Central Indiana TypeOneNation Summit

Jesse is the Senior Director, Health Policy at Breakthrough T1D. In this role, Jesse leads Breakthrough T1D’s health policy team, ensuring the advancement of strategies to enable patient access to priority T1D therapies. Jesse joined Breakthrough T1D with a wealth of health policy experience in the clinical community, private sector, and in government. He served as Director, Advocacy and Government Relations at the American College of Nurse-Midwives; as Director, Public Policy and Reimbursement at Genentech; and as Executive Director, Federal Programs at the leading association of private health plans, America’s Health Insurance Plans. He previously held roles at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the U.S. House of Representatives. He received master’s degrees from both George Washington University and Brigham Young University, from which he also obtained his bachelor’s degree.

Attendees can choose to attend one of four breakout sessions:

• Taking T1D to School
• What’s New in Drugs and Devices
• T1D Performance in Exercise and Knowledge
• Mental Health with Teenagers (Psychosocial Session)

Attendees can choose to attend one of four breakout sessions:

• Mental Health with Parents of Teen (Psychosocial Session)
• Nutrition Research and T1D
• Camp Activities with Diabetes
• Advocacy Deep Dive

The research around type one diabetes, with Breakthrough T1D’s funding and support, moves at a fast pace as we move ever closer to the ultimate goal of a cure to type one diabetes. We will hear from Teresa Mastracci, Ph.D., on her lab’s beta cell research as she is joined by clinical research presenting additional advances of 2018-19. Lunch is provided and Gluten-free and vegetarian options will be available. Carb counts will be present for all items at the summit. If you dropped a child off at Kids Camp, please collect them prior to lunch.

Writer and Author, Type 1 Since 1986. Kerri is a passionate advocate for all-things diabetes. She is the creator and author of Six Until Me, one of the first and most widely-read diabetes patient blogs, reaching a global audience of patients and caregivers. Her first book, Balancing Diabetes (Spry Publishing), looks at type 1 diabetes in the context of “real life.” Kerri has lived with diabetes for 30 years. She has experienced a full childhood, the teen years, the college experience, and now pregnancy and parenting, with diabetes along for the ride. Kerri aims to spread a message of hope versus fear through the power of social media, advocacy, and storytelling. Her keynote is sponsored by Tandem’s Live Life in Full Color Speaker Series.