Lisa Dorfman, MS,RD,CSSD,CCMS,LMHC,FAND

Known internationally as The Running Nutritionist®, Lisa is an award-winning leader to industry, academia, the public & press for more than 3 decades.

Lisa has built a global integrative culinary, sports nutrition & performance practice working with Corporate Executives, Award Winning Actors  and Olympian athletes, and consulting to prestigious luxury resorts such as Ritz Carlton, Sandals & Norwegian Cruise Lines. Lisa designs, writes, and speaks about delicious dishes, menus and diets, presents, performs and leads conference fitness and personal training sessions worldwide sharing the gospel of optimal health. Clients have said "her passion for food, fitness, emotional balance and for life is contagious."

A ’19 President’s Council National Excellence in Practice Award Recipient, Lisa is a Licensed Nutritionist/ Registered Dietitian, Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, Board Certified Professional Counselor, Certified Chef, Certified Specialist in Culinary Medicine, Certified Reiki Practitioner, Certified Horticulturist & Fellow of The Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. She served as the US Sailing Olympic Team Nutritionist for Beijing Olympics & Nutrition Expert for the Zumba Plate® program and Zumba 6 Week Transformation Program (12/22).

As a Sports and Performance Specialist, Lisa personalizes training programs for her clients and audiences using all her skills and training as:

-Certified Personal Trainer (CPT),

-Certified USAT&F & USA Triathlon Coach,

-Certified US Swimming Level 1 & 2 Masters Coach, 

-Certified Functional Aging Specialist (FAS),

-Certified Reiki Practitioner,

-Licensed Strong by Zumba® and ZIN Instructor

As a professional Chef, Her recipes are inspired by collaborations with some of the top chefs at spas, hotels, restaurants, as instructor at Johnson and Wales University & Miami Culinary Institute, an intern at Culinary Vegetable Institute/Chef’s Garden & member of prestigious organizations such as Les Dames d ‘Escoffier, American Culinary Foundation, and the James Beard Foundation. Lisa serves as Chef Alliance Director for Slow Food Miami and Board Member of ACF Miami-Dade. She is a member of the Association of Nutrition and Food Service Professionals.

The author of 8 books, Lisa has appeared on 20/20, Dateline, Good Morning America Health, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC and ESPN & has been featured in numerous publications including: USA Today, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Men’s Fitness, Outside & Runners World magazines. In her spare time, Lisa has competed in more than 35 marathons (PR 2:52:32), Ironman USA Lake Placid, and hundreds of running and multisport races. She was a member of TeamUSA at the ’04 World Long Distance Duathlon Championships.

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