Leadership

Board of Directors and Staff

Officers

Rocky Wilson, PhD, Chair

  • Executive Director, Diabetes Camping and Education Services
  • Manhatten Beach, CA, USA

Bill Vierbuchen, BS, Vice-Chair

  • Executive Director, Camp Nejeda Foundation
  • Far Hills, New Jersey, USA

Alex Allen, MBA, Treasurer

  • Past Executive Director, Camp Kudzu
  • Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Carla Cox, Secretary, PhD, RD, CDE, CSSD, FAADE, Secretary

  • Certified Diabetes Educator
  • Huson, MT, USA

Directors

John Allton

  • Attorney, Law Partner – Retired
  • Norwalk, OH, USA

Bryan Avery

  • President, Red Stitch Creative
  • Carmel, IN, USA

Katie Doyle, BA

  • National Director, Corporate Partnerships, JDRF
  • Founder, Students with Diabetes
  • Napierville, IL, USA

Carolyn Gershenson, RN, MSN, MPH, CDE

  • NY Pediatric Diabetes 
  • Diabetes Clinical Specialist
  • New York, New York, USA

Debbie Jones, RN, CDE

  • King Edward VII Memorial Hospital
    Coordinator
  • Diabetes Centre and Coordinator of Clinical Trials
  • Hamilton Parish, Bermuda

John Latimer, BS

  • Camp Seale Harris, Camp and Community Programming Director
  • Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Kelly Mueller, MS

  • American Diabetes Association
    Vice President, Business Integration
  • Arlington, Virginia, USA

R. Daniel Pollom, MD

  • Senior Medical Advisor,
    Eli Lilly, Diabetes Business Unit
  • Indianapolis, IN, USA

Deb Ruppert, BA

  • Principal Consultant, Ruppert Health Strategies
  • Canyon Country, CA, USA

Staff

Terry Ackley, MA

  • Executive Director
  • Fort Myers, FL, USA

Gina Nieto

  • Administrative Specialist
  • Naples, FL, USA