Davida F. Kruger, MSN, APN-BC, BC-ADM, has been a certified nurse practitioner in diabetes for more than 40 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 Primary Care and by the American Association of Diabetes Educators in Advanced Diabetes Management. She is past Chair of the American Diabetes Association's Research Foundation and has served on the American Diabetes Association's Research Policy Committee. She is also a Past President, Health Care and Education of the American Diabetes Association. She served as Editor of both Diabetes Spectrum and Clinical Diabetes. Ms Kruger has been a principal investigator on numerous research projects and has written widely on diabetes care, authoring the book The Diabetes Travel Guide 2nd edition (2006). Her awards include the Florence Nightingale award for excellence in research, ADA's Rachmeil Levine Award for Distinguished Service, ADA's Award for Outstanding Service in Diabetes Research Funding, The ADA Wendell May's Award, Wayne State University School of Nursing 2014 Alumna of the year and Henry Ford Health System Nursing Excellence Clara Ford Pillar award in Research and Education 2014.