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The American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest and leading voluntary health organization leading the fight to Stop Diabetes^SM, is pleased to announce its officers and members of its Board of Directors for 2010. They are:

Chair of the Board
Nash M. Childs, PE
Executive Vice President
Bancroft Construction Company
Wilmington, DE

President, Health Care & Education
Christine T. Tobin, RN, MBA, CDE
Diabetes Educator
Atlanta, GA

President, Medicine & Science
Richard M. Bergenstal, MD
Executive Director
International Diabetes Center
Minneapolis, MN

Secretary/Treasurer
Gerard B. Nee, CPA
Partner
Wagner, Morey & Nee, LLC
Somerville, NJ

Chief Executive Officer
Larry Hausner
Chief Executive Officer
American Diabetes Association
Alexandria, VA

John E. Anderson, MD
President
The Frist Clinic
Nashville, TN

David K. Bloomgarden, MD, FACE
Physician Leader
Scarsdale Medical Group, LLP
Harrison, NY

Jeffrey Caballero, MPH
Executive Director
Association of Asian Pacific Community
Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
Oakland, CA

Joe C. Cook, Jr.
Principal
Mountain Group Capital, LLC
Nashville, TN

Pearson C. Cummin, III
(Vice Secretary/Treasurer)
Managing Member
Grey Fox Associates, LLC
Greenwich, CT

Samuel E. Dagogo-Jack, MD
Professor of Medicine & Program Director
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Memphis, TN

Robin L. Diehl, MA
Deputy Executive Director of Finance & Administration North Carolina Education Lottery
Cary, NC

Richard Farber, MBA
Partner
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
Pacific Palisades, CA

Vivian Fonseca, MD
(Vice President, Medicine & Science)
Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology
Chief, Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Tulane University Medical Center
New Orleans, LA

Lurelean B. Gaines, RN, MSN
Chairperson, Department of Nursing
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park, CA

Kenneth R. Gerston
President, Ubiquitous, Inc. and
Ubiquitous Investigative Services
Managing Member, Emster Properties, LLC
Sherman Oaks, CA

John W. Griffin, Jr.
(Chair of the Board-Elect)
Managing Partner
Marek, Griffin & Knaupp
Victoria, TX

Robert R. Henry, MD
(President-Elect, Medicine & Science)
Professor of Medicine
University of California Department of Medicine
Chief, Section of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes
VA Medical Center, San Diego
San Diego, CA

James O. Hill, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine
Director, Center for Human Nutrition
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO

Dwight Holing
(Secretary/Treasurer-Elect)
President
DHA Communications
Orinda, CA

George J. Huntley, CPA
(Immediate Past Chair of the Board)
Chief Financial Officer
Theoris, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN

Jane Kadohiro, DrPH, APRN, CDE
Diabetes and Wellness Educator
The Queen's Medical Center
Honolulu, HI

Wahida Karmally, DrPH, RD, CDE, CLS
Director of Nutrition
Irving Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
Columbia University
New York, NY

Lori M. Laffel, MD, MPH
Chief, Pediatric, Adolescent & Young Adult Section
Joslin Diabetes Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

L. Hunter Limbaugh, JD
(Vice Chair of the Board)
Southeastern Counsel
Trade Association for California Winegrowers
Columbia, SC

Dennis Marco
Executive Vice President
Porzio Government Affairs, LLC
Trenton, NJ

David G. Marrero, PhD
J. O. Ritchey Professor of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, MSPH, PhD, RD
(President-Elect, Health Care & Education)
Professor, Department of Nutrition
School of Public Health & School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Sue McLaughlin, BS, RD, CDE, CPT
(Immediate Past President, Health Care & Education)
Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator
The Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Louis H. Philipson, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Robin J. Richardson
Vice President, Medical Services
The ODS Companies
Portland, OR

R. Paul Robertson, MD
(Immediate Past President, Medicine & Science)
President & Scientific Director
Pacific Northwest Research Institute
Seattle, WA

Thomas L. Ryan, CPA
President & Chief Executive Officer
Service Corporation International
Houston, TX

Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Patrick L. Shuler, CPA
Senior Partner
Goodman & Company
Virginia Beach, VA

Steven A. Smith, MD
Medical Director, Patient Education
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, MN

Geralyn Spollett, MSN, ANP-CS, CDE
(Vice President, Health Care & Education)
Associate Director, Yale Diabetes Center
Adult Nurse Practitioner, Endocrine – Yale University
School of Medicine Faculty Practice
New Haven, CT

T. Edwin Stinson, Jr.
(Immediate Past Secretary/Treasurer)
Chief Financial Officer
American Enterprise Bank of Florida
Jacksonville, FL

Gretchen A. Youssef, MS, RD, CDE
Program Manager
MedStar Diabetes Institute
MEDSTAR HEALTH
Washington, DC