Dr. Susan Kleiner is globally recognized as a trailblazer in the nutrition and sports performance industry. With an illustrious career spanning more than three decades, she has significantly improved numerous athletes’ and individuals’ performance and well-being, working with professional organizations such as the Seattle Storm, Reign, Supersonics, and Seahawks, the Cleveland Browns and Cavaliers, the Miami Heat and dozens of Olympians. Her expertise and groundbreaking research in nutrition, health and performance have earned her a stellar reputation as a visionary educator and thought leader in the field.

Dr. Susan Kleiner is a highly accomplished professional in the field of nutrition, with a Ph.D. and M.S. in Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and a B.A. in Biology from Hiram College along with RD, FACN, CNS-E, FISSN certifications and honors. Throughout her career, Dr. Kleiner has held several prominent positions, including Founder of her consultancy High-Performance Nutrition LLC, currently Chief Science Officer for Electrolyte Boost, Lead Scientific Consultant for Artesa Global Inc., former Director of Science and Communication at Vitargo, Inc. and Co-founder and Co-CEO of Vynna. She has written ten books, including The New Power Eating®, The Good Mood Diet®, and  POWERFOOD Nutrition. Dr. Kleiner has served on numerous boards and committees, currently including the Mercer Island Farmers Market Board, the Science Committee of Women in Nutraceuticals, The Move Nutrition Network Board, and the Nutrition Team Leader for the Medical Education Exchange Team NGO in Vietnam. She has received the JJ Turner Society Alumni Award For Contributions in the Life Sciences from Hiram College,  Dean’s Graduate Studies Distinguished Lecture Award from Case Western Reserve University, and she was most recently inducted into the Cleveland Heights High School Distinguished Alumni Hall Of Fame Class of 2023.

Dr. Sue is passionate about her volunteer teaching at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. There is no nutrition or dietetic profession in Vietnam. As part of the Medical Education Exchange Team (www.meet-international.org), she teaches clinical nutrition to medical faculty and students, and is beginning the development of hospital-based clinical nutrition teams in the region. This is an enormous job, and anyone interested in joining Dr. Sue with this teaching endeavor should please contact her directly.

While she’s not passionately promoting healthy nutrition and fitness, Dr. Kleiner stays in a good mood by spending time in the great outdoors of the Pacific Northwest with her husband and daughters. She loves lifting, cycling, yoga, dancing, hiking, playing piano, cooking, traveling, and cozying up with a good book and hot cocoa in the evening to let the intensity of the day slide away.