Janrary 14.

2013

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of Nukition and Dieieti6 120 south Riverside Plaza Sulte2000

chigo, lllinois 60606-6995

To whom il may concern,

wrilinq lhis recommendalion for Meghan Coffey I serued as Meghan s superuisor fDm September 2010 to May 2012 Dur nq this I me she was employed as a Nutrition Edlcaiior Conslltantfor the stale WC prograh atlhe Teras Depanment of Siaie Health Seruices n Auslln.
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tMeghan was an excepiional employee and excelled in her many dulies. she Ms lhe sole nutition edu@tion contacl for a major prcject which involved educating Wlc parliclpanls lo use ihekWC benelts at lolFarme Markets. The proiecl involved designi.g and dishbuting edu@llon materials lo the participaling lotions She collaboraied with severalgroups lnoluding lhe slale Agencys Electronic Benenb Tnsfer(EB! Deve opment Branch,lhe siateAgencys Publishing and Med a Setuics Branch as well as several local agencles ih.oughoui lhe stale.

Addiliofally Meghan was sponsible for vising lhe existing slate lining policy. She
dld an excellent job of incorporaiing the ne@ssary changes into a usecfr endly documenl which included a chan for the local agencies Th s charl received ve reviews frcm the lo@lagencies. Meghanwas a valuableteam member inthe many prcjects she worked on includi.g her ole as a nulrilion trainer as wellas lhe roies she played in our s1afi wellness program and ihe leadeBhip she prolided in assisting wiih lhe oveBighl oi lhe Texas obesity Prevenlion Mini Grant projects errremelv impssed by lvlegan s oBanizational skllls. Notoriydid she 6me up with detailed iimelinesfor herprcjects, butshe consistently met lhose eslablishd timelines. I know lhls abilily to organize and budget lime will setue her well in an internship seliing Meghan is oQanized, intelligenl, and @pable and w ll be an ercellent addiiion lo yourprogran. Felf.ee io coniacl me wiih anyqueslions al (512) 341-4570 or shiney.ellis @dshs state tx !s

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