about

- overview

President and founder of B.A. Hughes & Associates, Barbara Ann's diverse professional career includes clinical, consulting, educational and management experiences in dietetic, nutrition and health services.  She is an advocate for insurance reimbursement for dietetics and nutrition; wellness, education for girls and women.; an entrepreneur, with scholarships established at Carson-Newman College, N.C. Dietetics Foundation, and American Dietetic Association Foundation.

- education

PhD, MS, MA, MPH, RD, LDN, FADA
BS, Carson-Newman College, CUM LAUDE
MS, Dietetic Internship, The Ohio State University
MA, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
MPH, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PhD, Walden University
Additional Graduate Studies in Pediatrics, Maternal & Child Health, Health Policy,

- credentials

FELLOW, N.C. Institute of Political Leadership
Graduate, Leadership Raleigh, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
REGISTERED, Commission of Dietetic Registration, American Dietetic Association         
LICENSED, N.C. Board of Dietetics and Nutrition;
FELLOW, American Dietetic Association;
Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management, Commission on Dietetic Registration, American Dietetic Association;
Certificate of Training in Childhood and Adolescent Weight Management, Commission on Dietetic Registration, American Dietetic Association

- experience

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY FACULTY:
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UNC School of Public Health; Case Western University; Instructor, Wake County Community College and Lecturer, various topics.

CONSULTANT: International & domestic Federal and state governments - Adult Health, Head Start, Maternal & Child, and Women, Infants & Children’s Programs. Private - Archaeological Expedition, Children’s Homes and Day Care Centers, Consumer Education, Counseling, Food Surveys, Hospitals, Long Term Care and Domiciliary Homes; corporations; jails and juvenile detention facilities; Fitness & Exercise Facilities, Business & Industry

MANAGER/ADMINISTRATOR: Public Health Nutrition-Food Service, Acute and Long Term Care; Women, Infants, Children Program (WIC); WOMEN'S FORUM of North Carolina, Inc.; Private Practice

PUBLIC SPEAKER: Civic/Service/Fraternal, Education, Social, Sports, Political, Professional and Religious Groups.

PUBLIC SPEAKER TOPICS - Assertiveness, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Nutrition, Parliamentary Law, Strategic Planning, Stress Management, others.

LEADER: Church - Boards of Community Concerns, Deacons, Choir; Education - Trustee Gardner-Webb College. Community - Raleigh Human Relations Commission, Altrusa International, Inc. of Raleigh; Advisory to N.C. Cooperative Extension Service; American Association of University Women; Wake County Board of Health & Board of Human Services; American Heart Association; Chamber of Commerce; Wake Democratic Party; Raleigh Dietetic; Literacy; YWCA. State - President, Association of NC Local Boards of Health; Public Health Accreditation, Equity, Urban Ministries; Women's Forum. President: AAUW; Dietetic; Literacy; Social Legislation, Women United. Regional - Governor; Altrusa Intl. Inc (District Three); President, Southern Health Association; Chair, Advisory Council, Carson-Newman College. National - Member, State Associations Committee, National Association of Local Boards of Health; American Dietetic Association: Board of Directors; Chair, Council on Practice; Chair, Legislation and Public Policy; Area Coordinator and Delegate, House of Delegates;  Bylaws and Resolutions, Honors, Nominating;  American Association of University Women, Board Member, Association & Educational Foundation. International – Altrusa International, Inc., Association, and Foundation Chair & President.

AWARDS: N.C. HEALTH & WELLNESS TRUST FUND LEADERSHIP IN OBESITY AWARD, 2007 NC POWER OF PREVENTION AWARDS; WEIGHT MANAGEMENT DIETETIC PRACTICE GROUP EXCELLENCE IN PRACTICE AWARD, 2007; ADA Outstanding Nutrition Entrepreneur of the Year, 2005; AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CONSULTATION AND BUSINESS PRACTICE, 2005, American Dietetic Assoc.; MEDALLION AWARD  2004, American Dietetic Assoc.; ANN GALLAGHER AWARD, AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION for public policy, 2003; TRIANGLE BUSINESS JOURNAL WOMEN IN BUSINESS AWARD, 2002; SOUTHEAST REGIONAL TRUSTEE AWARD, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH, 2002; DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD, COLLEGE OF HOME ECONOMICS, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY; ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AWARD,1996, Altrusa International, Inc..; CATHERINE COWELL AWARD, AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, 1994; DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD, CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE, 1983;