Katie Hamm, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Katie is a 2009-2010 dietetic intern. She graduated Cum Laude with Honors from Kansas State University where she earned her Bachelor´s of Science degree in Dietetics and supplemented her nutrition education with minors in Business and Spanish. She gained a wealth of leadership experience during her undergraduate career, and was selected as the Outstanding Graduating Senior in Dietetics. As President of the Student Dietetic Association, she mobilized the group into task forces and oversaw the development of its inaugural mentoring program with the Kansas Dietetic Association. She served one term as a student representative on the ADA Student Council Advisory Committee where her enthusiasm for the profession allowed her to serve as an extension of the ADA in enhancing the experience of its student members. At school, Katie worked part-time for the K-State Research and Extension Office in the Department of Human Nutrition. She assisted the state extension specialist in activities to establish a statewide nutrition and physical activity initiative, Kansans Move into Health, for her honors project and composed grade-specific educational newsletters for the Walk Kansas for Kids program.

Katie was heavily involved at K-State outside of her academic major and was a recognizable figure on campus. She worked directly with the Dean of Student Life and Admissions Representatives as Co-Coordinator of Telecounseling in the office of New Student Services prior to assuming her position in Extension. Katie also organized the largest philanthropy on campus, Up 'til Dawn, for two consecutive years as a fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. As a member of Student Foundation, she promoted philanthropic giving to university alumni, and was selected into the Blue Key Senior Honorary where she served as the Co-Director of Catalyst, a university-wide self-development experience. She also was recognized as an Honorable Mention for the 2009 USA Today All Academic Team competition for her work with All Access Internships.

Katie's willingness to create her own opportunities has landed her several unique work experiences in the past few years. In 2007, Katie interned with the sports dietitian for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals, an inspirational figure who ignited her passion for entrepreneurship and the pursuit of nontraditional careers within the dietetics community. As a result, Katie is now an active member of the Nutrition Entrepreneurs and Dietitians in Business and Communications Dietetic Practice Groups, and continues to work as a virtual intern for this dietitian by using social media to build the brand of America´s Nutrition Expert. Also in 2007, Katie made the most of a traditional summer job at a local camp by volunteering to serve on the Saucony Run for Good Advisory Committee and creating nutrition lessons for the district's summer running program. In the summer of 2008, Katie spent 14 weeks as a nutrition communications intern at Weber Shandwick, a public relations firm in Chicago, where she worked closely with a team of dietitians and PR professionals to promote the firm's nutrition and food-related consumer accounts. When she spent 12 weeks living in Spain this past summer, she organized a variety of culture and language immersion experiences at the Weber Shandwick, Madrid office.

Email Katie katie@allaccessinternships.com

Jenny Westerkamp, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer


Jenny is a 2008-2009 dietetic intern. She graduated with high honors from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and earned a Bachelor's degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition. Beyond the classroom, Jenny gained valuable and diverse experiences in food service, academia, research, clinical nutrition, and sports nutrition. During her senior year, she held a teaching assistant position for an online sports nutrition course for Food Science graduate students. For four semesters, she was an undergraduate research assistant for three separate labs. She assisted in three studies including a rat study on the relationship between protein consumption and breast cancer tumor growth, an e-diary diet recall pilot study, and a pig study on infant formula with probiotics. Jenny gained additional dietetics-related experience during her summers off campus. In 2006, she assisted a consulting firm of clinical dietitians at multiple long-term care facilities. In 2007, she was an intern for Julie Burns, a Chicago-based sports nutrition dietitian and owner of Sportfuel and Eat Like the Pros. Her mentorship with Julie opened her eyes to the exciting opportunities awaiting her in the dietetics profession.

As the eldest among five brothers, Jenny is drawn to leadership roles. In addition to serving on the Human Interest Professionals Club executive board during her junior year, Her entrepreneurial spirit, ambitious attitude, and desire to serve others motivated her to start an organization on campus called Students Team Up to Fight Hunger (STUFH). STUFH became the official liaison between the Eastern Illinois Foodbank and the University of Illinois student community. As founder and president, Jenny coordinated campus-wide and community-wide food drives, volunteer events, and fundraisers. She recruited student members and increased campus awareness of local hunger and food insecurity.

During her undergraduate career, Jenny was the recipient of three merit-based scholarships including the Strawberry Fields Scholarship, which is awarded to the most outstanding dietetics student. She also was the recipient of the Senior Honorary 100 award. The Senior Honorary 100 award recognizes the top 100 seniors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for academic excellence, outstanding leadership, and unique contributions to the university.

As a dietetic intern, Jenny gained a wide variety of experiences in clinical, food service, community, business, public relations, and communications. Jenny was able to serve as an assistant manager at a retail food service operation. She created written handouts for the employee wellness program and patient education materials. As part of an intern team, she developed and presented a business plan for a telehealth-based, interactive website for the outpatient nutrition services. She worked to improve the gluten-free patient menu, presented case studies on patients with chronic kidney and pancreatic cancer, and independently counseled patients on weight management, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and cancer. Jenny also redesigned the dietetic internship website and department website, in addition to creating social media platforms allowing the internship program to connect with alumni and current students. During her specialty rotation, she was able to spend four weeks at Weber Shandwick, a public relations firm. There, she performed literature reviews, researched media coverage, brainstormed marketing strategies, developed nutrition tips for consumer messaging, and assisted on a variety of writing assignments.

Outside of the dietetic internship and All Access Internships, Jenny enjoys writing about nutrition. She started a blog, Trendy Nutrition (trendynutrition.blogspot.com), in February 2009. She also serves as a marketing assistant and blogger for SuperKids Nutrition. Jenny develops and executes social media marketing strategies and contributes blog content.

In July 2009, Jenny was the recipient of the American Dietetic Association Nutrition Entrepreneurs Professional Development Dietetic Student Award. She will graduate from her dietetic internship in August 2009.

Email Jenny jenny@allaccessinternships.com