Anne L. Geissinger
Anne L. Geissinger
Anne L. Geissinger
Geissinger
anne.geissinger@gmail.com +971 050 824-7710 PO Box 903, New York, NY 10276
Founder; Saadiyat & Healthy Living Facebook Group; Abu Dhabi, UAE; 2016-2018
Founded group to provide forum for residents in pursuit of health and fitness
Guided 15 tours of local port to facilitate purchasing of fresh fruits and vegetables
Reviewed and reported on 10-15 local exercise classes and events per semester
Founder and Coordinator; Plant-a-Row for the Hungry, Grinnell, IA; 2004-2006
Started local chapter of national program that calls on gardeners and farmers to plant, harvest, and donate
extra produce to people who are hungry
Coordinated collection efforts; recruited and trained 15 volunteers; hired, trained and supervised an intern;
evaluated and reported on program
Applied for and received $2,000 in local funding
Acting Assistant Director for Academic Administration; Office of Academic Administration, NYUAD
Abu Dhabi, UAE; 2015-2016
Created 10 documents and procedures necessary to meet accreditation standards for university
Updated 250-page listing of all academic policies, departments, majors/minors, and courses
Assistant Director of Experiential Education; Office of Global Education, NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE;
2014-2015
Created budgets, schedules, task lists, and started new projects
Managed logistics and budget for conference on campus for 20 visiting students and faculty
Led a team of 46 students and 8 faculty to Sri Lanka for one-week
Research Assistant; Injury Prevention Research Center, Univ of NC, Chapel Hill, NC; 1997-1999
Managed 18-month, $100,000 grant which involved facilitating long-distance meetings with international
doctors, arranging conference space and hotels overseas, managing multiple international visas, and
attending meetings in person to direct and document decisions
Designed and directed two meetings for child welfare professionals: three-day meeting in Mexico for 23
participants, and four-day meeting in Thailand for more than 50 participants
Coordinator; Child Primary Care Research Group, Univ of NC, Chapel Hill, NC; 1997-1998
Managed 12-month, $78,000 grant: involved arranging housing, transportation, and visas for international
epidemiologists to convene in Geneva, Switzerland
Attended and facilitated meetings at World Health Organization (WHO) offices in Switzerland
Summarized and disseminated group decisions, documents, and protocols following meetings
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Student Member; July 2016 - Present
Student Nutrition and Dietetics Association, Student Member, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley
CO; August 2016 - Present
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics; University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; 2018
Master of Public Health, specialization in Health Behavior and Health Education; University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; 2000