Board of Directors
Brian Springer
Chair
Moffit Cancer Center
Institute Board of DirectorsJarett Rieger
Immediate Past Chair
Moffit Cancer Center
Institute Board of Directors
Douglas Pace
Stonehill
Vice Chair
Foundation Board of Directors Institute Board of Directors
Kevin Shukur
Treasurer
BBVA Compass Bank
Institute Board of Directors
Betty Viamontes
Deputy Treasurer/CFO
Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research
Institute Board of Directors Senior Leadership
Felicia Harvey
Secretary
Amgen Capability Center
Institute Board of Directors
Ali St. Cyr
Foundation Chair
Tomlin St. Cyr Real Estate Services
Institute Board of Directors
Benjamin Lambright
MD, Co-Medical Director
West Coast Eye Institute
Institute Board of DirectorsNeel Desai
MD, Co-Medical Director
The Eye Institute of West Florida
Institute Board of Directors
Ronald Christaldi
Chief Counsel
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP
Foundation Board of Directors Institute Board of Directors
Jason Woody
President & CEO
Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research
Foundation Board of Directors Institute Board of Directors Research Advisory Board Senior Leadership
Margie Franklin
Lutz Land O’ Lakes Lions Club
Institute Board of Directors
Andrew McIntosh
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP
Moffit Cancer Center
Institute Board of Directors
Edwin Narain
AT&T Services, Inc.
Institute Board of Directors
Mike Suarez
Institute Board of Directors
Ed Sutton
Sutton Wealth
Institute Board of Directors
Carl Tremonti
BayCare Medical Group
Institute Board of Directors
Jose Valiente
Institute Board of Directors
Stephen Csenge
Chair
Provise Management Group
Foundation Board of Directors
Henry Gonzalez
Secretary
Beach Community Bank

Sharon Boyes
Executive Director
Lions Eye Institute Foundation
Foundation Board of Directors Senior Leadership
Gayle Guyardo
Nextstar Media/Bloom TV Host
Foundation Board of Directors
April Lufriu
Lufriu Marble, Inc.
Foundation Board of Directors
Kimberly Murray
Foundation Board of Directors
Sara Hammond
Valley National Bank
Foundation Board of Directors
Neal Sivyer
Sivyer Barlow & Watson PA
Foundation Board of Directors
Laura Walsh
Laura Walsh Events
Institute Board of Directors
David Ammar, PhD
Scientific Director
Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research
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
Art Kurz
Chief Marketing Officer
Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research
Senior Leadership
Jeff Thomas
Regional Vice President
Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research
Senior Leadership
David G. Hunter, MD, PhD
Ophthalmologist-in-Chief
Boston Children's Hospital
APV Advisory Board
Andrew Schuman, MD, FAAP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Nashua, New Hampshire
APV Advisory Board
Rachel A. Schumann, Ph.D., RN
Vision Consultant
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
APV Advisory Board
Angel Perez, PhD, MA, MS.
Assistant Program Director
Florida & Virgin Islands DeafBlind Collaborative (FAVI)
APV Advisory BoardBrian Springer
Jarett Rieger
Douglas Pace
Kevin Shukur
Betty Viamontes
Felicia Harvey
Ali St. Cyr
Benjamin Lambright
Neel Desai
Ronald Christaldi
Jason Woody
Margie Franklin
Andrew McIntosh
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