Leadership

Officers
Dennis Pillion, PhD, Chair
- Hoover, Alabama, USA
- University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB)
- Southeastern Diabetes Education Services (SDES); Camp Seale Harris
- Professor of Pharmacology – UAB, Retired
- Board of Directors – SDES
Rocky Wilson, PhD, Vice Chair
- Angelus Oaks, CA, USA
- Camp Conrad Chinnock, Executive Director
- Diabetes Camping and Education Services
- DECA founding member
- Retired teacher
Alex Allen, MBA, Treasurer
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Camp Kudzu
- Past Executive Director, Camp Kudzu
- Mom to an adult son and daughter, both diagnosed with T1D as children
Carla Cox, SecretaryPhD, RD, CDE, CSSD, FAADE, Secretary
- Huson, MT, USA
- Providence Medical Group, Endocrinology Diabetes and Nutrition Center
- Certified Diabetes Educator
Directors
Carolyn Gershenson, RN, MSN, MPH, CDE
- New York, New York, USA
- NY Pediatric Diabetes and Insulin Pump Consultants
- Diabetes Clinical Specialist
- Mom to an adult son diagnosed with T1D as a child
Michael Hoskins, BA
- Metro Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Managing Editor, DiabetesMine.com
- Volunteer at Camp Midicha in Fenton, MI
- Former BOD member of Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana (DYFI)
- Lives with T1D since childhood
Nicole Johnson, PhD
- Seminole, Florida, USA
- JDRF, National Director of Mission
- Founder of Students with Diabetes
- Lives with T1D since college
Debbie Jones, RN, CDE
- Hamilton Parish, Bermuda
- King Edward VII Memorial Hospital
Coordinator - Diabetes Centre and Coordinator of Clinical Trials
Kevin Kaiserman, MD
- Greater Los Angeles, California, USA
- Private pediatric practice, SoCal Diabetes
- Camp Conrad Chinnock, Medical Director and Board of Directors
- Board of directors of ADA Los Angeles, JDRF in LA, and Riding On Insulin
John Latimer, BS
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Camp Seale Harris, Camp and Community Programming Director
- Lives with T1D since childhood
Kelly Mueller, MS
- Arlington, Virginia, USA
- American Diabetes Association
Vice President, Business Integration
Bill Vierbuchen, BS
- Stillwater, New Jersey, USA
- Camp Nejeda Foundation, Executive Director
Staff
Terry Ackley, MA
- Fort Myers, Florida, USA
- Diabetes Education and Camping Association,
Executive Director - has a daughter living with T1D