The JDRF Western Wisconsin Chapter held its Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 24 at the Radisson Hotel Madison. We presented the Volunteer of the Year Award and recognized retiring and new board members.

We were honored to present our 2016 Volunteer of the Year Award to Lori Roden. Lori’s daughter Lili was diagnosed with T1D at age five in 2010. Since then, Lori has been a tremendous JDRF volunteer and supporter in many different ways. Lori has lead our chapter’s top family Walk team in funds raised and number of walkers for the last two years. Team Lili has raised over $57,000! Lori has also served as a Walk Family Team Coach, the Stewardship Lead for our walk committee, and will be our Family Team Chair this year. She is a JDRF Mentor, and founder and coordinator of the monthly Networking Coffees and Happy Hours. Lori has also served on our Gala Committee, as a Gala volunteer, and she will be doing her first Ride to Cure this year. We are also lucky to have her as a new board member! Lori’s dedication and commitment to turning type one into type none is inspiring and motivating to all of us.

We also welcomed new board members and recognized retiring board members. The JDRF Board of Directors is made up of a group of dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly to help us create a world without T1D. We would like to send a huge thank you to our retiring members, including our Board President Aaron Swenson, who completed his 1-year term.

Retiring Board Members:

Douglas Berry – 6 years (12 years total)
Deb Davis – 6 years
Annette Mikat – 6 years
Mark Miller – 6 years
Sarah Nehls – 6 years
Casey Trudgeon – 4 years
Deb Wubben – 4 years

New Board Members:

David Craig
Aaron Halvorson
Brad Hoffman
Lynn Kaminski
Aly Lynch
Brad Quarberg
Joanne Rash
Lori Roden

Our new Board President, Jason Hunt, recognized retiring Board President Aaron Swenson at the JDRF Western Wisconsin Chapter Annual Meeting. We have been lucky to have Aaron lead our board for the past year, and are grateful to have him as a dedicated volunteer and supporter. His ambition to find a cure for type 1 diabetes is inspiring! Thank you Aaron!

Douglas Berry is retiring after his sixth year on the Board, making it is 12th year on the board total! We are grateful to have Douglas as a long-time member of the JDRF family. Thank you for your dedication and hard work, Douglas!

Deb Wubben is retiring after her fourth year on the board. Deb has been an invaluable leader and supporter of JDRF. Thank you for all you do Deb!