About Us

 

Helayne Waldman

Helayne Waldman, M.S., Ed.D, , Founder of Turning-the-Tables™, has been an educator, writer, film and TV producer for the past 25 years and in that time has tackled subjects as diverse as nuclear power safety, teacher education, software for the health care industry, and prenatal nutrition and exercise.

Two years ago, she decided to take her passion for health and nutrition and dedicate her career to this area. She remains focused on teaching individuals and families the importance of good nutrition through individual consultations, specialized programs, teaching, speaking and writing.

Helayne holds a doctorate in Education, a Master’s Degree in Communication, is a member of the National Association for Nutrition Professionals, and a columnist for the Contra Costa Times Newspaper Group. Catch her column on alternate Tuesdays in the Alameda Journal and on alternate Fridays in the Montclarion.

Julie Spero

Julie Spero, cooking instructor and personal chef. For those who have completed the Turning-the-Tables™ program, Julie can take you the next step. She specializes in whole food cooking instruction, and special-needs, customized meal preparation.

Julie has 20 years of diverse culinary study in the U.S. as well as France and Mexico. She is a Personal Chef specializing in delicious nutritious whole foods designed to transform your health. She is Chef Instructor for the "Eating for Health Gourmet Cooking Series," at Bauman College in Berkeley, CA. Julie is certified as both a Nutrition Educator and a Natural Chef from Bauman College in Berkeley, CA.

Michele Simon

Michele Simon, Politics of Food Advisor is founder and director of the Center for Informed Food Choices, a nonprofit organization that advocates for eating a whole foods, plant-based diet and educates about the politics of food. She has been working as a nutrition advocate since 1996, specializing in policy analysis and legal strategies and has published numerous articles about such issues as the National School Lunch Program, organic standards, the USDA’s dietary guidelines, veggie libel laws, genetically engineered foods, and banning obesity lawsuits. She lectures extensively, has appeared on several national radio programs, and teaches Health Policy at UC, Hastings College of the Law, where she also received her law degree. Michele obtained her master’s degree in public health from Yale University.

Contact Michele directly at www.informedeating.org