Contributing Editor: Liz Friedrich, MPH, RD, CSG, LDN, FAND, NWCC is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and president of Friedrich Nutrition Consulting, which provides a variety of nutrition consulting services with a focus on gerontological nutrition. She has co-authored numerous articles in journals and magazines on nutrition and aging, wound healing, and end of life care. Liz is an accomplished speaker on those topics and other subject areas relevant to older adults. Liz also serves as an expert witness in cases against long-term care facilities and registered dietitian nutritionists. Liz is Board Certified as a Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition and is Nutrition Wound Care Certified. Liz has served as a volunteer for the North Carolina Dietetic Association (NCDA), the Nutrition Entrepreneurs Dietetic Practice Group (NE DPG), and Dietetics in Health Care Communities Dietetic Practice Group (DHCC) in many different board positions and is a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is the recipient of two North Carolina Dietetic Association awards, the Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year (1991) and the Member of the Year (2000). She was awarded the Distinguished Member of the Year Award from the Dietetics in Health Care Communities Dietetic Practice Group.