ALEXANDRIA - The American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest and leading voluntary health organization leading the fight to Stop Diabetes(SM), is pleased to announce its officers and members of its Board of Directors for 2010. They are:

Chair of the Board

Nash M. Childs, PE                     David K. Bloomgarden, MD, FACE

Executive Vice President               Physician Leader

Bancroft Construction Company          Scarsdale Medical Group, LLP

Wilmington, DE                         Harrison, NY





President, Health Care & Education     Jeffrey Caballero, MPH

Christine T. Tobin, RN, MBA, CDE       Executive Director

Diabetes Educator                      Association of Asian Pacific

Atlanta, GA                             Community

                                       Health Organizations (AAPCHO)

                                       Oakland, CA



President, Medicine & Science

Richard M. Bergenstal, MD              Joe C. Cook, Jr.

Executive Director                     Principal

International Diabetes Center          Mountain Group, LLC

Minneapolis, MN                        Nashville, TN





Secretary/Treasurer                    Pearson C. Cummin, III

Gerard B. Nee, CPA                     (Vice Secretary/Treasurer)

Partner                                Managing Member

Wagner, Morey & Nee, LLC               Grey Fox Associates, LLC

Somerville, NJ                         Greenwich, CT





Chief Executive Officer                Samuel E. Dagogo-Jack, MD

Larry Hausner                          Professor of Medicine & Program

Chief Executive Officer                 Director

American Diabetes Association          Division of Endocrinology and

Alexandria, VA                          Metabolism

                                       University of Tennessee College

                                        of Medicine

                                       Memphis, TN





John E. Anderson, MD                   Robin L. Diehl, MAc

President                              Deputy Executive Director of

The Frist Clinic                        Finance & Administration

Nashville, TN                          North Carolina Education Lottery

                                       Cary, NC





Richard Farber, MBA                    George J. Huntley, CPA

Partner                                (Immediate Past Chair of the

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors         Board)

Pacific Palisades, CA                  Chief Financial Officer

                                       Theoris, Inc.

                                       Indianapolis, IN





Vivian Fonseca, MD

(Vice President, Medicine & Science)   Jane Kadohiro, DrPH, APRN, CDE

Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology   Assistant Professor

Chief, Section of Endocrinology        University of Hawaii School of

 & Metabolism                           Nursing

Tulane University Medical Center       Honolulu, HI

New Orleans, LA





Lurelean B. Gaines, RN, MSN            Wahida Karmally, DrPH, RD, CDE, CLS

Chairperson, Department of Nursing     Director of Nutrition

East Los Angeles College               Irving Institute for Clinical &

Monterey Park, CA                       Translational Research

                                       Columbia University

                                       New York, NY





Kenneth R. Gerston                     Lori M. Laffel, MD, MPH

President, Ubiquitous, Inc. and        Chief, Pediatric, Adolescent

 Ubiquitous Investigative Services      & Young Adult Section

Managing Member, Emster                Joslin Diabetes Center

 Properties, LLC                       Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Sherman Oaks, CA                       Harvard Medical School

                                       Boston, MA





John W. Griffin, Jr.                   L. Hunter Limbaugh, JD

(Chair of the Board-Elect)             (Vice Chair of the Board)

Managing Partner                       Southeastern Counsel

Marek, Griffin & Knaupp                Trade Association for California

Victoria, TX                            Winegrowers

                                       Columbia, SC





Robert R. Henry, MD

(President-Elect, Medicine & Science)

Professor of Medicine                  Dennis Marco

University of California Department    Executive Vice President

 of Medicine                           Porzio Government Affairs, LLC

Chief, Section of Endocrinology,       Trenton, NJ

 Metabolism & Diabetes

VA Medical Center, San Diego

San Diego, CA





James O. Hill, Ph.D.                   David G. Marrero, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine     J. O. Ritchey Professor of

Director, Center for Human Nutrition    Medicine

University of Colorado Denver          Indiana University School of

Denver, CO                              Medicine

                                       Indianapolis, IN





Dwight Holing                          Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, MSPH, PhD, RD

(Secretary/Treasurer-Elect)            (President-Elect, Health Care

President                               & Education)

DHA Communications                     Professor, Department of Nutrition

Orinda, CA                             School of Public Health & School

                                        of Medicine

                                       University of North Carolina at

                                        Chapel Hill

                                       Chapel Hill, NC





Sue McLaughlin, BS, RD, CDE, CPT       Patrick L. Shuler, CPA

(Immediate Past President, Health      Senior Partner

 Care & Education)                     Goodman & Company

Registered Dietitian and Certified     Virginia Beach, VA

 Diabetes Educator

The Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE





Louis H. Philipson, MD, PhD            Steven A. Smith, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine      Medical Director, Patient Education

University of Chicago                  Mayo Clinic Rochester

Chicago, IL                            Rochester, MN





                                       Geralyn Spollett, MSN, ANP-CS, CDE

Robin J. Richardson                    (Vice President, Health Care

Vice President, Medical Services        & Education)

The ODS Companies                      Associate Director, Yale Diabetes

Portland, OR                           Center

                                       Adult Nurse Practitioner,

                                        Endocrine -- Yale University

                                       School of Medicine Faculty Practice

                                       New Haven, CT





R. Paul Robertson, MD                  T. Edwin Stinson, Jr.

(Immediate Past President,             (Immediate Past Secretary/Treasurer)

 Medicine & Science)                   Chief Financial Officer

President & Scientific Director        American Enterprise Bank of Florida

Pacific Northwest Research Institute   Jacksonville, FL

Seattle, WA





Thomas L. Ryan, CPA                    Gretchen A. Youssef, MS, RD, CDE

President & Chief Executive Officer    Program Manager

Service Corporation International      MedStar Diabetes Institute

Houston, TX                            MEDSTAR HEALTH

                                       Washington, DC





Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD

Professor of Medicine

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

The American Diabetes Association is leading the fight against the deadly consequences of diabetes and fighting for those affected by diabetes. The Association funds research to prevent, cure and manage diabetes; delivers services to hundreds of communities; provides objective and credible information; and gives voice to those denied their rights because of diabetes. Founded in 1940, our mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. For more information, please call the American Diabetes Association at 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383) or visit www.diabetes.org. Information from both these sources is available in English and Spanish.