Davida Kruger has been a certified nurse practitioner in diabetes for more than 20 years at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan. Her role includes both clinical practice and research. She is board certified by the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center in both Primary Care and Advanced Diabetes Management.

Ms. Kruger was Chair of the ADA's Research Foundation and President of the Health Care & Education division. She has written widely on diabetes care, authoring the book, The Diabetes Travel Guide (2000) and is currently Editor in Chief of Diabetes Spectrum.

Ms. Kruger has been honored with numerous awards for her work in diabetes care and research. Her awards include the Florence Nightengale award for excellence in research, ADA's Rachmeil Levine Award for Distinguished Service, the Award for Outstanding Service in Diabetes Research Funding and the Wendell Mayes, Jr. Medal. Since assuming her role with the ADA Research Foundation in 1996, Ms. Kruger has helped raise more than $1 million annually for diabetes research.