Committee & Speakers

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Kelly Ciesco, RN
Conference Nurse Educator
Adult Clinic Instructor
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz
Aurora, CO

Anne Caulfield, BA
Conference Administrator
Events & Conference Administrator
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz
Aurora, CO

Kristi Grounder, BS, MBA
Conference Group Leader
Operations Manager
Children’s Diabetes Foundation
Aurora, CO

Sandy Nicholls, BA
Conference Educational Grants
Adult Clinic Business Administrator
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz
Aurora, CO

Gaven Qendall
Conference Support
Operations Manager
Children’s Diabetes Foundation
Aurora, CO

Josh Hartz, BA
Conference IT Support
BDC IT Manager
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz
Aurora, CO

2026 SPEAKERS

Anip Bansal, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO

Liz Beck, RD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Roy Beck, MD
Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL

Erin Cobry, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Ralph DeFronzo, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Gregory Forlenza, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Sarah Goodpastor, MD
CommonSpirit Health, Durango, CO

Michael Haller, MD
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Julie Heverly, BA
diaTribe, San Francisco, CA

Irl Hirsch, MD
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Aaron Kowalski, PhD
Breakthrough T1D, New York, NY

Aaron Michels, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Helen Murphy, MD
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Steven Nissen, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Brian Novak, BA
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Holly O’Donnell, PhD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Marian Rewers, MD, PhD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Kimber Simmons, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Varun Sreenivasan, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO

Andrea Steck, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Lori Sussel, PhD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Lauren Waterman, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Tiffany Yeh, MD
Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD

2026 CHAIRS

H. Kaan Akturk, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Dana Davis, MEd
Children’s Diabetes Foundation, Aurora, CO

Sarit Polsky, MD, MPH
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO