Kris Sollid, RD

Senior Director of Nutrition Communications, International Food Information Council

Kris Sollid, RD is a Registered Dietitian with a passion for improving nutrition science communications. As the Senior Director of Nutrition Communications at the International Food Information Council (IFIC), Kris leads IFIC’s nutrition team. In this role, Kris is integral to IFIC’s consumer research on food perceptions, beliefs and behaviors through its annual Food and Health Survey and other topic-specific consumer research projects, which he regularly shares with nutrition professionals on national and global platforms. Kris has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed publications of IFIC’s consumer research in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Cereal Foods World and Nutrition Today.

Kris is an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In addition to leading IFIC’s continuing professional education program through the Commission on Dietetic Registration, he recently served eight consecutive years (2013-2021) in leadership roles on the Board of Directors of DCMAND, the Academy’s District of Columbia Metro affiliate.

Kris has earned degrees from the University of Colorado, Boulder (BA in Geography) and the University of Maryland, College Park (BS in Dietetics).