Save the Date: 2017 Research Update with Guest Speaker, Carol Oxenreiter

Save the date for our 2017 Research Update:

Thursday, September 28th at 5:00PM at the Copper Creek Golf Club.

Carol Oxenreiter is a dedicated JDRF volunteer who is currently a JDRF Chancellor.  Carol currently serves on both the Research Committee and the Development Committee. She co-chairs the Research Information Volunteers and is a member of the Speakers Bureau. Carol also serves on the following working groups: Mission, Outreach, and Volunteer Engagement.  On the local level, Carol has served the Western Pennsylvania Chapter in many roles.  Carol served on the International Board of Directors from 2010 until 2016 and served as Chair of the Research Committee in FY16. Carol was awarded the Jim Tyree Chairman’s Choice Award in 2016.

A graduate of Boston College, Carol lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband, John, and their four children: John, Katherine, Monica, and Michael. She originally became involved with JDRF when her daughter, Monica, was diagnosed at 13 months of age. Three years later, the goal to find a cure became even more crucial when her son, John, was diagnosed at the age of eight.