Mission:

The Alliance for Eating Disorder Awareness (The Alliance) is a non-profit organization working to prevent eating disorders and promote a positive body image, free from weight preoccupation and size prejudice. The Alliance offers educational presentations, cutting-edge information and referral, training, advocacy, support and mentoring services.

Who We Are:

In October of 2000, The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness (The Alliance) was created as a source of community outreach, education, awareness, and prevention of the various eating disorders currently plaguing our nation. Our aim is to share the message that recovery from these disorders is possible, and that individuals should not have to suffer or recover alone. We seek to educate individuals, particularly the youth, about the dangers of this epidemic, and to reduce the rate and severity of eating disorders among all ages. The Alliance offers various programs and services both throughout the state and nationwide, as well as advocates for change in eating disorders legislation. Since its inception, The Alliance has offered presentations on eating disorders and their prevention to over 100,000 individuals. The Alliance strives to dispel potential body image and eating disorder issues, aid and empower those currently struggling, and instill a sense of self-love, self-acceptance, and self confidence. Through presentations, seminars, workshops, phone and email support, treatment referrals, support groups, and informational packets, the Alliance offers opportunities for individuals to receive the information they need free of charge.

Staff and Board of Directors:

STAFF: Johanna Kandel, Founder and Executive Director of  The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to outreach and education of eating disorders, positive body image and the dangers of dieting in Florida.  After a ten-year personal battle with various eating disorders, Johanna decided to give back to the community and use her voice to help make a difference in the fight against eating disorders.  She founded The Alliance in December of 2000 at the age of 21 after graduating college.  Over the past eight years, Johanna has presented eating disorder education and prevention to over 100,000 middle school, high school, and college students, served as a mentor to many women during their treatment, helped thousands of individuals and their families acquire eating disorder information and support, ran free weekly support groups for seven consecutive years, advocated for eating disorder legislation on a state and national level alongside the Eating Disorders Coalition and the NEDA Star Program, and actively participated in National Eating Disorders Awareness Week since 1999.  Johanna has appeared on numerous national radio talk shows and news programs, has been featured in an array of national and international magazine and newspaper articles, and has written articles for various websites and teen magazines.  She is a member of the Eating Disorders Coalition Junior Board and a member of the Expert Advisory Committee for Independent Girls (a website dedicated to educating and empowering girls ages 9 - 15).  Johanna has been recognized as “Woman of Year” by the Miss Florida Organization, she has been an ATHENA award nominee and finalist, she is Harlequin Enterprise, More Than Words 2008 Award Recipient, and was most recently named the 2009 Recipient of the Jefferson Award for Public Service in South Florida.  Success to Johanna means helping even one person avoid traveling down the same road she did and to continue to use her voice.   To read Johanna's Story of Recovery, Click Here. To email Johanna, jkandel@eatingdisorderinfo.org 2009-2010 BOARD MEMBERS: Joann Hendelman, Ph.D., RN President Kyle Goldstein Vice President Janel Heath, Psy.D., PA Secretary Lee Ann Park Treasurer Dawn Fennessy Sara Harary Christopher Ramsey, DMD 2009-2010 TEEN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS: Alison Belilty President Zoe Loren Vice President Jaclyn Rosen Secretary Aaron Goldstein Treasurer Katherine Nguyen Megan Spears Jessica Zweig

Contact Us:

THE ALLIANCE FOR EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS Physical Address: 1016 North Dixie Highway West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 13155 North Palm Beach, Florida 33408-3155   Toll Free:  (866) 662-1235 Phone: (561)841-0900 Fax: (561)653 -0043 Email us: info@eatingdisorderinfo.org