Sherée Thaxton Vodicka, MA, RD, LDN
Healthy Weight Communications Manager
Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch
N.C. Division of Public Health
Sherée Thaxton Vodicka coordinates marketing and communications efforts for the Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Branch, N.C. Division of Public Health around healthy eating, physical activity and healthy weight for all North Carolinians. Sherée directs social marketing interventions, communications campaigns, media relations and Branch communications.
Sherée is a registered dietitian with 16 years experience interpreting complex nutrition and health information for the public. As a nutrition communicator, Sherée has conducted hundreds of TV, radio and newspaper interviews throughout the state and nation. Prior to joining the N.C. Division of Public Health’s Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch, Sherée served the Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, Inc. as a nutrition communicator and program coordinator. Sherée also has educated patients and managed medical nutrition therapy programs at The Ohio State University Hospitals in Columbus, Ohio, and Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC She provided personal training and nutrition counseling services to clients at North Ridge Country Club and Raleigh Community Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Center in Raleigh, NC, and provided medical nutrition therapy and community education services at Venice Hospital, in Venice, Fl.
Sherée received a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics from the University of Kentucky and a Master of Arts degree in mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is an active member of the American Dietetic Association, the North Carolina Dietetic Association and the Raleigh District Dietetic Association.
Sherée practices what she preaches. She loves to cook delicious, nutritious meals, and stays in shape by running, mountain biking and lifting weights. She resides in Raleigh, NC with her husband, Doug.
