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• W1978199160 abstract "In electing Sara Clemen Parks, MBA, RD, as its 68th President, the members of The American Dietetic Association (ADA) should congratulate not only Sara on achieving the highest position a member can aspire to but also themselves on their insight in selecting a born leader, a woman of many talents. In Sara they have chosen a future-oriented professional who has served ADA with enthusiasm and dedication from the time she first qualified for membership. They have chosen an individual who is universally admired and respected by her students, her colleagues, her superiors, and those who have worked with her on the many professional committees, projects, and task forces on which she has participated. In today's vernacular, Sara is an “awesome lady.” To communicate to you the strengths and complexities of your new president is an awesome challenge. Sara was born in Dyersville, Iowa, a small town that is famous as the site of the movie Field of Dreams. Her mother was a nurse, and her father was a highly respected grocer. Although it was not customary for girls in the community to go to college, Sara's parents assumed that with their daughter's considerable talent, initiative, and intelligence, she would do so. Her mother discouraged Sara from following in her footsteps by showing her eighth-grade daughter the most mundane and the most traumatic aspects of a career in nursing, which was Sara's goal at the time. She directed Sara to a dedicated director of dietetics whose enthusiasm for her responsibilities caught Sara's fancy. Thus, the career of our incoming president was launched. Sara, who worked 40 hours a week to finance her college education, graduated from the University of Nebraska with a degree in Foods and Nutrition and a minor in Business Administration. After a dietetic internship at the prestigious Henry Ford Hospital, she was quickly recruited by St Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich. Three years later she was given full responsibility for the dietary department of a 425-bed hospital. For diversion she commuted 70 miles twice a week to Michigan State University, where she successfully completed an MBA program. About that time, Tom Powers, who had been Sara's mentor at Michigan State University, moved to Penn State University to head the Department of Food Service and Housing Administration. He needed a dynamic young person to provide leadership in the Administrative Dietetic Program; Sara was his obvious choice. Sara's contributions to Penn State, especially to the programs of dietetics and hotel and restaurant management, have been impressive. She has been an effective role model for undergraduate students, a career counselor for alumni and graduate students, and a superb classroom teacher whose success has been recognized by university awards for excellence in teaching and advising. Her university contributions have extended well beyond dietetics through her substantive involvement and leadership in the hotel and restaurant facets of the university. As Richard Benefield, a successful restaurateur and alumnus of the college, notes: “Sara is enormously popular. She is truly a public relations person. She has been the glue that has held together students, faculty, alumnae, and administration. It is amazing what one can accomplish when one doesn't expect the credit. Her focus has always been on education.” One of Sara's first major assignments as a new faculty member at Penn State was to develop a distance education program that would allow students who lived far from campus to further their education and careers by completing, largely by correspondence instruction, an academic program leading to a degree in dietetic food system management for dietetic technicians. This was the first step in a career ladder that could eventually lead to a bachelor's degree in dietetics. Dr Geraldine Piper of the US Public Health Service, recalls that Sara's initiative in defining the academic and practicum component and delineating the standards for accrediting the program was an innovative approach to meeting an urgent professional need. Ellen Barbrow, Janet Raytek, and, more recently, Bonnie Bakos, who have been an integral part of the team that Sara put together to develop, implement, and maintain this program, report watching her negotiate ways to meet standards, devise innovative ways to make students feel a part of the system, and make the program a reality. They maintain that the words “no,” “can't,” “too difficult,” or “impossible” have no place in Sara's vocabulary. To her they represent a challenge. Of her many honors, Sara is particularly proud of receiving ADA's Huddleson Award for her article “A marketing model: applications for dietetic professionals,” coauthored by Debra Moody, MBA, which appeared in the January 1986 issue of the Journal of The American Dietetic Association. The article reflects her focus in teaching and scholarship on marketing within the dietetics profession. Her scholarly pursuits include more than 30 professional publications, more than 100 presentations at scientific and professional meetings, and four independent learning courses. Although Tom Powers gets the credit for recruiting Sara to Penn State, Sara's husband, Henry Parks, a successful businessman, avid golfer, and sports enthusiast, gets credit for keeping her there by making the many opportunities his wife has had to move on to nonacademic positions less than attractive. Of Sara, Henry observes: “After 20 years, her warmth and enthusiasm still amaze me.” In spite of their incredibly busy schedules, Sara manages to support Henry's frequent golf games. (She does not compete with his single-digit handicap but enjoys the game.) They miss no home football games, and frequently attend tailgate parties on campuses across the country when the Nittany Lions are on the road. Of their marriage Sara says: “Henry and I have a ‘you, me, we’ philosophy to help guide our personal and career decisions. Although it is not grammatically correct, it is an approach to life and its major decisions that keeps both of us as individuals in proper perspective—reflecting on our ‘we’ needs has kept our marriage strong and exciting.” In talking to students, professionals, and colleagues who have interacted with Sara in her professional life, the following adjectives are heard over and over: understanding, helpful, caring, encouraging, creative, sincere, innovative, personal, professional, futuristic, supportive, insightful, and knowledgeable. Never are these qualities more evident than in her support of her family. Sara describes herself as “truly blessed” with two wonderful sisters, a brother-in-law, and a sister-in-law in addition to Henry's three children who have played an important role in her life. Her older brother, John, also played an enormous role in her life, and will be dearly missed. A former colleague, Aileen Konhauser, marvels at Sara's inexhaustible energy, which is epitomized by her current responsibilities. Sara is a faculty member in the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Recreation Management and an Associate Dean for the College of Health and Human Development; she is completing a doctoral dissertation in higher education with a marketing minor; and she continues to be involved with the Dietetic