Meet Our Experienced
CNS Supervisors
Sunny Brigham, MBA, MS, CNS®, LN
Lead CNS Supervisor for CNS Alliance
Lead Nutritionist at Above Health Nutrition and BeneHealth
Adjunct Instructor at Purdue Global
Experience
Sunny is a Licensed Nutritionist and proud Board-Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) with over eight years of clinical experience helping individuals craft sustainable, personalized nutrition strategies that support their health and unique biochemistry.
Since 2020, Sunny has served as a dedicated BCNS supervisor, mentoring over 100 CNS candidates through the often daunting - but incredibly rewarding - journey toward certification. Her mission? To turn capable interns into confident, credentialed professionals. She’s guided many CNS hopefuls in completing their supervised hours, building real-world clinical skills, and hundreds more in acing the BCNS exam - often with less stress and more clarity.
Before she became nutritionist and mentor, Sunny spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. She holds a Master of Science in Nutrition and Integrative Health (with a specialization in Human Clinical Nutrition) and an MBA. She’s been known to lend her business savvy to up-and-coming nutritionists - offering guidance on marketing, branding, and growing a successful practice.
Her areas of expertise include women’s health, thyroid dysfunction, autoimmune conditions, digestive health, and weight management. She also works extensively with individuals managing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, CKD, and skin-related concerns.
Sunny brings compassion, humor, and a whole-person approach to every conversation.
Yulia Glotzer, MSc, CNS®, LDN, PN2
CNS Supervisor
Private practice Vibrant People Nutrition since 2022
Practitioner Consultant at FunctionalDX in UK
Experience
Yulia Glotzer is a Board Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS®) and a health coach. She specializes in metabolic health, hormonal imbalances, and complex blood chemistry analysis and interpretation. Her education includes a Master's degree in Human Nutrition from Bridgeport University, CT, and numerous certifications in hormonal health, including fertility certification from The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M).
Her passion for metabolic health led her to work for one of the leading companies in the US’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) space, where she delivered nutrition and lifestyle recommendations based on real-time blood glucose levels to over 80 members. Besides providing nutrition coaching for her clients at her virtual Vibrant People Nutrition practice, Yulia is one of the instructors for the Professional 2-Level Blood Interpretation Course for health practitioners in the UK through FunctionalDX.
Yvonne Montoya-Matthews, MS, CNS®, LDN, BCHN®
CNS Supervisor, Co-Founder of CNS Alliance, Director of Premier Prep & Herbal Education at CNS Alliance
Holistic Nutrition Consultant, Bauman College
Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition® (BCHN®)
Master's of Science degree in Human Clinical Nutrition
Certified Nutrition Specialist® (CNS®)
Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN)
Certified Herbalist
Nutrition and herbal school instructor at Land of Verse
Adjust Graduate Professor at Colorado Chinese Medicine University
Adjunct Instructor at Purdue Global
Experience
Yvonne Montoya-Matthews is a double board-certified functional nutritionist, educator, and dedicated mentor for aspiring nutrition professionals. As a Certified Nutrition Specialist® (CNS®) Supervisor, she is passionate about guiding CNS candidates through their clinical training, helping them build confidence, clinical reasoning skills, and successful, ethical practices.
With 11 years of experience in private practice through her company, Nutrition Designed, Yvonne has worked extensively with hundreds of private clients, run dozens of group programs, and has many corporate wellness clients, including partnerships with the University of Denver and the City of Denver.
Her areas of expertise include sports and performance nutrition, hormone balance, digestion, gut health, skin and acne conditions, herbal medicine and functional labs like GI-Map, micronutrients, food sensitivities, DUTCH hormones and general/annual blood work interpretation.
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1,000 Supervised Hours
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CNS Board Exam Prep
Taking any board exam is anxiety-filled. We promise to prepare you to take and pass the CNS exam with ease! We built the program we wish we had when we were studying for and taking this exam. We are the gold-standard here.
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