Mary Lee Chin

Communications Specialist

Mary Lee Chin MS., RD, is a registered dietitian specializing in health communications. She is regularly consulted by local and national media on nutrition trends and significant health and food issues. Her interviews include the New York Times, USA Today, Associated Press, CNN, and television and radio affiliates nationwide. Her company, Nutrition Edge Communications consults on public relations health initiatives, and she is a corporate food consultant, working to discuss news about controversial health and nutrition issues.

Experienced in nutrition, diet and health communications, Mary Lee speaks to businesses, professional groups, and opinion leader organizations; and serves as an expert witness on food and health related issues in federal and legislative hearings. Based on this far-reaching experience, she also provides platform, communications and on-camera media training for health professionals.

She is on the Advisory Board at the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC); the American Council on Nutrition and Fitness; and the Community Health & Nutrition Program at University of Northern Colorado. Mary Lee formerly held a six-year term as a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.

Chin works with Children's Health Foundation to ensure that our communications efforts are based on the latest, most important research.