Extended Degree Program. All this is in addition to pursuing the all-encompassing responsibilities of ADA President. When Dean Anne Peterson needed an innovative associate dean to provide leadership for the programs of the College's Commonwealth Education System and for continuing professional program development, there was no doubt in her mind that Sara could best fill the bill. Under Sara's direction, the college's academic programs on 17 different campuses and $3 million in credit and noncredit continuing education courses are flourishing. Since her original appointment to the Dean's office, Sara added the responsibilities of the college's international programs. In these capacities she has served on three University-wide policy committees — continuing education, the commonwealth education system, and international programs. Sara's impact on undergraduate and graduate students is legend. Kimberly Ritchey, RD, speaks for many when she recalls Sara's ability, as both a mentor and a teacher, to make them feel significant, to share a sense of enthusiasm and excitement for the profession, and to urge them to be visionary in working toward their goals. The genuine affection and gratitude students have for Sara is reflected in the large number of students who seek her out to share their successes, to solicit support, or just to visit at professional meetings or return trips to campus. She is never too busy to share her time, insights, and dreams with students. David Miles, a Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management alumnus who is president of the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Alumni Association, regards Sara as “one who is willing to look at the nontraditional aspects of the profession blending it with a marketing approach.” He describes her as “a sincere individual who understands the concept of serving and who has the ability to move ahead and explore what seems to be impossible.” Although students feel privileged to have been in any of Sara's stimulating courses, she is most renowned for her “Futures” course, which Sara developed in 1975 under Tom Powers' guidance. Students study trends that will affect the hospitality and health care industries; assess what leaders in science, science fiction, government, and industry are predicting for the year 2010; and design projects to reflect these predictions. The course challenges students' creativity and calls for an integration of principles from many facets of their educational and work experience. Under Sara's tutelage students emerge with a sense of the excitement that awaits them in their professional lives. Recently, Sara became interested in the dilemma faced by the returning adult student. One such successful student, Helen Hintz, attributes her ability to persevere to Sara's counsel and encouragement. Hintz expressed her appreciation by establishing an endowment in honor of Sara's election as ADA President to provide financial support for returning adult students to qualify academically for positions in the food, nutrition, dietetics, or restaurant fields. Sara's colleague, Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD, notes Sara's exemplary relations with students and her remarkable vision about the needs and directions of the profession. With Sara's encouragement, Wayne Smutz, of the University's Program Planning and Evaluation Center, included dietetics in a Kellogg-funded project to develop an approach to continuing professional education. Sara and Penny were moving forces on an advisory team that developed self-assessment modules dietitians could use to evaluate their continuing education needs. The project has now advanced to the stage where the Commission on Dietetic Registration has expanded the original concept to include self-instructional modules in more than 20 practice areas. Besides her many and obvious personal qualities, Sara brings to the position of ADA President a wealth of experience and skill. Her marketing expertise and her financial management and problem-solving skills have already been evident within the Association as she contributed to the establishment of the National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics (NCND). She has served ADA as secretary-treasurer; as president and secretary of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, during which time the concept of the NCND was conceived; on the Board of Editors of the Journal; and as chair or member of almost all ADA committees. Those who have worked with her are unanimous in their praise of her leadership skills, dedication to the organization, and insistence that credit be given where credit is due. Audrey Wright believes that the Association and the Foundation, and especially their scholarship programs, have flourished as a result of Sara's contributions. She states that “Sara's constant pursuit of the concept of teamwork for the Association, its Foundation, and the Center was probably one of her greatest contributions to the membership of ADA.” Already, as president-elect, Sara has participated in ADA's efforts to see that nutrition services are an integral part of the nation's health plan. This is only a first step in implementing her 1993–1994 theme for ADA: “Challenging the Future: Shaping Food and Nutrition Choices for a Healthier America,” which combines her personal interest in futures study with ADA's Vision and Mission. Campaigning on the motto “We serve our profession best by serving others first,” Sara is a strong proponent of creating new opportunities for members to continue to be externally focused. She maintains that if we reach and serve our constituents, new career opportunities will open. On assuming the presidency, Sara reflects that ADA is now in the enviable position of being recognized for its nutrition, food, and foodservice expertise. Members are now serving in leadership roles in a wide range of related professional organizations. Our advice is being sought by government, industry, scientific organizations, physicians, allied health professionals, and many others. ADA has also developed a strong linkage to consumers through NCND. In just under 2 years they have responded to nearly half a million consumer calls about food and nutrition on the hot line. Sara's goal is for ADA to continue to strengthen its position in the marketplace. Sara is also sensitive to the rich heritage of ADA, and will build on its current strengths as she leads the association in preparing to assume a major role in meeting the nutrition-related health needs of the country in the 21st century. Susan Calvert Finn, PhD, RD, Sara's predecessor as president, views Sara as a visionary, an innovative educator, and a person in touch with the needs of members at the grassroots level. Margaret Simko, PhD, RD, of New Jersey Medical College, sums up our new president succinctly: “Sara Parks is an extraordinary person who inspires students and young professionals and makes them desire to achieve. She will bring to the presidency her skillful leadership style, which brings out the best in people. Her concern with strategic planning provides insights to look at the future while dealing with the present. She is a real implementer and can make things happen. Sara is warm, sensitive, and loyal and always has time for everyone.”" @default.
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