We Need Your Help! Education creates the way for life-changing choices to be made
Only through your help can we continue to help others. Your donations help to create awareness about prediabetes, screen at-risk groups, provide A1c testing for those who can't afford it, and allow those ready to fight diabetes to have the tools and resources needed to be successful.
Your contribution to our organization is an investment in a person, a community, and a better future for all. Donate Now!
Emily Barr
Co-Creator of the Ignite Your Skinny Gene Project
Area of expertise: Nutrition
Marlayna Bollinger
Founder
Area of expertise: Prediabetes/Diabetes Awareness Education Programs and Marketing Strategies
Lindsay Martin
Co-Creator of the Skinny Gene Project
Area of expertise: Non-profit operations
EXECUTIVE BOARD:
D'Lana Dismuke
Board Role: President; Director of Branding and Marketing
Area of Expertise: Branding and Advertising/Marketing Strategies; Prediabetes population
Current Employment: Ad Solutions Specialist at Microsoft
Kimberly Keener
Board Role: Secretary; Director of RN relations
Area of Expertise: Clinical Research/ Nursing/ Non-profit
Current Employment: Registered Nurse in the Emergency Room at Sharp Grossmont in La Mesa, CA
Kristen Chazaud
Board Role: Treasurer; Director of Senior Programs
Area of Expertise: Health-related issues regarding senior citizens
Current Employment: CEO of Keepsake Choices Senior Services
Jesse Moss Jr. M.D., F.A.C.S., P.A.
Board Role: Director of Program Development and Physician Relations
Area of Expertise: Medical Industry
Current Employment: Sole Practitioner- Otolaryngology; President of Bexar County Medical Association
ADVISORY BOARD:
Jessica Marin
Advisory Topic: Marketing within the health care industry
Area of Expertise: Health care administration; Pharmaceutical/Medical devise sales
Current Employment: Currently a stay-at-home mom
Elissa Ritt
Advisory Topic: Marketing within the health care industry
Area of Expertise: Biopharmaceutical Industry Liaison
Current Employment: Academic Accounts Specialist at Crescent Healthcare
Samantha Doerfler
Advisory Topic: Fundraising and community-based program development
Area of Expertise: Director of Lifestyle Programs for Senior Citizens; Fundraising
Current Employment: Stay-at-home mom
79 million people have prediabetes and most don't even know it. If not stopped, they will soon develop full-blown diabetes. We are committed to educating those at-risk and empowering them to make positive lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes.
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Shattering the Silence
My aunt Gloria, the center and strength of our family, was needlessly taken by diabetes - the Silent Killer. For years diabetes ruthlessly attacked her body, making an already petite woman increasingly fragile. We watched as her health deteriorated, but we didn't know the reason why. She suffered in silence. She experienced chest pains and extreme exhaustion but said nothing.
Only after an infected stubbed toe, did she reveal that she had diabetes. She went to the hospital to have it examined. My aunt Gloria never came home again. She had a heart attack in the hospital before her toe had been treated. Her cause of death may have been diabetes, but I'd say silence was death's accomplice.
M.B San Diego, CA