Board of Directors
Jason Woody
President & CEO
Lions World Vision Institute
Foundation Board of Directors Institute Board of Directors Research Advisory Board Senior Leadership
Carl Tremonti
Institute Chair
CFO, BayCare Medical Group
Foundation Board of Directors Institute Board of Directors
Edwin Narain, Esq.
Vice Chair
VP, External & Legislative Affairs, AT&T Services, Inc.
Institute Board of Directors
Mike Suarez
Treasurer
President, Suarez Insurance, Inc.
Institute Board of Directors
Neal Sivyer
Foundation Chair
Sivyer Barlow & Watson PA
Foundation Board of Directors Institute Board of Directors
Kimberly Murray
Vice Chair
Foundation Board of Directors
Benjamin Lambright
Medical Director
Lions World Vision Institute, West Coast Eye Institute
Institute Board of Directors
Betty Viamontes
Deputy Treasurer/CFO
Lions World Vision Institute
Institute Board of Directors Senior Leadership
Hermann Wittje
Treasurer
Chairman and CEO of Unity Envirotech
Foundation Board of Directors
Moses Allen
Secretary
Sunshine Health
Foundation Board of Directors
Art Kurz
Chief Marketing Officer
Lions World Vision Institute
Senior Leadership
Jeff Thomas
Regional Vice President
Lions World Vision Institute
Senior Leadership
Sara Hammond
Valley National Bank
Sharon Boyes
Executive Director
Lions World Vision Institute Foundation
Foundation Board of Directors Senior Leadership
Jim McCorkle
Integration Officer
Lions World Vision Institute
Senior Leadership
Ronald Christaldi
Chief Legal Counsel
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP
Foundation Board of Directors
Andrew McIntosh
Secretary
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP
Institute Board of Directors
April Lufriu
Lufriu Marble, Inc.
Foundation Board of Directors
Dawn Ullom
HCS South Shore Hospital
Foundation Board of Directors
Gayle Guyardo
Nextstar Media/Bloom TV Host
Foundation Board of Directors
Stephen Csenge
Provise Management Group
Foundation Board of Directors
Douglas Pace
Stonehill
Institute Board of Directors
Felicia Harvey
Director, Corporate Communications, Conizant
Institute Board of Directors
John Gebhart
Retired – Previous SightLife CFO
Institute Board of Directors
Kenneth Ford
IHMC
Margie Franklin
Lutz Land O’ Lakes Lions Club
Peter Diniaco
Aetna Student Health
Institute Board of Directors
Jane Rady
Glaukos Corporation
Institute Board of Directors
Sanjay Chheda
Amazon Web Services
Institute Board of Directors
Dr. Cliff Salinger
Cornea & Refractive Consultants- Cornea Specialist
Institute Board of Directors
Bill Lundin
Independent Dispatch, Inc
Institute Board of Directors
Marcela Frazier, OD, MSPH
Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Pediatrics
Association for Pediatric Vision
Savannah R. Monahan
OMS-III Student
Association for Pediatric Vision
Nausheen Khuddus, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmologist and Strabismus Specialist
Family Focus Eye Care Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
Association for Pediatric Vision
Belinda R. Starkey, OD
Optometric Physician
Parenti Morris Eye Care
Association for Pediatric VisionLinda S. Kimel, MS, BSN, RN, CSN
Association for Pediatric Vision
David Ammar, PhD
Scientific Director
Lions World Vision Institute
Research Advisory Board
Shukti Chakravarti, PhD
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Pathology Director of Basic Science Research Ophthalmology
NYU Langone Health
Research Advisory Board
Abbot Clark, PhD, FARVO
Regents Professor, Pharmacology & Neuroscience Executive Director
North Texas Eye Research Institute
Research Advisory Board
Thomas Gardner, MD, MS
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Internal Medical
University of Michigan Medical School
Research Advisory Board
Timothy Olsen, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Research Advisory Board
Mark Petrash, PhD
Research Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Colorado
Research Advisory Board
Brian Levy, DO, MSc
CEO
Ocunexus Therapeutics
Research Advisory Board
David G. Hunter, MD, PhD
Ophthalmologist-in-Chief
Boston Children's Hospital
Association for Pediatric Vision
Andrew Schuman, MD, FAAP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Nashua, New Hampshire
Association for Pediatric Vision
Rachel A. Schumann, Ph.D., RN
Vision Consultant
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Association for Pediatric Vision
Jason Woody
Carl Tremonti
Edwin Narain, Esq.
Mike Suarez
Neal Sivyer
Kimberly Murray
Benjamin Lambright
Betty Viamontes
Hermann Wittje
Moses Allen
Art Kurz
Jeff Thomas
Sara Hammond
Sharon Boyes
Jim McCorkle
Ronald Christaldi
Andrew McIntosh
April Lufriu
Dawn Ullom
Gayle Guyardo
Stephen Csenge
Douglas Pace
Felicia Harvey
John Gebhart
Kenneth Ford
Margie Franklin
Peter Diniaco
Jane Rady
Sanjay Chheda
Dr. Cliff Salinger
Bill Lundin
Marcela Frazier, OD, MSPH
Savannah R. Monahan
Nausheen Khuddus, MD
Belinda R. Starkey, OD
Linda S. Kimel, MS, BSN, RN, CSN
David Ammar, PhD
Shukti Chakravarti, PhD
Abbot Clark, PhD, FARVO
Thomas Gardner, MD, MS
Timothy Olsen, MD
Mark Petrash, PhD
Brian Levy, DO, MSc
David G. Hunter, MD, PhD
Andrew Schuman, MD, FAAP