Client List

Cathy Feste has worked with a variety of corporations, health organizations and health associations around the globe. Below is a list of selected clients.

American Diabetes Association Affiliates

  • Connecticut
  • Idaho
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Georgia
  • Kansas
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Nebraska
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oregon
  • Greater Philadelphia
  • Texas
  • Virginia
  • Washington DC
  • Washington State
  • Wisconsin

American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE )

  • National Annual Meeting Presentations
    • Keynotes in 1988 and 1992
    • Closing general session speaker in 1983
    • Satellite session speaker in 1996 and 1997
    • Concurrent session speaker in 1996
  • Regional Meeting Presentations
    • Sotheast Regional Meeting in Charleston, SC
    • Midwest Regional Meeting in Minneapolis/St. Paul
    • Northeast Regional Meeting, Sturbridge, MA.
  • Chapter Presentations
    • Colorado
    • Georgia (Atlanta and Augusta)
    • Hawaii
    • Kentucky
    • Maryland
    • Michigan
    • North Texas
    • Oregon
    • Washington DC
    • Wisconsin

Other Health Professional Groups in Personal Empowerment

  • Kilo Annual Diabetes Symposium
  • Bixby Research Institute
  • Humana Hospital, Orlando, FL
  • Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR
  • South Dakota Dietetic Association
  • Minnesota Dietetic Association
  • Deaconess Hospital, Spokane, WA
  • High Plains Baptist Hospital, Amarillo, TX
  • Diabetes Control Project directors, Colorado
  • MedCenter One, Bismarck, ND
  • Diabetes Control Project department, Atlanta GA.
  • Bishop Clarkson Hospital, Omaha, NE
  • Midlands Diabetes Education Center, Omaha
  • Community Hospital, Waynesboro, VA
  • Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford, OR
  • St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, MN
  • University of Michigan Medical School
  • University of Iowa Hospital Grand Rounds
  • National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, Boston, MA
  • Humana, San Antonio, TX
  • Bergan Mercy Medical Center, Omaha, NE
  • Amarillo College , Continuing Medical Education
  • Washington University, St. Louis. MO.
  • Diabetes Treatment Center, Wichita, KS
  • Diabetes Treatment Center, Tampa, FL
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  • Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA
  • Parkview Memorial Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN

Personal Empowerment in Chronic Disease

  • Minnesota Chapter, American Cancer Society
  • Minnesota Chapter, American Heart Association
  • Minnesota Chapter, Arthritis Association
  • Park Nicollet Clinic Anorexia and Bulemia groups
  • University of Minnesota Hypertension Study
  • Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Program, Atlanta
  • National meeting of Home Health
  • MDRD (Multiple Diet Renal Disease) national project Directors, University of Pittsburgh
  • MDRD at Vanderbilt University
  • Ohio Home Care
  • Association for Worksite Health Promotion
    keynote for Minnesota chapter, presenter at Regional meeting
  • Illinois Department of Health
  • Georgia Health Department
  • Northwest Texas Hospital
  • Gift of Life Program, Wisconsin Kidney Association
  • Minneapolis VA Hospital
  • Minnesota Rehabilitation Ass'n, Annual meeting
  • Metropolitan Mt. Sinai Hospital program on chronic disease
  • Sierra Heart Institute, Reno, NV

International Groups

  • 13th World Congress of the International Diabetes Federation in Sydney, Australia
  • Fellowship at the International Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia
  • Canadian Diabetes Educators, Edmonton, AL
  • Canadian Diabetes Association, Winnipeg, MA
  • Canadian Diabetes Educators, Calgary, AL
  • 1992 Canadian Diabetes Educators Annual meeting
  • Patient Education 2000, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
  • International Diabetic Athlete's Association
  • International Diabetes Federation, Paris 2003

Corporate Health Promotion

  • Annual meeting of Minnesota School Health Personnel
  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital Women Care, Minneapolis
  • Tennant Company
  • Association for Worksite Health Promotion
  • 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing)
  • Park Nicollet Foundation
  • Medtronic, Inc.
  • Mercy Hospital ’s Health Ministries and Parish Nurses
  • Hewlett-Packard Company
  • Honeywell
  • B Dalton
  • Eli Lilly & Company
  • St. Paul Companies
  • Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Minnesota
  • Minneapolis Public Schools, Hopkins Public Schools
  • STAYWELL
  • General Mills, Inc.
  • Cargill