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Rick Philbin, MED, MBA, ATC, is Vice President of Sales for Asante Solutions. Prior to his leadership role at Asante, Rick worked for 12 years at Animas Corporation (2000 thru 2011) as a Territory Manager, Regional Manager, and East Area Field Director. His background is in Athletic Training/Sports Management and he is an individual with Type 1 diabetes. Prior to joining Animas, he managed a comprehensive sports medicine center in the Washington, DC area. He is currently on the board of directors of the Diabetes, Exercise, and Sports Association (DESA), a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for people with diabetes through exercise and physical fitness. Rick has been working with CWD for 11 years presenting to parents, coordinating the sports programming for kids, and writing articles on the CWD website called the Sports Corner. Rick's professional experience also includes working as an Athletic Trainer for a Philadelphia-based sports medicine center, where he worked with professional athletes from the Philadelphia 76ers and Flyers. He believes education is paramount for good diabetes management. As an avid exercise enthusiast with Type 1 diabetes, he practices tight management of his diabetes while on an insulin pump. Rick lives in the Washington, DC area with his wife Sharon and daughters Nicole and Andrea.
Judith Jones Ambrosini’s insulin infused engine continues to dance, bike, walk marathons, jog and play tai chi after 50 (you read it right, FIFTY) years of living a good life with type 1 diabetes. Judith is a diabetes journalist and writer who recently complete a book about female athletes with diabetes, The Sisterhood of Diabetes. She is a former DESA and ADA affiliate board member who organized “Fitness Afoot” walks in NYC’s Central Park. She is currently an organizer of WWoW (Women's Weekend of Wisdom, a self care retreat for women with diabetes).
Someone once asked Mike Singletary, former NFL Chicago Bears linebacker, what his favorite part of the game was. He answered, “The opportunity to play.” Since his diagnosis in 1995, Jimmy Dodson has expanded his classic athletic background into various areas of endurance and adventures sports for both the physical and mental challenges, as well as to demonstrate that diabetes is merely a factor that can be managed. Whether it is ice climbing, racing mountain bikes, running the Goofy Challenge, or playing a pick-up game, there aren’t many things he has not tried. He is a Hope on 2 Wheels & Adventures for the Cure team member, as well as being active with Insulindependence and JDRF. Professionally, Jimmy is a certified wildlife biologist and registered forester, and works as the Piedmont region biologist for NC State Parks & Recreation.
Liz Dodson loves running, sweating, and especially playing with everyone in Sports Central. Since becoming a part of the type 1 family five years ago through her husband Jimmy, she has been involved with her local chapter of JDRF, and has built an amazing diabetes family. She is excited about actively working with all of the families at this year’s Friends for Life!
Philadelphia native Jaime Molyneux is celebrating 5 years of living healthy with type 1 diabetes. Jaime currently works as the Director of International Risk Management at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a certified Zumba® instructor and has been teaching group fitness since 2009. Outside of work and dancing, you can find Jaime jogging, volunteering or filling her passport with new destinations.
Harold Sanco is a former National Aerobic Champion and two time bronze medalist at the National Step Challenge Competition. He has been voted Washington, DC’s “Best Instructor” by Washingtonian Magazine and the Washington Post. With more than 20 years of experience in youth physical education and coaching, he is an internationally acclaimed instructor and trainer who teaches across the United States, Canada and 15 countries for some of the top fitness conferences in the world. His popular “Urban Funk” class has been featured in People, Allure and W magazines. He is AFAA certified and a Master Trainer for Lebert Training Systems. Currently he serves as the Director of Group Fitness for the award-winning Results Gym in Washington, DC and the Director of Fitness for two National Youth groups “Children with Diabetes” and “Workout4Kids.”
Ben Tzeel, 21, is a junior at the University of Tampa studying chemistry. Having been diagnosed with diabetes in 1999, Ben states that athletics play a central role in his life, as he plays baseball, volleyball, and trains five days a week. Sports and diabetes are a challenging combination, and Ben loves to pass on his successful experiences managing both while learning more at CWD. This will be his second year as Sports Central staff and he is very excited to be back!
Mike Welsh, NBPTS, MS, keeps busy as a Certified Personal Trainer, Youth Fitness Director, and a Middle School Teacher, in addition to working with Children with Diabetes. He was born in Pennsylvania and currently lives in Washington, DC. Mike enjoys working with both adults and children teaching them that exercise is and should be a way of life - not a chore. Working with CWD, he helped to establish the first CWDecathlon at Friends for Life Orlando 2012.
Friends for Life 2013 Conference and Expo Introduction - Registration - Exhibitors - Sponsors - Convention Center Map (PDF) Faculty - Youth Faculty - Grandparents Faculty - CWD Staff - Sports Central Staff Schedule: Parents & Adults - Youth Retinal Screening Signup - Teen Driving Clinic - Childcare Form (PDF) - FAQs Reports from 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001
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