Jean Ragalie Bio

Jean Ragalie, RD, Secretary and Treasurer
Executive Vice President, Dairy Health and Wellness
National Dairy Council

Jean Ragalie is executive vice president of Dairy Health and Wellness for Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) and National Dairy Council (NDC).  In this role, she leads development and implementation of the Child Nutrition Fitness Initiative which creates new opportunities to bring more kid-appealing dairy products in schools, and maintains and furthers positive nutrition recommendations for children, teens and schools. She also oversees nutrition and marketing communication strategies across the organization to support its overall health and wellness strategy.

Since joining DMI/NDC in 1996, Ms. Ragalie has been instrumental in programs addressing child nutrition, creating lifelong dairy consumers and maintaining dairy’s perceived role in a healthy lifestyle. She was one of four principal architects of Action for Healthy Kids in 2002, of which DMI was a lead sponsor.

Ms. Ragalie previously held management positions at the NutraSweet Company and Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations and public affairs firm. She works actively on behalf of numerous health professional organizations, including the American Dietetic Association Foundation, where she is a past board officer, the Illinois Dietetic Association and the Society for Nutrition Education.

A native of Chicago, Ms. Ragalie received a BS in Nutrition and Medical Dietetics from the University of Illinois.