Nancy R. Hudson earned her master of science degree at the University of Kansas, and did her training as a registered dietitian at the university's medical center. Her career spans more than forty years, and includes teaching posts at the University of Connecticut School of Allied Health Professions, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Davis. She has worked as a dietitian and nutritionist in hospitals and is the author of numerous professional publications. She is the recipient of the Outstanding Dietetic Education Award from the American Dietetic Association and the California Dietetic Association's Excellence in Education Award, and was granted an honorary doctorate from the Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences. Patricia Booth earned her master of science degree in nutrition and medical dietetics at University of Illinois at Chicago and completed her dietetic internship at Barnes Hospital in Missouri. She is currently the director of nutrition services and the dietetic internship at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco. She is the author of numerous publications and an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She was awarded the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Outstanding Dietitian of the Year and the Dolores Nyhus Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2015.