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Virginia Valentine, CNS, BC-ADM, CDE

Virginia Valentine, CNS, BC-ADM, CDE
Catherine Gray CNS, BC-ADM, CDE
Diabetes Network Staff

Virginia ValentineVirginia Valentine, CEO and Co-owner of Diabetes Network, Inc.,received her Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing.  She holds faculty appointments with both the University of New Mexico College of Nursing and School of Medicine.  She is a member of the Advanced Practice Advisory Board to the New Mexico Board of Nursing.

Virginia served as a member of the American Diabetes Association National Board of Directors, and chairs the New Mexico Leadership Council.  She has served on the American Association of Diabetes Educators Foundation Board of Directors and the AADE Foundation Board. She chairs the Advanced Practice Specialty Practice Group for AADE.  She currently serves as Chair of the Content Expert Panel for the AADE/ANCC Advanced Diabetes Management Credential. She was awarded the Roche/Zitter Diabetes Disease Management Leadership Award in 1999. She is the 2006 recipient of the AADE Distinguished Service Award. Virginia is the author of numerous professional and patient articles and “Diabetes, Type 2 and What to Do”.

View Virginia Valentine's resume and complete list of published articles.

Diabetes Fact

Note current diabetes prevalence: diabetes now affects 20.8 million . . . another 40 million have prediabetes.

Diabetes is a serious, chronic disease affecting 20 million Americans and nearly 1 out of 10 New Mexicans. Diabetes is a major risk factor for blindness, kidney failure, amputations and heart disease. However, having diabetes is not the culprit - it is high blood glucose levels that are damaging.


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