Board of Directors

Our mission: to Prevent Blindness and Preserve Sight

Chair
James E. Anderson
Partner
Howe, Anderson & Steyer, P.C.

Marge Axelrad
Sr. VP/Editorial Director
Jobson Optical Group

Sandra S. Block, OD, MEd
Illinois College of Optometry

Bill Burke

Steve Corman
Water World

R. Michael Daley
The Vision Council

Tracy Dieterich
Senior Vice President Wells Fargo
Insurance Services USA, Inc.

Rick Elias
Senior Vice President
Optical & Specialty Materials
Transitions Optical (PPG Industries)

Julian Gangolli
President, North America
Allergan

R. Rick Hart
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
RenassantBank

Paul G. Howes
President & CEO
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp.

Brian S. Klinger, OD, FAAO
Private Practice of Optometry

Paul P. Lee, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Duke University Eye Center

Brenda Blanchard Luckritz
Vice President, Public Affairs
Novartis Corporation

James Robinson Lynch
President & CEO
Vision Service Plan

Kathy McGinnis

Jim Murphy
VP/GM Consumer Products Division
Alcon Laboratories

George Neal
DVP, Global Sales
Abbott Medical Optics

Mildred M. G. Olivier, MD
Midwest Glaucoma Center PC

John D. O’Neill, Jr.
Managing Partner
Hunton & Williams

Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH
Professor
School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital

Michael R. Pender, Jr., CPA
Cavanaugh & Company

Dave Pierson
President & CEO
Refac Optical Group

Dennis Podlesak
Partner
Domain Associates, LLC

Mary Blankenship Pointer
Senior Vice President
UMB Bank

Richard Sanchez
President & CEO
Advantica EyeCare, LLC

J. James Thimons, OD
Medical Director
Ophthalmic Consultants of Connecticut

Glenn C. Van Deusen
Partner
Van Deusen & Levitt Associates

Jake Vander Zanden
President, Americas
HOYA Surgical Optics

Leslee B. Williams

Kurt Zoller
Executive Vice President
Draft FCB

Staff
Hugh R. Parry
President and CEO