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Join us in celebrating our 50th anniversary at the annual Eye Ball on September 9, 2023

Board of Directors

Douglas Pace

Institute Chair

Stonehill

Foundation Board of Directors Institute Board of Directors

Jason Woody

President & CEO

Lions World Vision Institute

Foundation Board of Directors Institute Board of Directors Research Advisory Board Senior Leadership

Edwin Narain

Vice Chair

AT&T Services, Inc.

Institute Board of Directors

Mike Suarez

Treasurer

Institute Board of Directors

Carl Tremonti

Secretary

BayCare Medical Group

Institute Board of Directors

Stephen Csenge

Foundation Chair

Provise Management Group

Foundation Board of Directors Institute Board of Directors

Benjamin Lambright

Medical Director

Lions World Vision Institute, West Coast Eye Institute

Institute Board of Directors

Betty Viamontes - Chief Financial Officer at Lions Eye . She is wearing a red suit, and a gold necklace.

Betty Viamontes

Deputy Treasurer/CFO

Lions World Vision Institute

Institute Board of Directors Senior Leadership

Art Kurz

Chief Marketing Officer

Lions World Vision Institute

Senior Leadership

Jeff Thomas

Regional Vice President

Lions World Vision Institute

Senior Leadership

Neal Sivyer

Vice Chair/Treasurer

Sivyer Barlow & Watson PA

Foundation Board of Directors

Sara Hammond

Secretary

Valley National Bank

Foundation Board of Directors

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

General Counsel

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP

Foundation Board of Directors

Former Mrs. America and Mrs. World April LuFriu joined Lion Eye Institute. She is smiling for the picture and wearing a purple shirt.

April Lufriu

Lufriu Marble, Inc.

Foundation Board of Directors

Dawn Ullom

HCS South Shore Hospital

Foundation Board of Directors

TV personality and former news anchor , Gayle Guyardo Joins Board of Lions World Vision Institute

Gayle Guyardo

Nextstar Media/Bloom TV Host

Foundation Board of Directors

Hermann Wittje

Chairman and CEO of Unity Envirotech

Foundation Board of Directors

Kimberly Murray

Foundation Board of Directors

Moses Allen

Sunshine Health

Foundation Board of Directors

Andrew McIntosh

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP

Institute Board of Directors

David Bevirt

Strategic Property Partners

Institute Board of Directors

Felicia Harvey - Secretary/Executive / Joint Nominating Committee.

Felicia Harvey

Director, Corporate Communications, Conizant

Institute Board of Directors

John Gebhart

Retired – Previous SightLife CFO

Institute Board of Directors

Kenneth Ford

IHMC

Institute Board of Directors

Margie Franklin

Lutz Land O’ Lakes Lions Club

Institute Board of Directors

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 Vision

Linda S. Kimel, MS, BSN, RN, CSN

Association for Pediatric Vision

David Ammar Dark, Scientific Director at Lions World Vision Institute. He is posing for the photo with a tuxedo, and has a smile on his face.

David Ammar, PhD

Scientific Director

Lions World Vision Institute

Research Advisory Board

Shukti Chakrvarti - Board of Directors. She is smiling at the camera fro the picture.

Shukti Chakravarti, PhD

Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Pathology Director of Basic Science Research Ophthalmology

NYU Langone Health

Research Advisory Board

Abe Clark Ph.D - Regents Professor, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Executive Director North Texas Eye Research Institute. He is wearing a white coat lab and posing for a photo.

Abbot Clark, PhD, FARVO

Regents Professor, Pharmacology & Neuroscience Executive Director

North Texas Eye Research Institute

Research Advisory Board

Thomas Gardner, MD, MS, Doctor at Lion's Eye.

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

Dr. Timothy Olsen, part of the board of directors at Lions World Vision Institute

Timothy Olsen, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Senior Associate Consultant

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Research Advisory Board

Mark Petrash, PhD Professor, Ophthalmology and Vice-chair at lions Eye Insititute.

Mark Petrash, PhD

Research Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Ophthalmology

University of Colorado

Research Advisory Board

Brian Levy, part of the Board of Directors at Lions World Vision Institute

Brian Levy, DO, MSc

CEO

Ocunexus Therapeutics

Research Advisory Board

David Hunter Board Member

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 Schumann

Rachel A. Schumann, Ph.D., RN

Vision Consultant

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Association for Pediatric Vision

Douglas Pace

Institute Chair

Jason Woody

President & CEO

Edwin Narain

Vice Chair

Mike Suarez

Treasurer

Carl Tremonti

Secretary

Stephen Csenge

Foundation Chair

Benjamin Lambright

Medical Director

Betty Viamontes

Deputy Treasurer/CFO

Art Kurz

Chief Marketing Officer

Jeff Thomas

Regional Vice President

Neal Sivyer

Vice Chair/Treasurer

Sara Hammond

Secretary

Sharon Boyes

Executive Director

Jim McCorkle

Integration Officer

Ronald Christaldi

General Counsel

April Lufriu

Dawn Ullom

Gayle Guyardo

Hermann Wittje

Kimberly Murray

Moses Allen

Andrew McIntosh

David Bevirt

Felicia Harvey

John Gebhart

Kenneth Ford

Margie Franklin

Peter Diniaco

Jane Rady

Sanjay Chheda

Dr. Cliff Salinger

Bill Lundin

Marcela Frazier, OD, MSPH

Associate Professor

Savannah R. Monahan

OMS-III Student

Nausheen Khuddus, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmologist and Strabismus Specialist

Belinda R. Starkey, OD

Optometric Physician

Linda S. Kimel, MS, BSN, RN, CSN

David Ammar, PhD

Scientific Director

Shukti Chakravarti, PhD

Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Pathology Director of Basic Science Research Ophthalmology

Abbot Clark, PhD, FARVO

Regents Professor, Pharmacology & Neuroscience Executive Director

Thomas Gardner, MD, MS

Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Internal Medical

Timothy Olsen, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Senior Associate Consultant

Mark Petrash, PhD

Research Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Ophthalmology

Brian Levy, DO, MSc

CEO

David G. Hunter, MD, PhD

Ophthalmologist-in-Chief

Andrew Schuman, MD, FAAP

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Rachel A. Schumann, Ph.D., RN

Vision Consultant

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