MyEdin

Lisbeth Rhine is the Executive Director of EDIN. In recovery from an eating disorder for more than 10 years, Lisbeth brings insight and knowledge of the issues and circumstances creating disordered eating behaviors. Her responsibilities as the Executive Director include ensuring the financial and operational stability of the organization while continuing to encourage programmatic growth.

Prior to EDIN, Lisbeth served as the Director of Client Services for one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms. An Atlanta native, Lisbeth has a Bachelor of Arts from Georgia State University. She is also involved with animal welfare and rescue in Georgia, and serves as a volunteer with P.A.L.S. Atlanta (Pets Are Loving Support).

Dina Zeckhausen, Ph.D.
Founder

Dina Zeckhausen grew up in New Hampshire and attended Williams College in Massachusetts. She received her doctoral degree in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina in 1990.

In 1996, Dina founded EDIN--the Eating Disorders Information Network. EDIN’s School and Community Outreach initiatives have been honored by the National Eating Disorders Association and serve as a model for local, grassroots organizations around the country.

“It has been tremendously gratifying to watch EDIN grow from a simple idea into a powerful non-profit with an active and passionate board and hundreds of volunteers who reaches thousands of children, teens, parents, educators and eating disorder sufferers. EDIN gives people tools to not only fight the “voice” of an eating disorder inside their own heads, but to speak out and address these issues in new creative ways. I have been particularly moved by how passionately teenagers have responded to our outreach programs. Kids and teens have tremendous energy related to these issues; they really CARE! When they are given the tools to make a difference, they come up with ideas that we adults never would have conceived of! We have included many of their ideas in our latest School Outreach materials.

After years of struggling just to survive, EDIN is finally garnering recognition on a national stage. Our concern with the obesity epidemic and the failures of the diet industry to address this issue may mean that America is ready for a paradigm shift. While there is still a long way to go in reducing the stigma attached to eating disorders, our “Listen to Your Body” model is finally gaining some respect. We are also recognizing the complex interplay of psychological, genetic, family and peer influences that contribute to the development of eating disorders, and that eating disorders are not just about “vanity” or wanting to fit into Size 0 jeans. But we still have a long way to go.

It is our hope that communities, schools and parents will adopt our program model to effect systemic change. This is the most exciting chapter in the life of EDIN!”

In 1996, Dr. Zeckhausen wrote a play about a girl who struggles with an eating disorder entitled What’s Eating Katie? which has been performed locally and nationally by high school and college students. She also wrote the first children’s book devoted to preventing eating disorders called Full Mouse, Empty Mouse (Magination Press, 2007). Dina has been featured on The Today Show, The Insider, Entertainment Tonight, The Food Network show “Cooking Thin”, Connecting with Kids, Good for Parents, CNN and Headline News as well as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Shape Magazine, Our Kids Magazine, Creative Loafing, Atlanta Magazine and Atlanta Woman Magazine. She works in private practice with her husband, Dr. Gerald Drose and has a step-son and two sons.