The American Diabetes Association Welcomes 2025 Principal Officers and Members to the National Board of Directors

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Diabetes Association(®) (ADA) welcomes the 2025 principal officers and board of directors. The 15-member board comprises forward-thinking and innovative medical, scientific, education, and executive business professionals who will strategically lead and focus efforts to ensure the ADA continues to advance the mission upon which it was founded.

"We are so excited to announce our 2025 board of directors," said Charles "Chuck" Henderson, the ADA's chief executive officer. "We look forward to the insight and skills each of these thought leaders will provide to help move the needle and improve the lives of all people living with diabetes. We also want to thank our outgoing board members, Janet Brown-Friday, RN, MSN, MPH; Rone Luczynski; and Madi Rajulapalli, MD, MBA. We are very appreciative of their hard work, dedication, and commitment to fighting for all people affected by diabetes."

The 2025 principal officers of the board of directors who start their terms of service this month are:

    --  Todd F. Brown, PMP, ChairTodd F. Brown is the founder and chief
        executive officer of Urban Edge Network, LLC, a Black-owned media
        company focused on serving 101 historically Black colleges or
        universities. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting
        from Oklahoma State University, and he completed executive management
        programs at Harvard Business School and UCLA's Anderson School of
        Management. Brown was the ADA's 2023 secretary/treasurer and serves on
        the finance, investment, and board development committees.



    --  Robin Richardson, Secretary/TreasurerRobin Richardson is a senior vice
        president at Moda where he leads the organization's key Medicare and
        Medicaid departments. He is also responsible for Moda's major state
        accounts, including the Oregon Educators Benefit Board, the Public
        Employees Retirement System, the Public Employees Benefit Board, and all
        strategic Systems of Care initiatives. Among his many innovations at
        Moda, Richardson was the founder and continues to be the chairman of the
        Board of the Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization and the
        co-founder of the Portland Metropolitan region's Oregon Health and
        Sciences University's Integrated Delivery System. A graduate of Oregon
        State University, he is also a proud citizen of the Cherokee Nation.



    --  Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS, President of Medicine & ScienceDr. Rita
        Rastogi Kalyani is a professor of medicine in the Division of
        Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Johns Hopkins University School
        of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Kalyani has been a dedicated ADA
        volunteer for two decades and served on multiple committees. Notably,
        she was chair of the ADA's Professional Practice Committee which was
        responsible for overseeing the ADA's Standards of Care in
        Diabetes--2018. Kalyani has served as president of the ADA's Maryland's
        Community Leadership Board. She was previously on the editorial board of
        Diabetes Care(®) and is currently an associate editor for BMJ Open
        Diabetes Research & Care. Kalyani holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard
        and completed all her medical training at Johns Hopkins.

    --  Joshua J. Neumiller, PharmD, CDCES, FADCES, FASCP, President of Health
        Care & EducationDr. Joshua Neumiller is the vice chair of and Allen I.
        White-distinguished professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at
        Washington State University and lead pharmacist researcher at Providence
        Medical Research Center in Spokane, Washington. Neumiller is past
        editor-in-chief for the ADA's journal, Diabetes Spectrum(®), co-editor
        for the ADA's book, Medications for the Treatment of Diabetes, and
        author of Practical Insulin. Neumiller has served on multiple ADA
        committees and work groups and notably served as chairman of the ADA's
        Professional Practice Committee from 2018-2019, whose primary
        responsibility is revising the ADA's Standards of Care in Diabetes each
        year. Neumiller's clinical, research, and service interests involve
        improving uptake and use of guideline-directed medical therapies in
        people with diabetes and chronic kidney disease, and he is an
        investigator with the Center for Kidney Disease Research, Education and
        Hope. He was recently named the ADA's 2024 Outstanding Educator in
        Diabetes Award for his work in diabetes care, research, and education.

The elect officers for 2025 are:

    --  James Tai, Chair-ElectJames Tai is a managing partner for a life
        sciences venture capital fund and has health care experience that spans
        a wide array of outpatient provider services for chronic diseases. Tai
        is an advocate for combining innovations in health care technology with
        updates to public health policy in order to transform health care. He is
        currently the chair of both the ADA's Innovation Committee and Finance
        Committee. Tai received a bachelor's degree in business economics and an
        MBA from UCLA, and he earned a Master of Science in biomedical and
        clinical informatics from Stanford University.



    --  Mario Rivera, Secretary/Treasurer-ElectRivera serves as CVS Health's
        senior vice president and chief supply chain and logistics officer. He
        is responsible for developing and executing the company's strategy to
        transform their supply chain network to become America's premier health
        and wellness destination. He leads a team of 10,000 colleagues in
        transportation and logistics, distribution center operations, inventory
        management, omnichannel fulfillment, network strategy and engineering,
        and profit protection servicing 10,000 stores and millions of customers.
        He also serves as executive sponsor for CVS Health's JUNTOS
        Hispanic/Latin Colleague Resource Group as well as a board member of the
        CVS Health Foundation. Rivera has served on the ADA's Finance Committee
        since 2023.





    --  Enrique Caballero, MD, President-Elect of Medicine & ScienceDr. A.
        Enrique Caballero is an endocrinologist, investigator, and educator
        working as the director of international innovation programs in the
        Office for External Education at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He is
        also the director of Latino diabetes health in the Division of
        Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, as well as associate
        scientist in the Division of Global Health Equity at the Brigham and
        Hospital (BWH) in Boston, MA. He is the immediate past chair for the
        ADA's Health Care Disparities Committee. Dr. Caballero has a strong and
        long commitment to helping underserved populations. He founded the
        Latino Diabetes Initiative at the Joslin Diabetes Center and the
        Diabetes Program within the Spanish Clinic at the BWH, both affiliated
        with HMS.

    --  Amy Hess Fischl, MS, RDN, LDN, BC-ADM, CDCES, President-Elect of Health
        Care & EducationAmy Hess-Fischl has been an advanced practice dietitian,
        diabetes care and education specialist, and certified pump trainer for
        over 25 years. For the last 18 years, she has worked at the University
        of Chicago within the departments of pediatric and adult endocrinology
        caring for people with diabetes of all ages.

The remaining 2024 board members are:

    --  Mandeep Bajaj, MBBS
    --  Rodica Busui, MD, PhD
    --  Sean Pittman, JD
    --  Francisco Prieto, MD
    --  Christopher Ralston, JD
    --  Rhodes B. Ritenour, JD
    --  Patti Urbanski, Med, RD, LD, CDCES, FADCES

"This board brings tremendous expertise and dedication to the mission of the American Diabetes Association," said Todd Brown, 2025 board chairman of the ADA. "Together we can come ever closer to a world free of diabetes and its burdens, continuing progress in diabetes research, advocacy, education, and community support."

For more details about the ADA board of directors, visit diabetes.org/board.

About the American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is the nation's leading voluntary health organization fighting to end diabetes and helping people thrive. For 84 years, the ADA has driven discovery and research to prevent, manage, treat, and ultimately cure diabetes. There are 136 million Americans living with diabetes or prediabetes. Through advocacy, program development, and education, we're fighting for them all. To learn more or to get involved, visit us at diabetes.org or call 1-800-DIABETES (800-342-2383). Join us in the fight on Facebook (American Diabetes Association), Spanish Facebook (Asociación Americana de la Diabetes), LinkedIn (American Diabetes Association), and Instagram (@AmDiabetesAssn). To learn more about how we are advocating for everyone affected by diabetes, visit us on X (@AmDiabetesAssn).

Contact: Virginia Cramer, (703) 253-4927
press@diabetes.org

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