Multisport Coach
Gillian Forsyth was diagnosed with diabetes at age 30. The diagnosis was a shock to her as well as her family who had no previous history with the disease. Gillian was born in Glasgow, Scotland, grew up in Toronto, Canada, and now resides in Chicago, Illinois, where she owns and operates BFF BIKES, a small […]
DTC Coaching & Fitness Team
Deb is a kinesiologist with 26 years of cardiac rehabilitation experience. She has a bachelor’s degree from University of Calgary (go Dinos!!) and currently lives in Okotoks, Alberta with her husband and 21-year-old twins. She was part of the Medtronic Global Heroes team in 2009, and then alumni host for 2010-2014. She has run countless […]
DTC Coaching & Fitness Team
Joe is the co-founder of Team Type 1 (now Team Novo Nordisk). In 2005, Joe and a T1D cyclist friend from Auburn U decided to assemble a small group of athletes with diabetes called Team Type 1 to compete in the grueling “Race Across America,” a 3,000 mile cross-country competition dubbed “America’s Toughest Bike Race” […]
DTC Medical & Fitness Team
Michelle is a Registered Nurse with experience in Telemetry, Oncology and Hospice, and worked on a COVID ventilator unit, during the pandemic. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, then “worked” homeschooling her kids “from birth until they went to college.” Michelle then returned to college to become an RN. Michelle was diagnosed […]
DTC Coaching & Fitness Team
Dan has been living with T1D for almost 25 years. He is an avid athlete with a passion for Spartan races. He also bikes regularly and loves being active. Dan first became familiar with DTC as a camper and has volunteered ever since. Not only does Dan help with the cyclists and riders at camp, […]
Multisport Support
Paul was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 19 after his freshman year at college. He went 7 (!) years having met only one other person living with T1D before attending Diabetes Training Camp in 2013. After attending a few camps, he learned the tools to manage T1D. It took years of tweaking and […]
