American Diabetes Association Announces Denver Community Leadership Board

The American Diabetes Association - Colorado, the state’s top voluntary health organization leading the fight to Stop Diabetes®, is pleased to announce its Community Leadership Board Chair and new members for 2013.

Virg Setzer has been elected as the Chair of the Colorado Leadership Board for the American Diabetes Association for 2013. He replaces Dave Uppinghouse who has led the organization as Chair for the past three years. Dr. Michael McDermott continues in his second term as President. The 2013 Colorado Community Leadership Board consists of the following members, supported by Sue Glass, Executive Director, and her staff.

Virg Setzer – Chair
Executive Coach
Performance Point Solutions LLC

Michael McDermott, M.D. - President
Director, Endocrinology and Diabetes Practice
University of Colorado Denver Medical School

Dave Uppinghouse – Past Chair
Employee Benefit Specialist
Benefits & Incentives Group

New Board Members:

Bill Bishop
Executive Vice President
Lockton Companies, LLC

Jason Buehler
Vice President
IMA of Colorado

Andre du Plessis
COO
PSL/Rocky Mountain Children’s Hospital

Tom Dyk
CEO
Axia Energy

Jack Feingold
VP of Account Development
WellDyne

Chris Foy
President
Impression Sports & Entertainment

Cheryl Gherity
Group Account Director
Integer

Judie Jackson
Construction Manager
Noble Energy

Mary Ann Littler
Senior Vice President
Avaya

Bridget Lovett
Small Business Owner
Lovett Chiropractic

Robert Mines
CEO
Mines & Associates

Debbie Trujillo
VP, Community Relations
Key Bank

Deena Ward
Regional Business Director
Novo Nordisk

Ann Wells, MD
Medical Director, Disease Management & Planned Care
Kaiser Permanente

Returning Board Members:

Larry Ballonoff, M.D.
Retired

Sheila Beurket
Asst. Director of Outpatient Pharmacy
Denver Health

Andres Chaparro
Station Manager
Telemundo

Stephanie Fay
Brand Strategist
Burns Marketing

Kami Guildner
President, Consultant & Coach
Syzygy Consulting & Coaching

Tim Hinchey, III
President
Colorado Rapids

Jeff Kahn
CEO
Continuum Search

Stephanie Loughner
Attorney
Franke Greenhouse LLP

Mike Roy
Sr. Director
Ryder

Steve Shaffer
Sr. VP of Sales
Acme Packaging

Cherie Sprague
Sr. Manager, HR
Regional Transportation District

Chris Stanley, M.D.
Vice President, Care Management
Catholic Health Initiatives

Jim Swayze
President & CEO
CNIC Health Solutions

Rob Tartre
Office of the CFO Sales
SAP America

Nearly 26 million adults and children in the U.S. – including 316,000 in Colorado – are living with diabetes and an additional 79 million have pre-diabetes.  If current trends continue, one in three American adults will have diabetes by 2050.  People with diabetes can take steps to manage the disease and lower the risk of its deadly complications.  Early diagnosis and treatment of diabetes is critical.  Unfortunately, many people living with diabetes do not even know it.

Learn your risk for diabetes and get involved in the fight to Stop Diabetes by attending the American Diabetes Association EXPO Denver on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Colorado Convention Center from 9am – 4pm. This free health and wellness event offers health screenings, cooking
demonstrations, presentations on preventing and managing diabetes, youth activities and much more. To learn more about EXPO Denver visit www.diabetes.org/expodenver.

The American Diabetes Association and the Community Leadership Board work tirelessly to Stop Diabetes and to change the lives of those touched by the disease – individuals, children and families. We offer comfort and guidance to newly diagnosed adults and the parents of newly diagnosed children. We help people of all ages to better understand, cope with, or prevent this complex disease – which can be managed, but not cured. We bring hope and a sense of community through inspirational events, such as our EXPO Denver. We stand ready to lend support so that no one has to face diabetes alone.

For more information on the American Diabetes Association please call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383) or visit www.diabetes.org/colorado. Information from both these sources is available in English and Spanish.