresa taught at the community college and university level for 10 years.
As part of the Dairy MAX staff she is responsible for developing and implementing nutrition education programs for educators, health professionals and consumer leaders in Texas. Additionally, she is responsible for reputation/crisis management communications for the Dairy Max region staff, producers and scientific advisory board.
As a supervisor, Teresa oversees these efforts in conjunction with her program coordinators in Dallas/Fort Worth, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Teresa has been involved in many community and charitable initiatives throughout the region she serves. Teresa also serves as a media communicator in the Oklahoma City and Dallas/Fort Worth markets. She will be assuming the media communicator role in Albuquerque and Santa Fe in 2005. Most recently, Teresa was selected as a National Media Ambassador by The National Dairy Council’s Dairy Management, Inc. She has completed multiple radio interviews, radio talk shows, newspaper interviews, television interviews and cooking demonstrations.
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