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Board of Directors

Judith Jones Ambrosini

Diana Berger, MD

Sheri Colberg, PhD, FACSM

Jay Dunigan

Missy Foy

Paula Harper, RN, CDE, Immediate Past President

Guy Hornsby, PhD, CDE, Chair

Kim Kelly, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, CDM

Bill King

Joseph Largay, PA-C, CDE, Vice Chair

Jeff Myers

Rick Philbin, MBA, MED, ATC, Secretary

Charles Renfroe

Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE, Treasurer

Rich Weil, MEd, CDE

Doug Dressman, Executive Director

Picture Gallery

Montecatini, Italy

March 27-30, 2004

Gerardo Corigliano, MD, President of the Conference Committee, opens the conference at 1630 on March 27, 2004.

Dr. Corigliano of Naples formed ANIAD, the DESA Italian Affiliate, in 1992.


Paula Harper, RN, CDE, DESA President, welcomes the conference participants to this, the 11th International Conference since the organization was founded in 1985

Felice Strollo, MD of Rome and Paula Harper greet registrants. Dr. Strollo was also instrumental in organizing the conference.

The conference headquarters in Montecatini. Montecatini,a resort village 60 km east of Florence, is well known for its mineral springs and popular vacation spot for Italian families. It lies at the base of a ancient mountain fortress, Montecatini Alto which is accessible by a cable drawn funicular and narrow winding road.

The views from Montecatini Alto are breathtaking.

Paula Harper, Laura Billetdeau (CWD), Rick Philbin

During their tour of Italy, a group from Children With Diabetes (CWD) families from the US attended the Conference and played soccer with their Italian host-families. Rick Philbin, a member of the DESA Board, accompanied the CWD group

Bikers arriving at Vinci after a 40 km ride from Montecatini. Vinci is the birth place of Leonardo Da Vinci.

A game of Italian football was a hard fought contest, with the red team prevailing.

Chris Jarvis (Victoria, B.C.), Kathleen O'Neill (Los Angeles, CA), Ulrike Thurm (Berlin)

Rick Philbin joins in the basketball game pitting two Italian teams. The white team comprised of players with diabetes won in the final seconds of a very exciting game. The black team, comprised of retired athletes and doctors led by 10 points or more most of the game until the final few minutes.

A fun run was the choice of 60 participants in a break from the conference sessions.

Laura Laria and Judith Jones Ambrosini, DESA Board Members from New York City, enjoy the festivities at the Awards Gala on March 29.

Leo Heere, MD of the The Netherlands receiving his fun run medal from Dr. Corigliano. He adds this to his collection of others from his 63 marathons

Marco Peruffo, Kris Freeman, Chris Jarvis

Proud winners of the 2004 DESA Athletic Achievement Award sponsored by LifeScan

Award winners are congratulated by Paula Harper, Gerardo Corigliano and Mauro Rossi Espagnet,General Manager of LifeScan Italy.

Members of ANIAD commemorating the festive momemt witht he winners.

The women from the Media Congress enjoying a group dance with Chris Jarvis, who lived up to his email name of discojarvis.

And a last ride on the Montecatini Alto funicular before departing for home

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