ALEXANDRIA, VA--(Marketwired - Jan 6, 2014) - 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 2014. 

Chair of the Board
Dwight Holing
President
 DHA Communications
Orinda, Calif.

President, Health Care & Education
Marjorie Cypress, PhD, CNP, CDE 
Nurse Practitioner, Endocrinology
ABQ Health Partners, Inc.
Albuquerque, N.M.

President, Medicine & Science
Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD
Pennock Family Chair in Diabetes Research
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Diabetes Research
 University of Minnesota
Minneapolis

Secretary/Treasurer
Robert J. Singley, MBA
Diabetes Marketing Consultant
 Rockaway, N.J.

Chief Executive Officer
Larry Hausner, MBA   
Chief Executive Officer
American Diabetes Association
Alexandria, Va.

Nina Agbayani, RN, BSN
Director of Programs
 Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
Oakland, Calif.

John E. Anderson, MD
Immediate Past President, Medicine & Science
 The Frist Clinic
Nashville, Tenn.

Samuel Arce, MD, FAAFP
Family Practitioner
Vice Chairman, National Hispanic Medical Association
 Jamaica, N.Y.

Brian Bertha
Chief Business Officer
 Cescendo Bioscience
South San Francisco, Calif.

Anthony J. Cannon, MD, MA
Section Chief of Endocrinology
 Sleep & Wellness Medical Associates, LLC
Hamilton, N.J.

Michael Ching, CPA
Partner
 Ernst & Young, LLP
Honolulu

Kieth Cockrell
Sr. Initiative Portfolio Executive
 Bank of America Corporate Office
Charlotte, N.C.

Samuel Dagago-Jack, MD, FRCP
 (President-elect, Medicine & Science)
Professor of Medicine and Director 
 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
A.C. Mullins Chair in Translational Research
University of Tennessee Health Science Center 
Memphis, Tenn.

David A. DeMarco, PhD
Northeast Life Sciences Leader
 Ernst & Young, LLP
Iselin, N.J.

Jay Dunigan
Principal
 Diabetes Strategies, LLC
Londonderry, N.H.

Richard Farber, MBA
 (Secretary/Treasurer-elect) 
Managing Partner
 McKendree Capital
Los Angeles

Lurelean B. Gaines, RN, MSN
 (Immediate Past President, Health Care & Education)
Chairperson
 Department of Nursing
East Los Angeles College 
Monterey Park, Calif.

Gina M. Gavlak, RN, BSN
Diabetes Program Development Coordinator
 Lakewood Hospital, Diabetes and Endocrine Center
Staff Nurse
 MetroHealth Medical Center, Emergency Department
Sheffield Village, Ohio

Aida L. Giachello, PhD
Professor
 Northwestern University,
Department of Preventive Medicine
Chicago

Jay A. Jimenez
Vice President for Government Affairs
 Saint Peter's Healthcare System
New Brunswick, N.J.

George L. King, MD
Chief Scientific Officer
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
 Joslin Diabetes Center/Harvard Medical School
Dover, MA

Lorrie Welker Liang
(Vice Secretary/Treasurer)
Vice President
 Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Baltimore

David G. Marrero, PhD
 (President-elect, Health Care & Education)
J. O. Ritchey Professor of Medicine
 Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis

J. Russell McClellan, MBA
President
 Argonaut Consulting Group
Simi Valley, Calif.

Alvin C. Powers, MD
Joe C. Davis Chair in Biologic Science
Professor of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Director, Vanderbilt Diabetes
Chief, Vanderbilt Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolsim
Director, Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center
 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tenn.

Margaret A. Powers, PhD, RD, CDE
 (Vice President, Health Care & Education)
Research Scientist
 International Diabetes Center
Minneapolis

Jane E.B. Reusch, MD
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry
 University of Colorado and Denver VAMC
Denver

Robin J. Richardson
 (Vice Chair of the Board)
Senior Vice President
 Moda Health
Portland, Ore.

Henry Rodriguez, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
 University of South Florida College of Medicine
Clinical Director
USF Diabetes Center
Tampa, Fla.

Kevin Ryan, CPA
Partner
 Citrin Cooperman & Co., LLP
Holland, Pa.

Desmond Schatz, MD
 (Vice President, Medicine & Science)
Professor and Associate Chairman of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Diabetes Center
Director, General Clinical Research Center
 University of Florida
Gainesville, Fla.

Patrick L. Shuler, CPA
 (Immediate Past Secretary/Treasurer)
Partner
 Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP
Virginia Beach, Va.

Karen Talmadge, PhD
 (Immediate Past Chair of the Board)
President
 Nabu Health Care Consulting
Los Altos Hills, Calif.

Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, FACP, FACE
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
 Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Atlanta

Patti Urbanski, MEd, RD, LD, CDE
Diabetes Education and Nutrition Consultant
 Cloquet, Minn.

Umesh K. Verma
Chief Executive Officer
 BLUE LANCE
Houston

Roniece Weaver, MS, RD, LD
Owner
 Roniece Weaver and Associates, Inc.
Windermere, Fla.

Janel L. Wright, JD
 (Chair of the Board-elect)
Chief of Adjudications
 State of Alaska, Department of Labor & Workforce Development
Anchorage, Alaska

Wendy A. Wright, RN, MHS
Vice President, Clinical Integration
 MissionPoint Health Partners
Nashville, Tenn.

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.