ALEXANDRIA, VA--(Marketwire - Jan 7, 2013) - The American

ALEXANDRIA, VA--(Marketwire - Jan 7, 2013) - The American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest and leading voluntary health organization leading the fight to Stop Diabetes®, is pleased to announce its officers and Board of Directors members for 2013.  Chair of the Board Karen Talmadge, PhD President Nabu Health Care Consulting Los Altos Hills, CA President, Health Care & Education Lurelean B. Gaines, RN, MSN  Chairperson   Department of Nursing East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA President, Medicine & Science John E. Anderson, MD  The Frist Clinic Nashville, TN Secretary/Treasurer Patrick L. Shuler, CPA Senior Partner Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP Virginia Beach, VA Chief Executive Officer Larry Hausner    Chief Executive Officer American Diabetes Association Alexandria, VA Samuel Arce, MD, FAAFP  Family Practitioner Vice Chairman, National Hispanic Medical Association Jamaica, NY  Brian Bertha Chief Business Officer Crescendo Bioscience San Francisco, CA Michael Julian Bond Atlanta City Councilmember Atlanta, GA Vanessa Jones Briscoe, PhD, NP, CDE Research Assistant Professor Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN  Michael Ching, CPA Partner Ernst & Young, LLP Honolulu, HI Kieth Cockrell National Community Executive and Michigan Market President Bank of America Corporate Office Troy, MI Pearson C. Cummin III, MBA (Immediate Past Secretary/Treasurer) Managing Member  Grey Fox Associates, LLC  Greenwich, CT  Marjorie Cypress, PhD, RN, CNP, CDE (President-Elect, Health Care & Education) Nurse Practitioner, Endocrinology Albuquerque, NM Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, FRCP (Vice President, Medicine & Science) Professor of Medicine & Director Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism A.C. Mullins Chair in Translational Research University of Tennessee Health Science Center  Memphis, TN  Jay Dunigan Principal Diabetes Strategies, LLC Londonderry, NH Richard Farber, MBA (Vice Secretary/Treasurer)  Partner Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Pacific Palisades, CA Vivian Fonseca, MD (Immediate Past President, Medicine & Science) Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology  Tullis-Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes Chief, Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism Tulane University Medical Center  New Orleans, LA  Gina Gavlak, RN, BSN Diabetes Program Development Coordinator Lakewood Hospital, Diabetes and Endocrine Center Sheffield Village, OH Aida L. Giachello, PhD Professor Northwestern University, Department of Preventive Medicine Chicago, IL Dwight Holing (Chair of the Board-Elect) President   DHA Communications Orinda, CA George L. King, MD Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer Head of the Section on Vascular Cell Biology Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Joslin Diabetes Center/Harvard Medical School Dover, MA Daniel B. Kohrman, JD, MPA Senior Attorney AARP Foundation Washington, DC  Mary T. Korytkowski, RN, MN, MD Professor of Medicine Division of Endocrinology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Lorrie Welker Liang Vice President Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Baltimore, MD L. Hunter Limbaugh (Immediate Past Chair of the Board)  Southeastern Counsel Wine Institute  Columbia, SC David G. Marrero, PhD (Vice President, Health Care & Education) J. O. Ritchey Endowed Professor of Medicine Director, Diabetes Translational Research Center Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN Anne Peters, MD, FACP, CDE Professor Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Vincent Poitout, DVM, PhD Professor, Department of Medicine University of Montreal Montreal, QC, Canada Margaret A. Powers, PhD, RD, CDE Research Scientist International Diabetes Center Minneapolis, MN Henry Rodriguez, MD Professor of Pediatrics University of Florida Diabetes College of Medicine Clinical Director USF Diabetes Center Tampa, FL Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD (President-Elect, Medicine & Science) Pennock Family Chair in Diabetes Research Professor of Medicine Director, Center for Diabetes Research University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Robert J. Singley, MBA (Secretary/Treasurer-Elect) Diabetes Marketing Consultant Rockaway, NJ Geralyn R. Spollett, MSN, ANP-CS, CDE  (Immediate Past President, Health Care & Education) Associate Director Yale Diabetes Center  Adult Nurse Practitioner, Endocrine Yale University New Haven, CT  Darryl Tonemah, PhD, MEd, BS Health and Wellness Consultant Lewiston, NY Guillermo Umpierrez, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Emory University School of Medicine Section Chief, Diabetes and Endocrinology Section Grady Health Care System Atlanta, GA Patti Urbanski, MEd, RD, LD, CDE Diabetes Program Coordinator Nutrition & Diabetes Specialist Duluth Family Medicine Residency Program Cloquet, MN Umesh K. Verma Chief Executive Officer BLUE LANCE Houston, TX Roniece Weaver, MS, RD, LD Owner Roniece Weaver and Associates, Inc. Windermere, FL Janel L. Wright, JD (Vice Chair of the Board) Chief of Adjudications State of Alaska, Department of Labor & Workforce Development Anchorage, AK The American Diabetes Association is leading the fight to Stop Diabetes and its deadly consequences 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. Contact: Lauren Gleason703-549-1500, ext. 2622lgleason@diabetes.org

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