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May 2024 · Volume 14, Issue 5
a hearty send-off for our PEN Editor Heather Alaverdy!
Please join the PEN Team in offering a hearty send-off to our PEN Editor Heather Alaverdy. After 18 years, Heather has retired from her Dietitians of Canada position. She has been working as the PEN Editor since 2006 when she started as a part-time editor. Within three years, the position expanded to full time.
Heather has been part of every major evolution of PEN since the very beginning, leading thoughtful conversations, cheering on her colleagues and inspiring quality and consistency. It's truly hard to imagine the PEN System without her. That said, Heather is ready to step down and is excited for new adventures.
Heather noted: “I have been a dietitian and DC member for 36 years. I feel blessed to have been part of DC's journey, to have supported my profession and its members, and to have had the privilege of working with so many exceptional people. I am so proud of what has been accomplished to date and excited for the future. Being involved in the PEN initiative was amazing in so many ways. But throughout it all, it has been the culture of the PEN Team and the relationships that have mattered the most to me. As a DC member and PEN Team member alumni, I look forward to hearing about future accomplishments and celebrating future successes. And…spending more time on trails, a yoga mat and in my garden!”
Heather, we wish you all the best! You will be thoroughly missed by the PEN and DC Staff. In memory of our Beth, the PEN Team offers you this: “ Here’s to it and from it and if you get to it to do it, do it as you may never get to it to do it again.”
May 2024 ·
Volume 14
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