The New Mexico Diabetes Advisory Council (NMDAC) was formed in September 1993 with funding from the New Mexico Department of Health Diabetes Prevention & Control Program to address the serious issues facing New Mexicans with diabetes. The NMDAC Board was formed in September 2001 to act in an advisory** and leadership role. In 2007, NMDAC became a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers:
- Dianne Christensen, Chair
NMSU/Bernalillo Country Cooperative Extension - Sharon Gerena, MSN, RN, CDE, Secretary/Treasurer
- Ohkay Owingeh Wellness Center
- Linda Reineke*, RD, LD, CDE
- UNM Hospital, Patient Education
Board Members:
- Susan Dade, RD, LD, CDE, Immediate Past Chair
Artesia General Hospital - Marjorie Cypress*, PhD, C-NP, CDE
- American Diabetes Association
- Eulalia Darwin, RN
- Indian Health Service – Acoma Canoncito LagunaMC
- Mbaember David-Wuam, MPH
- NM Office of African-American Affairs
- Charm Lindblad
- NM Healthcare Takes on Diabetes Prescription Trails
- Sue Perry*, PhD, CDE, LPCC
- City of Santa Fe
* Past Chairs
** NMDAC does not advise any state agency or government official but continues to advocate for programs that help prevent and control diabetes in New Mexico.
