Gerard McLane is President and CEO of Reading Institute for Better Living, Inc., a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to develop, implement and evaluate health promotion programs and services throughout Pennsylvania. He has been a professional in preventive care since earning his master and doctor of public health degrees from the Loma Linda University School of Public Health. He is a specialist in the therapeutic and motivational approaches to health risk management, disease prevention and lifestyle interventions.
He is a Fellow in the American Preventive Care Association, a Certified Nutrition Specialist, a Certified Health Education Specialist and certified as a Preventive Care Provider with the American Board of Preventive Care. With his wife, Kathryn, he wrote and published the Tastefully Vegan-Creative Vegetarian Cooking cookbook.