GINA BARONE

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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Highly talented and organized in P roject Coordination w ith background implementing complex projects and initiatives in support of company goals within nutrition and pharmaceutical industries. Strategic leader with proven record in health and wellness, food quality assurance, nutritional research and nutrition strategy development. R elated skills and experience include:

Project Coordination: Highly organized administrator with experience supporting all aspects of the project life cycle. Strong nutritional and pharmaceutical expertise leveraged to create and maintain cost efficient budgets. Proven talent for aligning institutional objectives with established nutrition management and analytical paradigms to achieve maximum operational impacts with minimum resource expenditures.

Relationship Management: Extensive experience acting as central point of contact for multiple internal/external stakeholders as well as project teams. Diplomatic with outstanding active listening abilities applied to gather and confirm requirements.

Achievements / Strengths: S trategic leader with a strong record of imparting a unique combination of innovative nutrition management with quantitative and analytical skills. Collaborative communicator continually focused on building relationships and promoting synergy across business lines to drive positive change, cohesive, comprehensive business approaches and enhanced profitability.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor of Science in Dietetics, 0 5/2016

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, New Brunswick, NJ

Cum Laude G raduate, Academic All American

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FRESH & CO New York, NY

Nutritionist, 10/2015 – 04/2016

Related Skills: Relationship Management, Project Planning, Vendor Selection, Marketing planning, Database Management

Provide nutritional guidance to leading manufacturer of seasonal dishes to promote a diversified offer. Maintain stakeholder relationships, addressing inquiries, communicating with marketing department.

Increase company’s revenue within 5 months by identifying and promoting cost effective and high nutritional value meals.

Leverage existent client relationships to guide and mentor customers and institutions through provision of nutritional information and analysis regarding menu items.

Spearhead innovative marketing approaches and methods to promote seasonal dishes incorporating locally sourced vendors for promotion of a wider variety of healthy meal choices.

Partner with chefs and key stakeholders to revise and improve nutritional value of dishes by employing strategic communication and interpersonal skills.

Assess macro and micro nutrients content in new menu items on a weekly basis to ensure high nutritional value items are being promoted and offered to clients. Continued…

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TELIAPP Linden, NJ

Nutritionist, 08/2015 – 10/2015

Related Skills: Project Support, Team building skills, Communication and Leadership skills Conducted in depth dietary and lifestyle choices analysis of employees and guide them to improve their diets on a daily basis.

Designed, coordinated, and maintained nutritional analysis process to ensure a healthier and more productive workforce.

Created and developed individualized diets matching lifestyle and weight loss goals to inculcate motivation and achievable goals.

Prepared healthy, easily accessible, alternative meals to emphasize nutrition. RUTGERS GARDENS – New Brunswick, NJ

Youth Programs Intern, 03/2015 – 10/2015

Related Skills: Team building skills, Communication and Strategic Leadership skills,Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsible for directing tours of the organic community garden to educate students on the importance of healthy eating.

Key stakeholder in harvesting and growing crops on an organic community garden by employing community development and team building skills.

Provided guidance to hundreds of students about the importance of healthy eating to promote a healthier lifestyle choice.

NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES LAB – New Brunswick, NJ

Intern, 0 1/2013 – 05/2013

Related Skills: Team building skills, Attention to details, Pharmaceutical industry knowledge, DAPI software, Microsoft Office Suite, Data Management Conducted experiments with cultured cells infected with NP disease, a lipid storage disease. Stained cell cultures to test for cholesterol concentrations after administering several pharmaceutical treatments.

Assessed cholesterol concentrations in cells using DAPI computer program by employing attention to detail skills.

Employed data management skills by collecting and organizing data findings using Microsoft Excel.

Interpreted data findings and presented pharmaceutical information to senior level employees.

RUTGERS FOOD INNOVATION CENTER Bridgeton, NJ

E XTERN, 0 1/2013

Responsible for developing recipes suitable for mass production operations by cultivating and enriching nutritional skills. Ensured compliance to HACCP guidelines for food safety and suitable foods pH.

Key stakeholder and liaison with institutional investors to create foods matching their production capabilities.

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