Virginia Zamudio Lange, RN, MSN, CDE
Executive Editor, AADE in Practice
President, Independent Diabetes Consultants, PLLC

Virginia Zamudio is the president of Independent Diabetes Consultants and was 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, FAADE 
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.

Marcia Carlson, RD, MPH, CDE
Metro-Area Diabetes Education Manager, Fairview Health Services

Marcia Carlson has worked as a dietitian and diabetes educator in the community health and family practice settings, as well as for the Indian Health Services. Previously, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. Carlson's current position is manager for metro-area diabetes education at Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis, MN. She currently serves as secretary for the local AADE chapter, Minneapolis-St. Paul Diabetes Educators (MSDE)and is a member of AADE, American Diabetes Association and the American Dietetics Association. Her current interests include advancing the scope of practice for RD, CDEs and partnering with interdisciplinary teams to provide effective care.

Belinda Childs, ARNP, MN, BC-ADM, CDE
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Mid-America Diabetes Associates

Belinda Childs is a diabetes clinical nurse specialist who serves as a diabetes care provider and the clinic and research coordinator for Mid-America Diabetes Associates. Additionally, Childs is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Nursing at Wichita State University. She has authored several publications and has served as editor for Diabetes Spectrum. Childs is a member of AADE, the American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau, and the American Diabetes Association in which she is a past president of Health Care & Education.

Kathleen Gold, RN, MSN, CDE
Diabetes Educator, Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation

Kathleen Gold currently works for the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation and serves as a member of their Medical Advisory Board. In addition, she operates a national diabetes help line and is the editor of Diabetes Wellness News, a monthly publication that supports patients with diabetes and their families. Gold also facilitates a Diabetes Clinic for the Unity Health Care Clinic at the Federal City Homeless Shelter in Washington, DC. She is the chair of AADE's Public Affairs Committee and is the Action Committee Chairperson for Novo Nordisk's Changing Diabetes project in Maryland.

Patti Bazel Geil, MS, RD, FADA, CDE
Owner, Geil Nutrition Communications

Patti Geil is a registered dietitian, author and certified diabetes educator who enjoys translating the science of nutrition into the art of great eating. She has almost thirty years of experience in diabetes education in a variety of settings from private practice to pediatrics to nutrition research. As the owner of Geil Nutrition Communications, she gives presentations, authors numerous professional and consumer articles and books about nutrition and does diabetes and food-related media work. She has also served on AADE's Board of Directors.

Linda Pearce, RNC, BSN, MEd, CDE 
Consultant/Diabetes Educator, Blacksburg, VA

Linda Pearce is currently a volunteer Faith Community Nurse in Blacksburg, VA and serves as secretary of her local AADE Chapter, the Mountain Region Association of Diabetes Educators (MRADE). She has been active in AADE for more than ten years serving as chair of the Chapter President’s Council, Chair of the Home Healthcare Diabetes Educators SPG, and as a member and officer in two AADE chapters. Pearce has been involved in international diabetes education in the Ukraine and participated in the 3rd World Congress on Homecare and Hospice. She has consulted on diabetes concerns with many home care associations and agencies, and she has served on the editorial board of the peer reviewed nursing journal, Home Healthcare Nurse (HHN). She taught Community Health Nursing at both the University of Virginia and the University of Mississippi and has worked in various roles in community health and home care during her 44 years in nursing.

Eva Vivian, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM, CDE 
Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin

Dr. Eva Vivian is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. She currently maintains a clinical practice at Access Community Health Center in Madison, WI and oversees a community-based screening and intervention program for children at risk for type 2 diabetes. Dr. Vivian’s research interests focus on identifying disparities in the treatment of hypertension, diabetes and other chronic diseases among ethnic minorities, particularly African American and Latino patients and developing and implementing strategies to reduce and eliminate them. She has authored several articles, instructional materials, abstracts, and book chapters, and she serves as a peer reviewer for several medical publications.  Dr. Vivian has lectured at medical meetings, conferences, and symposia across the U.S., and has held numerous leadership positions within professional pharmacy associations. She is immediate past chair of the AADE Pharmacy Specialty Practice Group. She is also a member of the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and American Diabetes Association.