NEDN Board of Directors

Jess Wegener has been a Registered Dietitian specializing in Sports Nutrition, Disordered Eating, Corporate wellness, PCOS Nutrition, since 2003. Her passion for food and nutrition began as a young girl in Minnesota helping her mother cook for their family of six and participating in the local 4-H program. Jess attended the University Of Nebraska on a full scholarship for gymnastics, where she completed her Bachelors Degree in Nutritional Science & Dietetics. She then went on to obtain her RD license by completing her Dietetic Internship at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. While in college and graduate school Jess worked at Husker Power Performance Nutrition in the athletic department at the University of Nebraska. From 2004 through 2009 she worked at a prominent Eating Disorder Treatment Center, in Chandler, Arizona. Jess has experience working for the United States Air Force from 2010-2014 and is currently the nutrition consultant for Athlete’s Training Center Sports Performance & Physical Therapy.

Jess and her husband moved back to Omaha to be closer to family after having their first child in November of 2009, and then added a second boy in October of 2012. She obtained my Certification in Sports Dietetics in 2010 and since then has had the pleasure of working with many elite, club, high-school, and masters level athletic teams and athletes. Jess has a true passion for helping people develop healthy relationships with food & exercise. She believes that eating should be a joyful experience that does not control us but allows us to make easy balanced food decisions. 

Emily Estes earned her Masters of Science in Nutrition and Health Science at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL). Through the completion of her dietetic internship at UNL, Emily held a special interest for developing skills to engage in eating disorder treatment. Her passion for education, treatment, and prevention of eating disorders led Emily to enter private practice following her dietetic internship. She is the Founder of Sage Nutrition, LLC where services are specifically geared toward food, exercise, and body image struggles. Her treatment philosophy encompasses a Health At Every Size approach with a goal to see individuals move toward self-acceptance while finding joy and pleasure in their relationship to food and body. 

Emily has long been an advocate for bringing eating disorder treatment opportunities to the Nebraska community. Emily is passionate about bringing community providers together to provide networking and continuing education opportunities. She is the Co-Founder of the Nebraska Eating Disorder Network (NEDN). 

Tiffany Eisenbraun earned her Masters of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from South Dakota State University in 2015. She is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner license for the state of Nebraska and a Licensed Professional Counselor for the state of Missouri. Grief therapy is what led her to the field of counseling, but she has since expanded her expertise to include work with clients who are struggling with eating disorders, mood disorders, infertility and assisting clients to address a variety of other mental health issues. Tiffany has experience working in diverse clinical settings such as Intensive Outpatient Programs for Eating Disorders and Substance Abuse, leading grief support groups, and running a private practice. She enjoys working with a variety of adult clients and takes a strengths based, person-centered, approach that incorporates self-compassion and curiosity in her clinical care.

Tiffany is currently the Director of Behavioral Health Services with Affinity Community Counseling and the Community Supports Network, Inc. She helps connect members of the community to therapists who they will have a strong therapeutic relationship with. She also oversees clinical oversight for individuals who are supported in their daily living through CSN.

She is a Nebraska transplant, originally from South Dakota. She has lived in Lincoln, NE for almost ten years and is happy to call Lincoln her forever home. She enjoys connecting with therapists in the community and to help spread awareness of eating disorders and other mental health.

Bio coming soon.