New York State Coordinating Body of the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists, including local networking groups:
- Buffalo
- Hudson Valley
- Metropolitan NY (NYC and LI)
- Northeastern NY Coordinating Body for 2020
NYSCB Chair: Kathleen Hebdon, MSN, RN, CDCES
NYSCB Chair-Elect & Continuing Education Leader: Jill Sabin Garner, BA, MS, BSN, RN, CDCES
Immediate NYSCB Past Chair: Margaret Pellizzari, MBA, MS, RN, CDCES, CDTC, FAADE
NYSCB Financial Leader: Nancy Toleno, RN, BS, CDCES
NYSCB Past Chair & Grassroots Coordinator: Marie Schongar, MS, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDCES
NYSCB Membership Leader: Melanie Teslik, MSN, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES, CPHQ
NYSCB Web Administrator: Dessa Garnett Awadjie, MSN, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDCES
NYSCB Secretary: Miranda Csontos, MSN, FNP-C
NYSCB Past Chair & Bio Brochure Editor: Patricia Landi Linekin, RN, MSN, CNS, CDCES, FAADE
NYSCB Past Chair: Hildegarde Payne, RN, MA, CDE, FAADE
NYSCB Special Projects Leader: Jane Jeffrie Seley, DNP, MPH, MSN, GNP, BC-ADM, CDCES, CDTC, FAAN
Local Networking Group Leaders
Leader, ADCES Buffalo LNG: Marlene Schiferle, MSN, RN, CDE
Leader, ADCES NY Metro LNG: Dessa Garnett Awadjie, MSN, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDCES
Leader, ADCES Northeast NY LNG: Marie Ostoyich, MS, RN, CDE
Leader, ADCES Lower Hudson LNG: Yurcania Toribio, MSN, RN, CDCES
National ADCES Board Members & Advisory Committee
Immediate Past President: Karen Kemmis, PT, RN, DPT, MS, GCS, CDCES, FAADE
Member Affiliate Liaison: Lucille Hughes, DNP, MSN/Ed, CDCES, BC-ADM, FAADE
Treasurer: Lisa Hodgson, RD, CDN, CDCES
