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The American Diabetes Association, the nation’s largest and leading voluntary health organization leading the fight to Stop Diabetes®, is pleased to announce its officers and Board of Directors members for 2012.  
 
Chair of the Board
L. Hunter Limbaugh 
Southeastern Counsel
Wine Institute 
Columbia, SC  

President, Health Care & Education
Geralyn Spollett, MSN, ANP-CS, CDE 
Associate Director, Yale Diabetes Center 
Adult Nurse Practitioner, Endocrine – Yale University
New Haven, Conn.

President, Medicine & Science
Vivian Fonseca, MD
Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology 
Tullis-Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes
Chief, Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Tulane University Medical Center 
New Orleans, La.
 
Secretary/Treasurer
Pearson C. Cummin, III, MBA
Managing Member   
Grey Fox Associates, LLC  
Greenwich, Conn.

Chief Executive Officer
Larry Hausner, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
American Diabetes Association
Alexandria, Va.

John E. Anderson, MD
(President-Elect, Medicine & Science)  
President
The Frist Clinic
Nashville, Tenn.

Samuel Arce, MD, FAAFP 
Family Practitioner
Vice Chairman, National Hispanic Medical Association
Jamaica, NY  

David K. Bloomgarden, MD, FACE
Clinical Endocrinologist
Scarsdale Medical Group, LLP
Harrison, NY

Michael Julian Bond
Atlanta City Councilmember
Atlanta, Ga. 

Vanessa Jones Briscoe, PhD, NP, CDE
Research Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tenn. 

Jeffrey Caballero, MPH
Executive Director
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Oakland, Calif.

Michael Ching, CPA
Partner
Ernst & Young, LLP
Honolulu, Hawaii

Kieth Cockrell
Midwest Region Executive
Michigan Market President
Bank of America Corporate Office
Troy, Mich.

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

Marjorie Cypress, PhD, RN, CNP, CDE
(Vice President, Health Care & Education)
Nurse Practitioner, Endocrinology
ABQ Health Partners, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM

Samuel E. Dagogo-Jack, MD
Professor of Medicine & Director
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
A.C. Mullins Chair in Translational Research
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tenn.

Robin L. Diehl
CFO and Director of Fiscal Management
North Carolina Department of Administration
Raleigh, NC

Richard Farber, MBA
Partner
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Lurelean B. Gaines, RN, MSN
(President-Elect, Health Care & Education) 
Chairperson
Department of Nursing
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park, Calif.

John W. Griffin, Jr. 
(Immediate Past Chair of the Board)
Managing Partner
Marek, Griffin & Knaupp
Victoria, Texas 

Robert R. Henry, MD
(Immediate Past President, Medicine & Science)
Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
Chief, Section of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes
Director, Center for Metabolic Research
VA San Diego Healthcare System
San Diego, Calif.

James O. Hill, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine
Executive Director, Anschutz Medical Campus Health and Wellness Center
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, Colo.

Dwight Holing
(Vice Chair of the Board)
(Immediate Past Secretary/Treasurer)
President 
DHA Communications
Orinda, Calif.

Jane K. Kadohiro, DrPH, APRN, CDE
Diabetes and Wellness Educator
The Queen’s Medical Center
Honolulu, Hawaii 

Daniel B. Kohrman, JD, MPA
Senior Attorney
AARP Foundation
Washington, DC

Mary T. Korytkowski, RN, MN, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Lorrie Welker Liang
Vice President
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Baltimore, Md. 

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

Anne Peters, MD, FACP, CDE
Professor, Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, Calif.

Vincent Poitout, DVM, PhD
Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Montreal
Montreal, Canada

Margaret A. Powers, PhD, RD, CDE
Research Scientist
International Diabetes Center
Minneapolis, Minn.

Henry Rodriguez, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Florida College of Medicine
Clinical Director USF Diabetes Center
Tampa, Fla.

Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD
(Vice President, Medicine & Science)
Pennock Family Chair in Diabetes Research
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Diabetes Research
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn.

Patrick L. Shuler, CPA
(Secretary/Treasurer-Elect)
Senior Partner
Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP
Virginia Beach, Va.

Robert J. Singley, MBA
(Vice Secretary/Treasurer)
Diabetes Marketing Consultant
Rockaway, NJ

Karen Talmadge, PhD
(Chair of the Board-Elect)
President
Nabu Health Care Consulting
Los Altos Hills, Calif.
 
Darryl Tonemah, PhD, MEd, BS
Health and Wellness Consultant
Lewiston, NY

Patti Urbanski, MEd, RD, LD, CDE
Diabetes Program Coordinator
Nutrition & Diabetes Specialist
Duluth Family Medicine Residency Program
Duluth, Minn.    
                                 
Gretchen A. Youssef, MS, RD, CDE
Program Manager
MedStar Diabetes Institute, MEDSTAR HEALTH
Washington, DC