Guest Speakers
Jamie Seidner
A graduate of Columbia University, New York, Jamie L Seidner has a Master of Science in Nutrition and Applied Physiology. This dual degree encompasses nutrition as a science, while integrating the knowledge of functions of the different body systems and how together, food and body work to produce a healthy being. She is a registered and licensed dietitian and specializes in the weight management, anti-aging therapy and chronic disease prevention.
Jamie’s expertise comes from her experiences working in different settings, each providing knowledge as to how to best serve the unique population. As professor at Miami Dade College, Jamie got a chance to share her expertise teaching “Essentials of Nutrition” to enthusiastic students. She worked as outpatient pediatric and adolescent medicine dietitian at Miami Children's Hospital, spending her time treating childhood obesity. As dietitian for the corporate wellness program WorkFit, she transformed a typical workday lunch into a captivating midday nutrition pep talk, offering a variety of lecture topics befitting of the busy executive. Jamie facilitated various local Curves for Women weight management programs and currently counsels individuals and families from the greater Miami area in a private setting.
Jamie has been invited to share her knowledge on several television shows including multiple appearances on Univision’s Despierta America and Telemundo’s evening news show. She has spoken at community events such as The Commonwealth Institute Luncheon, Sister to Sister’s National Women’s Heart Healthy Day, Sister to Sister’s Executive Women’s Breakfast, the Health Foundation of South Florida and many others. Last year Jamie had the honor of being asked to host a TED Talk in a made for television, Spanish language series called Soy TED. Not only did Jamie’s TED Talk receive rave reviews from the general public, but the episode also won an Emmy in December 2016. You can watch the Soy TED episode “Jamie Seidner: No Jueges con la Comida” on Jamie’s website www.jamieseidnernutrition.com.
Amy Gelb
Amy Gelb is an artist and photographer. In her most recent work, Gelb pries into the world of the female collective conscious. By offering her subjects anonymity, they are free to express themselves fully without fear or consequence. Her work explores the compartmentalization of the female form and its responsibility for the dehumanization of women. By forcing her subjects into figurative boxes, Gelb recreates the fragmentation of a woman’s identity. In combining multi-layered large format pieces on glass, she invites the viewer to try and discern that which makes one woman a unique individual versus that which all women collectively share. Amy Gelb was born in New York City, and currently resides and works in Miami Beach. She is a graduate from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Gelb’s work has been featured in prominent art galleries in South Florida, and during Art Basel.
