CHRIS DUDLEY
Co-Founder, President

Chris Dudley and his wife, Chris, founded the Chris Dudley Foundation in 1994. Chris was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 16. He went on to have a successful basketball career, playing at Yale University and going onto the NBA for 16 years. Chris was recognized during his playing career receiving the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 1996 and the USA Today’s Most Caring Athlete Award in 1997. He serves on the board of Diabetomics, a company working towards point-of-care tests that are useful in alleviating the burden of maternal health and diabetes. Chris is a father of three and lives in Sisters, OR.

CHRIS LOVE DUDLEY
Co-Founder, Vice President
Founder, Live Heads Up Foundation

Entrepreneur, published children’s book author, public speaker, philanthropist, and public relations strategist. Believer in the importance of keeping your head up in thought in action, being active, and helping others are core values that springboarded  Live Heads Up Foundation. Live Heads Up promotes the scientifically proven benefits of a Live Heads Up lifestyle for all people. The core belief is that things start looking up the moment we do. Founder and former president of Domestic Square Peg, LLC, which produced a 12-part series for CBS television on time-saving shortcuts for the domestically challenged. 

Chris is a mother of three and lives in Sisters, OR.

JOEY WAKEM
Executive Director, Camp Director

Joey has been a part of the Chris Dudley Foundation since 1999, currently serving as the Executive Director. Joey loves serving youth living with Type 1 diabetes and has a plethora of experience working with them and their families through the Chris Dudley Basketball Camp and CDF’s other programs. Joey lives in Turner, OR with her husband, Devin, where they raised their 3 sons.

EVAN LOS, M.D.
Camp Endocrinologist

Dr. Los is a practicing pediatric endocrinologist in Tennessee. He was a camper at the Chris Dudley Basketball Camp in the '90s and has been camp physician since 2013. He believes diabetes is a team sport, just like basketball, and hard work is key to living active with diabetes. He looks forward to camp every year!

JASON MAKI
Head Coach

Jason is a teacher and the head boys basketball coach at Arlee High School on Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana. Jason has been a teacher and basketball coach for 32 years. He played college basketball at Whitman College, where he majored in history and went on to become the winningest coach in Sandy High School (Oregon) history. Jason became a camp coach in 2000 and ran basketball clinics for CDF in New York, Indiana, and Florida, as well as serving as our Head Coach at camp for the past couple of decades. Jason and wife live with their twins, Montana and Jordan, in Montana, and make the trip to Oregon for camp every summer.

KELSEY DUMAN
Communications

Kelsey started attending the Chris Dudley Basketball Camp as a camper in 2002. She has served in many roles since, currently assisting with our monthly e-newsletter and social media. Kelsey has a background in camp management and holds a master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Kelsey is passionate about the unique ways summer camps serve youth living with Type 1 diabetes and the community they create. Kelsey is a mother of two and lives in Tualatin, OR with her husband, who coaches at CDBC.