Board of Directors

Deborah Fillman

President
Deborah Fillman, MS, RD, LD, CDE

Public Health Director
Green River District Health Dept
Owensboro, KY

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President-elect
Donna Tomky, MSN, RN, C-NP, CDE 

Nurse Practitioner/Diabetes Educator
ABQ Health Partners
Albuquerque, NM 

Vice President  
Nancy D'Hondt, RPh, CDE 

Staff/Clinical Pharmacist
St. John's Hospital and Medical Center
Grosse Pointe Park, MI

Treasurer  
Cecilia Sauter, MS, RD, CDE

Program Director
Diabetes Self-Management Education Program
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI 

Marcia Draheim Immediate Past President 
Marcia Draheim, RN, CDE

President
Draheim Dimensional Presentations
Cedar Rapids, IA
Lana Vukovljak Corporate Secretary 
Lana Vukovljak, MA, MS

Chief Executive Officer
American Association of Diabetes Educators
Chicago, IL


DIRECTORS

Joan Bardsley, RN, MBA, CDE
Assistant Vice President, Scientific
Affairs Administration
MedStar Research Institute
Hyattsville, MD

Marian Batts-Turner, MSN, RN, CDE 
CEO/Chief Nurse Consultant 
Real Matters Consulting
Owings Mills, MD

Lorena Drago, RD, MS, CDN, CDE
Senior Associate Director
Lincoln Medical and Medical Health Center/
Hispanic Foodways
Forest Hills, NY

Deborah Greenwood, MEd, CNS, CDE, BC-ADM
Diabetes Nurse Educator
Sutter Medical Foundation
Granite Bay, CA

Charlotte Hayes, MMSc, MS, RD, CDE 
Diabetes Nutrition and Exercise Specialist
Open Hand
Atlanta, GA

Kimberly Higgins, RN, CDE
Diabetes Consultant 
San Ramon, CA  

 

Terry Lumber, RN, CNS, MSN, CDE, BC-ADM
Director
Inova Diabetes Center
Fairfax, VA

Carole Mensing, MA, RN, CDE
Manager, Clinical and Educational Programs
Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston, MA  

Jan Pearson, BAN, RN, CDE
Senior Consultant
International Diabetes Center
Minneapolis, MN

Tami Ross, RD, LD, CDE
Diabetes Nutrition Educator
Internal Medicine Associates
Lexington, KY 

Claudia Shwide-Slavin, MS, RD, CDE, BC-ADM
Private Practice
New York, NY

Carrie Swift, MS, RD, CDE, BC-ADM
Dietetics Coordinator
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Walla Walla, WA

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

Chair - Chapter Presidents
Council

Carol Manchester, MSN, APRN, BC-ADM, CDE 
Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist
University of Minnesota Medical Center 
Eagan, MN
Specialty Practice Group Representative
Patricia "Mickey" Stuart, BS, MPH, MS, CDE
Diabetes Education Coordinator
Diabetes Education Center 
Vicksburg, MS
Chair - AADE Foundation
Paul Madden
Director of Advocacy and Education
Nutrition Education and Empowerment
PepsiCo
Purchase, NY 

Editor - The Diabetes Educator
James Fain, PhD, RN, BC-ADM, FAAN, FAADE
Dean and Professor
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
College of Nursing
North Dartmouth, MA