Sports and Diabetes Group Northwest + Breakthrough T1D PEAK Spring 2019 Workshop

Speakers:

Jennifer Okemah, MS, RDN, CSSD, CDE ◊ Jennifer is the owner of Salute Nutrition, PLLC, which is a multi-center clinic and telehealth platform for nutrition services including comprehensive diabetes care. She is a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator, certified specialist in sports dietetics and industry certified as an insulin pump trainer for all approved devices. When she is not involved in clinical diabetes management or writing for diabetes blogs or public speaking about diabetes; she is often found volunteering in the diabetes world, such as Breakthrough T1D, ADA and diabetes camps.

David Nestvold ◊ David is an active athlete with Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes. He has been commuting by bicycle since junior high school. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes his senior year at the University of Washington (Valentine’s day). In 2000, he became part of a ground breaking medical research study (funded in part by the Breakthrough T1D) using transplanted islets as a possible cure to diabetes. He became the Seattle chapter lead volunteer and coach for the NW Breakthrough T1D Ride to Cure Diabetes from 2002-present and has benefitted greatly from this life-changing community of T1 support. In 2006 he rode across the USA, fundraising (and blogging his T1 experiences) for the Breakthrough T1D and in 2014 he rode his mountain bike in Nepal… so you don’t have to let T1 slow you down! David lives in Bellevue and has 3 grown children who have all done a Breakthrough T1D Ride. David would be happy to help you with your personalized training plan, basic/advanced bike repair, selecting/set-up of the right road bike, how to commute by bike… or just chatting about anything bike or T1 related (yes, I have fixed an insulin pump with duct tape and zip ties while on a remote mountain bike ride).

Jude Restis ◊ Jude was diagnosed with T1D 46 years ago, and has been involved with the Breakthrough T1D for the past 13 years. He has served on the Breakthrough T1D Board of Directors in Seattle, has been a Research Information Volunteer (RIV) since the beginning of the program in 2010, and now serves on the RIV National Steering Committee. He is a member of the Breakthrough T1D Speakers Bureau. He has recently been asked to serve on the Breakthrough T1D Research Committee for the artificial pancreas project which he enthusiastically accepted. He is a cycling coach for the Breakthrough T1D Ride program. He did his first Breakthrough T1D ride in 2005 at the strong suggestion of Coach David Nestvold and was hooked, both on the ride program and the Breakthrough T1D. He recently completed a year-long human clinical trial of a hybrid closed loop “artificial pancreas”, and is currently using a DIY closed loop system.

This FREE workshop is open to all adults with Type 1 diabetes and their supporters. Recommended age 16 and up.