Board of Directors

 

Amparo Gonzalez President
Amparo Gonzalez, RN, BSN, CDE

Director
Georgia Latino Diabetes Education Program
Atlanta, GA
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Marcia Draheim

President-elect
Marcia Draheim, RN, CDE

President
Draheim Dimensional Presentations
Cedar Rapids, IA
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Deborah Fillman First Vice President 
Deborah Fillman, MS, RD, LD, CDE

Director of Community Education
Green River District Health Dept
KY Diabetes Prevention & Control Program
Owensboro, KY
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Second Vice President 
Katie Weinger, EdD, RN

Investigator, Behaviorial and Mental Health Research
Joslin Diabetes Center 
Boston, MA
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Treasurer  
Donna Tomky, MSN, RN, ANP-C, CDE 

Nurse Practitioner/Diabetes Educator
ABQ Health Partners
Albuquerque, NM 
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Donna M. Rice Immediate Past President 
Donna M. Rice, MBA, BSN, RN, CDE

Wellness Program Manager
Botsford Hospital, Center for Lifestyle Management 
Novi, MI
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Lana Vukovljak Corporate Secretary 
Lana Vukovljak, MA, MS

Chief Executive Officer
American Association of Diabetes Educators
Chicago, IL
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DIRECTORS


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

Christine Bassette, RN, BSN, CDE
Manager, Diabetes Services
South Fulton Medical Center
East Point, GA
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
Illinois State University
Saint Joseph, IL
Kim Decoste, RN, MSN, CDE
Diabetes Nurse Educator
Diabetes Education and Wellness
Richmond, KY		 Nancy D'Hondt, RPH, CDE
Staff Clinical Pharmacist
St. John's Hospital/ICU Pharmacy
Detroit, MI

Lorena Drago, RD, MS, CDN, CDE
Director, Ambulatory Care
Nutrition Education
and WIC Program
Lincoln Hospital
Forest Hills, NY

David Miller, RN, MSED, BSN, BC, CDE
Chief Executive Officer
Health Education and Life Promotion
Hope, IN  

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

Cecelia Sauter, MS, RD, CDE
Program Director
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

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

Nadine Uplinger, MS, MHA, RD, CDE, LDN
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Philadelphia, PA


SPG REPRESENTATIVE


Dennis Pillion, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL


EX OFFICIO MEMBERS


Chair - Chapter Presidents
Council
Phyllis Woodson, MS, RD, CDE
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Diabetes Institute 
Virginia Beach, VA 		 Editor - The Diabetes Educator
James Fain, PhD, RN, BC-ADM, FAAN
Associate Dean for Academic Programs
University of Massachusetts Worcester
Graduate School of Nursing
North Dartmouth, MA
Chair - AADE Foundation
Virginia Zamudio Lange, RN, MSN, CDE
Partner 
Alamo Diabetes Team, LLP
San Antonio, TX