Board of Directors
The current KDN structure involves three components: a Board of Directors, a Leadership Team, and an Executive Director, who works with both groups of leadership members.
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The 2022 Board of Directors have begun their two year term as of January 2022. These board members are:
Chairperson: Sri Prakash Mokshagundam, M.D.,
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Louisville
Vice-Chair: Tom Walton, Executive in Residence,
University of Louisville School of Public Health
Member: Brooke Hudspeth, PharmD, CDE, Diabetes Care Pharmacist,
Kroger Pharmacy; University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Member: Sathya Krishnasamy, M.D., Associate Professor,
Attending Physician, University of Louisville
Member: Connie White, M.D.,
Senior Deputy Commissioner, Kentucky Department for Public Health
Member: Kupper A. Wintergerst, M.D., FAAP, Professor;
Pediatrics Chief; Endocrinology and Diabetes,
Wendy Novak Diabetes Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine;
Norton Children's Hospital
Member: Lisa Smith, BA Miami University, MA The Ohio State University;
former Director of Development for Children with Diabetes,
Texas Christian University, Oklahoma State University, University of Tulsa
and The Ohio State University
The 2022 Leadership Team
Whitney Allen, President
Beth Ackerman, Past-President
Danielle Augustine, President-elect
John Bunton, Treasurer
Janet Cowherd, DPP/Prevention co-chair
Danielle Augustine, DPP/Prevention co-chair
Shanna Nicholson, DSME Education co-chair
Bonnie Hughes, DSME Education co-chair
Pat Ryan, Community Outreach co-chair
Merritt Bates-Thomas, Community Outreach co-chair
Will Hancock, Partnership and Networking co-chair
Whitney Allen, Partnership and Networking co-chair
Becki Thompson, KDPCP Liaison
Timothy Antoniou, IT/Web
Tina Claypool, Member at Large
The 2022 Executive Director
Terry Gehrke, Executive Director