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Board of Directors
Nick Cuttriss, MD, MPH Chairman of the Board, Secretary-Treasurer Co-Founder
Dr. Nicolas Cuttriss is a Washington D.C. native who attended Georgetown Day School, graduated from the University Pennsylvania with a BA in International Relations, and completed his medical training through the MD/MPH program at George Washington University School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Cuttriss co-founded AYUDA with Jesse Fuchs-Simon after witnessing the overwhelming lack of education and awareness surrounding diabetes in Ecuador in his freshman year of high school. Dr. Cuttriss has received national and international recognition for his work with AYUDA for which he has been invited to present his research and work with AYUDA around the world. Dr. Cuttriss currently serves as Chairman of the Board of AYUDA and is completing a Pediatric Residency Program at Harbor UCLA Medical Center.
Jesse Fuchs-Simon, Esq. President Co-Founder
Jesse Fuchs-Simon, a Washington D.C. native who attended Georgetown Day School, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in History and Sociology of Science, and received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Jesse was a Fulbright Scholar in Ecuador where he worked on a World Health Organization research program involving Type I diabetes. Jesse has guided AYUDA's activities in countries around the world. Jesse currently practices law in the Philadelphia metropolitan area at the law firm of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP.
Adam Ross, MA Vice President
Adam Ross grew up in Minnetonka, graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and received his Masters degree from the Kennedy School of Government. After he lived in Ecuador working to promote and strengthen AYUDA’s programs. Adam works in the Human Development Network at the World Bank, where his responsibilities include the design and management of rigorous impact evaluations of key health and education projects.
Jenny Osterhout Director
Jenny Osterhout is a Washington D.C. native who attended Georgetown Day School, graduated from Duke University and received her Masters degree in International Affairs and Development at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. She has been a part of AYUDA since 2003, when she volunteered with AYUDA and spent the summer living in Ecuador. Jenny currently works as an associate at McKinsey and Company in Mexico City, Mexico.
Advisory Board
Barry Conrad, MPH, RD, CDE Barry Conrad is a dietitian and certified diabetes educator that has been involved with several diabetes camps in the United States for over 10 years. He has been going to diabetes camp in Ecuador since the summer of 2003 and is fluent in English and Spanish.
Jared Hendricks Jared Hendricks has been an avid supporter of AYUDA since the summer 2001 when he traveled to Ecuador as a counselor at CAE '01. Jared was one of AYUDA’s first youth volunteers. Jared was formally the Treasurer of AYUDA and member of the Board of Directors. Currently, Jared works in private equity in New York, New York at Centerbridge Partners, a private equity and distressed investment firm.
Gary Jonas Gary Jonas is the CEO of Strategic Planning Advisors. He has been a board member and consultant to a wide variety of non-profit organizations. Gary served as the first managing partner of Venture Philanthropy Partners. He is a social entrepreneur and serves as a non-profit consultant to AYUDA.
Francine Kaufman, MD Dr. Kaufman is the Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine. She is a leader in the international diabetes community. Dr. Kaufman is also the head of the division of endocrinology and metabolism. She is also Director of the Comprehensive Childhood Diabetes Center at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. In 2002, Dr. Kaufman was president of the American Diabetes Association and the author of the book Diabesity.
Jose Mosquera, MD Dr. Mosquera originally became involved with AYUDA in 1996 when it was first founded. Dr. Mosquera is from Quito, Ecuador and works for MedPharm Pharmaceutical Products and GlobalEMed.com. Before leaving Ecuador, Dr. Mosquera served as director of volunteer activities for INNFA, the Ecuadorian national health program for children and families. Dr. Mosquera has a son with diabetes who has participated in AYUDA programming since its inception.
Hernán Rosenberg, PhD Dr. Rosenberg works for the Pan-American Health Organization, where he heads the program support group in the strategic planning area. Dr. Rosenberg also has a son with type 1 diabetes.
Dorothy Schoening Dorothy Schoening was a founding board member of AYUDA and has participated in various diabetes education and support projects since 1986, when her son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
Linda Siminerio, MD, PhD Dr. Siminerio is the Executive Director of the Diabetes Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Siminerio is a Vice President of the International Diabetes Federation and has served as President of the American Diabetes Association.
Sam Wentworth, MD Dr. Wentworth specializes in pediatrics, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. Dr. Wentworth has been a pioneer in diabetes and diabetes camping initiatives. In addition to empowering youth with diabetes in the United States, Internationally, Dr. Wentworth helped facilitate a diabetes camping program in Russia and was a founder of the Diabetes Education Camping Association. |
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