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Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Chevese Turner

Board of Directors
President
Trisha Souders Rubin, L.C.S.W.
Founder, Growth and Recovery Center

Vice President
Ellen Shuman
Founder, WellCentered, Inc.

Secretary
Ashley Southard, Ph.D., LGMFT
Family Therapist and Researcher

Treasurer
Ramona G. Seidel, MD
Partner, Bay Crossing Family Medicine

Janet Carr, MS, RD
Dietician

Marsha Hudnall, RD, MS
Director & Owner, Green Mountain at Fox Run

Wendy Oliver-Pyatt

Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW
Clinical Director, The Center for Eating Disorders Director, Bodywise Binge Eating Recovery Program

Meredith Terpeluk, MNA
President, Core Wellness Life Coaching, LLC

Andrew Walen, LCSW-C
Director, The Body Image Therapy Center

Follow BEDA’s CEO & Founder on the BEDAdvocate blog.

New research shows teasing, talking about weight, and encouraging dieting increases likelihood of weight gain and eating disorders. Watch Dr. Dianne Neumark-Sztainer talk about the research.

Plus Size Beauty Queen Becomes Spokesperson for Binge Eating Disorder Association
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BEDA joins eating disorder organizations to urge focus on health and wellness rather than weight.
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BEDA’s CEO on eating disorders and the holidays as heard on WTOP in Washington, DC.
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Help us end Fat Talk by supporting Fat Talk Free® Week - an international body activism campaign that draws attention to body image issues and the damaging impact of the thin ideal on women. This annual effort was borne from Tri Delta's body image education and eating disorders prevention program, Reflections: Body Image Program.

Binge Eating Disorder Association Founder and CEO Featured on Good Morning America
“By telling my story, I hope I can help those struggling with binge eating to recognize the disorder in themselves and seek help...
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BEDA is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization. BEDA is a membership-driven organization that includes individuals with the disorder, family and friends, and multidisciplinary practitioners.