Celebrating a Night of Possibilities

Tom is known in the diabetes community as Diabetes Dad for his columns that are published monthly. He has been active in diabetes causes since his daughter, Kaitlyn, was diagnosed in 1992 at the age of two. His son Rob was also diagnosed in March of 2009 at the age of thirteen. He is the Co-Creator and founder of www.GetDiabetesRight.org, a site dedicated to supplying communities with free information about the warning signs of diabetes. He has lectured internationally at numerous health professional conferences including: The Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES), The Pediatric Endocrinology Nurses Society (PENS), The National School Nurses Association (NASN), Friends for Life Conferences (CWD) in the UK and the US, The LIONs Club Convention and numerous local fraternal and service organizations. He played a pivotal role in passing legislation in the United States regarding the awareness of the missed diagnosis of diabetes, Reegan’s Rule was the first of its kind such law, in North Carolina. He has been instrumental advising the national initiative with the Beyond Type1Foundation that has established awareness and education programs both in the US and abroad. He was awarded two Telly Awards in the Health Category for his video on the missed diagnosis of T1D which he wrote and produced, and also 14 other Telly Awards for various diabetes media outlets. He is former Executive Producer of dLife, your Diabetes Life on CNBC and presently is engaged in the battle to lower insulin costs.

He is married to Jill, who has been a huge part of diabetes efforts as well, and they reside in South Carolina, United States. They have 3 children and 3 grandchildren.