Virginia Zamudio Lange, RN, MSN, CDE
Executive Editor, AADE in Practice
Partner, Alamo Diabetes Team, LLP

Virginia Zamudio is a founding partner at San Antonio’s Alamo Diabetes Team, LLP, an independent diabetes self-management education center. She is a past president of AADE and has volunteered her services on the local and national levels.

Jim Fain, PHD, RN, BC-ADM, FAAN
Senior Editorial Advisor, AADE in Practice
Dean, College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth

Jim Fain is the Dean and Professor of the College of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. Other leadership and educational experiences in nursing include positions at Yale University School of Nursing and the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of The Diabetes Educator for over 20 years and is nationally recognized for his expertise, publications and research in diabetes management. His research has been funded by various sources, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Diana Pihos, MA
Managing Editor, AADE in Practice
Director of Communications, AADE

Diana Pihos joined AADE in 2002, first serving as public affairs director and now as communications director. Prior to that, she managed communications initiatives for a risk management consulting firm and for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service.

Amber McCulloch, MA
Copy Editor, AADE in Practice
Communications Manager, AADE

Amber McCulloch is currently the manager of communications for AADE. Before joining AADE in 2005, she taught literature and writing at the middle school, high school and college levels.

Lorena Drago, RD, MS, CDN, CDE
Diabetes Educator and Consultant

Lorena Drago is the Director of Ambulatory Care Nutrition Programs including the Diabetes Education Program, WIC and the Health Literacy Diabetes Education While You Wait. She specializes in the multicultural aspects of diabetes self-management education and is an expert in developing culturally and ethnically-oriented nutrition and diabetes education materials. She is also a Past President of the Metropolitan New York Association of Diabetes Educators, a member of the Latino Group and leadership council of the New York Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, a board member of AADE.

Mary Ann Hodorowicz, RD, LDN, MBA, CDE
Diabetes Educator and Consultant

Mary Ann Hodorowicz currently works in a recognized DSME and MNT program and also consults for individual professionals, corporate clients and healthcare organizations. She has given numerous presentations on DSME and MNT operations, marketing, reimbursement, business planning, quality management, patient empowerment and other cutting-edge subjects throughout the country, including Internet and audio seminars. She is a member of a number of national associations, has participated in many national taskforces and has published several resources for diabetes professionals.

Carolyn Leontos, MS, RD, CDE
Nutrition Specialist, University of Nevada

Carolyn Leontos is a professor and nutrition specialist for the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and is a nationally recognized nutrition expert. Specializing in community nutrition, she has written over 50 articles and three books and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association and Diabetes Forecast.

Teresa Pearson, MS, RN, CDE
Director of Diabetes Care, Fairview Health Center

Teresa Pearson is the Director of Diabetes Care at Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For over 20 years, she has been involved in direct patient care, guideline development, program administration, chronic care and population health, clinical quality improvement efforts, and the multidisciplinary team approach to chronic disease management and diabetes prevention. She has served on AADE’s Executive Committee and has published numerous articles on the above subjects.

Jean Roemer, CPNP, MSN, MN, CDE
Diabetes/Endo Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Children’s Hospital, UPMC

Jean Betschart Roemer is a pediatric nurse practitioner in diabetes/endocrinology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). She is a past president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators and has done extensive writing for children with diabetes, their parents and healthcare professionals. 

Curtis Triplitt, PharmD, CDE
UTHSCSA/Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, TX

Curtis Triplitt is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes at the Texas Diabetes Institute. He also holds the appointment of Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy with the Clinical Pharmacy Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He has been an investigator in multiple research studies in the field of diabetes and has published several book chapters on diabetes as well as in such peer-reviewed journals as Diabetes Care, Diabetes Spectrum, Pharmacotherapy, and Drugs.