Meet Our Team

Meg Burnham, M.S., RDN, CSSD, LDN
mburnham2@niu.edu
815-753-9416

Meg is a registered dietitian/nutritionist (RDN) and licensed in the state of Illinois (LDN). She earned her master's degree in nutrition and dietetics at NIU and has been working in the field of wellness and sports nutrition since 2006. Meg is a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD) through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a certified intuitive eating counselor.

Meg provides care to NIU students with disordered eating behaviors or other complex medical conditions. She works with Campus Dining Services, coordinating alternate dietary accommodations for students with food allergies, intolerances or other medical diets. Her areas of additional training focus on intuitive eating, disordered eating and sports nutrition.

Meg provides guidance and supervision to the nutrition coaches at NIU Recreation. She has a passion to help clients find joy in food, all while balancing good nutrition with good taste and trains her nutrition coaches to do the same.

Madison Windham

Madison is the nutrition education graduate assistant at NIU Recreation and is pursuing her master's degree in nutrition sciences on her path to becoming a registered dietitian nutritionist. She earned her B.S. in food and nutrition from the University of Southern Indiana, where she was a student-athlete on the women's tennis team. She is passionate about all aspects of food and nutrition, with specific interests in sports nutrition, public health and addressing food insecurity.

"In my role as a graduate assistant, I'm excited to connect with other Huskies at cooking classes, food demos, and tabling events around campus!"