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Johanna Kandel is the founder and CEO of the National Alliance for Eating Disorders and the author of Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder (Harlequin). She founded The Alliance after a decade-long battle with various eating disorders. Since founding The Alliance in October 2000, Johanna has brought information and awareness about eating disorders to hundreds of thousands of individuals nationally and internationally. In addition, she facilitates weekly support groups, assists individuals with eating disorders and their families through their treatment and recovery, and helps hundreds of thousands of people to gain information and find the help they need. As a passionate advocate for mental health and eating disorders legislation, Johanna has spent a lot of time meeting with numerous members of Congress, and was part of the first-ever Eating Disorder Roundtable at the White House. Johanna is a proud member of the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee Meeting under the Department of Health and Human Services, Treasurer of the Board of Directors for the Eating Disorders Coalition, and a member of the Collective of Eating Disorders Organizations. She has received many awards for her ongoing outreach and advocacy work, including the Jefferson Award for Public Service© (the highest and most prestigious honor recognizing public service in the United States), Academy for Eating Disorders’ Meehan/Hartley Leadership Award for Public Service &/or Advocacy, and Harlequin Enterprises' More Than Words Award. Johanna has appeared on national television programs including NBC Nightly News and The Today Show, and profiled in the New York Times, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Glamour Magazine.