Joanne Rinker, MS, RD, CDE, LDN is a Master’s level dietitian. She has her BS and MS in Human Nutrition from West Virginia University. Joanne is currently in her thirteenth year as a Registered Dietitian and eleventh year as a certified diabetes educator. She has worked in Public Health with the North Carolina Diabetes Prevention and Control Program from May 2007 until July 2013. During those six years, she worked on the implementation and facilitation of the North Carolina Diabetes Education Recognition Program.

Joanne recently was named AADE 2013 Diabetes Educator of the Year and has used that opportunity to spread the word about the relationship between diabetes, hearing loss and depression.