The Many Faces of Recovery: Using Personal Experience to Help Others

Dr. Lampert is the Vice President, Strategy and Public Affairs for Accanto Health, the parent company of The Emily Program and Gather Behavioral Health. She has 30 years of experience in the field of eating disorders as a clinician, leader, speaker, advocate, and researcher in the field of eating disorders working across all levels of care and multiple care settings. Additionally, Dr. Lampert is Co-Founder and President of the REDC, the national consortium representing eating disorders care focused on treatment standards, best practices, access to care, and collaborative research and past Treasurer and current Board Member of the Eating Disorders Coalition, a DC-based national organization for eating disorders policy and advocacy. She holds an adjunct graduate faculty position in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota where she advises graduate students and teaches courses on eating disorder management.

Dr. Lampert completed her doctorate degree in Nutrition and Epidemiology and Master of Public Health degree in Public Health Nutrition at the University of Minnesota. She earned a Master of Science degree in Nutrition at the University of Vermont and completed her dietetic internship at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics. She has an expansive range of policy, clinical, research, education, teaching, and program development experience in the area of eating disorders.

Dr. Lampert has served on the Board of Directors of the Academy for Eating Disorders and as co-chair of the Academy for Eating Disorders Nutrition Special Interest Group. She is a Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders (FAED) and a member of the Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics, and BHN (Behavioral Health Nutrition) dietetic practice group. Dr. Lampert is the author of numerous book chapters and articles addressing the nutritional treatment of eating disorders, body image, sports participation, adolescent health, and disordered eating and she regularly speaks regionally and nationally on numerous eating disorder-related topics.

One of her primary goals in life is to have young people and those that love them have confident, loving relationships with their bodies and themselves.

Mallary Tenore Tarpley is an assistant professor of practice University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches journalism classes in the Moody College of Communication and writing classes at the McCombs School of Business.

Her debut nonfiction book, SLIP: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery, explores the under-discussed complexities of eating disorders and recovery from them. The book is equal parts memoir and journalism, and it weaves together Mallary's own narrative with perspectives from clinicians, researchers, and others with lived experience. In 2023, Mallary received a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support the science-related reporting in the book, specifically around the neurobiological and genetic aspects of eating disorders.

Previously, Mallary was the associate director of UT Austin’s Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, an international training and outreach center for journalists. Prior to UT Austin, Mallary was executive director the nonprofit Images & Voices of Hope (ivoh), where she developed a storytelling genre called Restorative Narrative — stories that show how people and communities are finding meaningful pathways forward in the aftermath of trauma. Mallary started her career at The Poynter Institute, a world-renowned journalism think tank. As managing editor of the Institute’s website, Poynter.org, she wrote and edited stories about the media industry and interviewed hundreds of journalists and authors.

Mallary’s articles and personal essays have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Tampa Bay Times, Teen Vogue, and Harvard University's Nieman Storyboard, among other publications. She maintains a weekly newsletter, Write at the Edge, featuring writing tips and best practices.

Mallary holds a bachelor’s degree from Providence College and a master’s of fine arts in nonfiction writing from Goucher College. She lives in the Austin area with her husband and two young children.

Betsy Brenner is an author, recovery speaker, and peer support mentor. In her 2021 memoir, “The Longest Match: Rallying to Defeat an Eating Disorder in Midlife,” Betsy details her life, one filled with blessings and privilege, but also with emotional trauma, and profound grief, anxiety, depression, and ultimately a diagnosis of anorexia in midlife. Her eating disorder became the catalyst for healing.

Her inspiring message is that “it is never too late to be a work in progress.” Betsy’s recovery journey shows the reader that it IS possible to heal from past trauma and become healthier in mind, body and spirit.

A former hospital attorney and long-time high school tennis coach, Betsy was also a hospice volunteer and speaker on grief, loss, and end-of-life decision-making. She has led a bereavement group in her town for nearly a decade.

Her primary focus now is on speaking, mentoring, and leading support groups. Betsy has had the opportunity to share her story at treatment centers, conferences, and virtually through webinars and podcasts.

She is passionate about giving hope to and supporting those who are struggling with an eating disorder, especially women in midlife.

Betsy received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Brown University and her Juris Doctorate from American University Law School.

Originally from Rochester, New York, she and her husband Jeff have resided in Barrington, Rhode Island for 30 years and are the proud parents of three grown children.

Taylor Humphrey is a mom of two who enjoys spending time with her husband and children. In her free time, she loves baking with her 3-year-old daughter, drawing, and working toward her master’s degree in mental health counseling.

She has been in recovery from an eating disorder for nearly 11 years and has spent the past two years running her own coaching business. With close to a decade of experience working in various roles within the eating disorder field, she is passionate about helping others find freedom in recovery.

Her long-term goal is to open her own treatment center. In the meantime, she continues to coach clients individually, advocate for improved support, and educate communities about the realities of eating disorders and the recovery journey.