Formerly, she created and directed Kansas’ Leadership to Encourage Activity and Nutrition (LEAN)—a statewide coalition of more than 700 partners. During that time, Judy became nationally recognized for nutrition education innovation, school health interventions, the 5-a-Day program, and community development and evaluation. She is the author of the nutrition and physical activity board game Jack Sprat’s Table and various articles. From 1999 to 2003, Judy was an extension specialist in the Kansas State University Community Health Institute, co-principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research grant and a teaching associate at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, where she is also the pr ogram director in an innovative Breast Cancer Survivorship Center that she helped establish in 2009.