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 Lynn
Swann was the emcee at the Secretary's Innovation in
Prevention Awards Dinner held at the Andrew Mellon
Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2004.
Dot Richardson and
Denise Austin presented the awards. Lynn also served
as a keynote speaker at the National Institute of Environmental
Health Science’s, “Environmental
Solutions to Childhood Obesity” conference in
June, and received an award at the 3rd Annual American  Running
Honors Gala from the American
Running Association (ARA) for his contributions
to youth fitness. Denise Austin also represented PCPFS
at "Walking Works," Congress' program sponsored
by the Blue
Cross Blue Shield Association, and at USDA's
launch of the new
Food Guide Pyramid. |
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 Katherine
Cosgrove spoke at the Runner's Club of the Cure'
of Ars School and will be running and training
with the students as an honorary coach in the spring.
She represented the Council at the annual regional
gala "Heart Ball," sponsored by the American
Heart Association. She speaks regularly on
physical activity, fitness and health for women's and
youth organizations and at conferences. |
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 Tedd
Mitchell is active in getting health and fitness messaging
out through media and speaking engagements. Besides
his weekly column in USA
Weekend, he discussed the 2005
Dietary Guidelines for Americans during a TV appearance
on KDFW Good Day Texas. Dr. Mitchell also gave keynote
addresses at the Integris Health Hospital Systems
in Oklahoma City and at the Health Living Expo 2005
in Knoxville, Tennessee, and he gave a presentation
at the Chick-fil-A Operators seminar in San Diego. As
a part of his duties at the Cooper
Institute, he gives four lectures each month to
seminar groups visiting the campus. |
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 Council
member Charles Moore has been elected to the board
of directors of the Advanced
Viral Research Corporation, an AIDS research company. |
 Derek
Parra's autobiography, Reflections
in the Ice, won the 2004 Benjamin Franklin
Award for best biography/autobiography/memoir of the
year. He has become a sought-after motivational
speaker and continues to represent PCPFS as he trains
for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. He was asked to
emcee an event for Loma
Linda Children's Hospital in his hometown of San
Bernardino, California. |
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