Elise Gurgevich
Pennsylvania State University
Nutrition Links State Coordinator
Unversity Park, PA
Elise A. Gurgevich, Ph.D., MPH, CHES has experience overseeing and implementing multi-year community-based programming and institutional partnering projects. Currently she is the state program coordinator for Penn State Extension’s Nutrition Links program. Nutrition Links is federally funded by the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and Supplemental Nutrition Education Program (SNAP-Ed) to provide nutrition education to Pennsylvania residents with limited incomes. Nutrition Links reaches eligible audiences across the lifespan. Dr. Gurgevich provides administrative oversight to 85 nutrition educators, comprised of professionals and paraprofessionals, in fulfilling the requirements and delivery of the federal programs. She has fiscal responsibility for annual budgets totally over 3.5 million annual allocations. She has served in the role for 19 years.