Board of Directors

Marcia Draheim

President
Marcia Draheim, RN, CDE

President
Draheim Dimensional Presentations
Cedar Rapids, IA

Deborah Fillman

President-elect
Deborah Fillman, MS, RD, LD, CDE

Director of Community Education
Green River District Health Dept
KY Diabetes Prevention & Control Program
Owensboro, KY
Vice President 
Nadine Uplinger, MS, MHA, RD, CDE, BC-ADM 

Director, Gutman Diabetes Institute
Green River District Health Dept
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Philadelphia, PA

Treasurer  
Donna Tomky, MSN, RN, ANP-C, CDE 

Nurse Practitioner/Diabetes Educator
ABQ Health Partners
Albuquerque, NM 

Amparo Gonzalez Immediate Past President 
Amparo Gonzalez, RN, BSN, CDE

Director
Georgia Latino Diabetes Education Program
Atlanta, GA
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 
Research Associate in Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Sandra Burke, PhD, ANP, BC-ADM, CDE
Director, BroMenn Endowed Assistant
Professor of Nursing
Illinois State University
Saint Joseph, IL

Kim DeCoste, RN, MSN, CDE
Manager, Diabetes Center of Excellence
Madison County Health Department
Richmond, KY
Nancy D'Hondt, RPH, CDE
Staff/Clinical Pharmacist
St. John's Hospital and Medical Center
Gross Point Park, MI

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

Theresa Garnero, APRN, MSN, CDE, BC-ADM
Clinical Nurse Manager, 
California Pacific Medical Center
Center for Diabetes Services
San Francisco, CA  

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

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

Evan Sisson, PharmD, MHA ,CDE
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy
VCU/MCV School of Pharmacy
Richmond, VA

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



EX OFFICIO MEMBERS


Chair - Chapter Presidents
Council

Evelyn Schumacher, MS, RD, LD, CDE
Diabetes Program Director
Shands Jacksonville  
Jacksonville, FL 
Specialty Practice Group Representative
Karen Kemmis, PT, DPT, MS, CDE
Physical Therapist
Joslin Diabetes Center at Syracuse 
Syracuse, NY
Chair - AADE Foundation
Virginia Zamudio Lange, RN, MSN, CDE
Owner, Independent Diabetes Consultants
San Antonio, TX

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