DDPG Award Recipients

2025 DDPG Award Recipients

The Diabetes Dietetic Practice Group is pleased to announce the following 2025 Awardees:

Distinguished Service Award

Janice MacLeod, MA, RD, CDCES, FACDES

Excellence In Practice Award

Patti Urbanski MEd, ED, LD, CDCES, FADCES

Rising Student Leader Award

Amara Ramirez

Advocate Award

Maureen Bergen

Diabetes Innovator of the Year Award

Jenna Dyckman, MS, RDN

2024 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Recipients

Academy Medallion Award

Carrie S. Swift, MS, RDN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCE

2024 DDPG Stipend Recipients

Educational Stipend Award

  • Sarah Hormachea, MS, RD, CDCES, BC-ADM
  • Jalak Patel, MS, RD, LD, CDCES
  • Amanda (Amy) Stinson, MS, RD, CDCES
  • Hannah Winston, MS, RDN, CDCES
  • Ranelle Kirchner, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES
  • Heather Burns, M.Ed., RDN, LDN, CDCES
  • Karmeen Kulkarni, MS,RD,BC-ADM,CDCES

Speaker Stipend Award

  • Patti Urbanski, MEd, RD, LD, CDCES, FADCES      
  • Janice MacLeod, MA, RD, CDCES, FADCES

Past award recipients (PDF)