Faculty Bio

Lynne Eddy, MS, RD, FADA, CHE, is an assistant professor in business management at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) where she currently teaches senior-level courses in Human Resource Management and Foodservice Management in Health Care. Her Foodservice Management in Health Care course provides an overview of this segment of the hospitality industry, and covers topics ranging from kitchen operations, nutrition principles, and menu planning to procurement and purchasing, patient confidentiality, and the effect of new health care reform laws. Subjects are taught through in-class lectures, guest speakers from health care management, and visits to hospitals and nursing facilities. Before joining the CIA faculty in 2008, Lynne was district manager for operations, account sales manager, and dietitian for Brock and Company in Malvern, PA. Her professional experience also includes district manager positions with Wood Dining Serves in Allentown, PA and Sodexo in Orlando, FL, director of nutrition and food service at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and UMass Memorial Healthcare in Worcester, and director of nutrition and food service at Choate-Symmes Health Services in Woburn, MA. She also served as assistant director of the department of dietetics and nutrition at The Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Ms. Eddy is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and a Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE). In addition to teaching at the CIA, she was a faculty member at Simmons College in Boston. Ms. Eddy holds a Master of Science in Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH, where she was a member of the Kappa Delta Pi Honorary Society of Education. During her career, Lynne Eddy has been honored as Young Dietitian of the Year by the American Dietetic Association. She has received recognition as an Accomplished Health Care Foodservice Administrator and Distinguished Health Care Foodservice Administrator by the American Society for Hospital Food Service Administrators (ASHFSA). Ms. Eddy served on the national board of directors of ASHFSA. She is also a member of the New York Dietetic Association and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association) and a past president and treasurer of the Massachusetts Healthcare Foodservice Administrators. (Hyde Park, NY)