Hello, my name is Jennifer Buccino and I am the executive director of the Diabetes Knowledge & Connection team within Diabetes Canada. Diabetes Canada is a national health charity whose vision is a world free of the effects of diabetes.

I started my journey as a CSAE member to learn more about association management in my member engagement role at Dietitians of Canada. Shortly after, I started the CAE program. Moving into a health charity made me realize the similarities in not-for-profit management between the association and health charity sectors. I was excited to continue the CAE journey and receive the designation this month.

To date, I’ve found value within my fellow CAE peers and look forward to improving my connection to the organization with the new designation. Connect with me on LinkedIn.