Scientist and Expert Volunteer Advisors

Chair
Karen Allison, MD, MBA, FACS
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology – Glaucoma Division
Flaum Eye Institute
University of Rochester Medical Center

Sila Bal, MD, MPH
Cornea and Refractive Surgery Fellow
Harvard Ophthalmology

Kari Branham, MS, CGC
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Human Genetics
University of Michigan

Roberto Díaz-Rohena, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center- San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
Ophthalmology Residency Director, Audie Murphy Veterans Administration Medical Center

Lesley Everett, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Molecular & Medical Genetics
Oregon Health & Science University Casey Eye Institute

O’Rese J. Knight, MD
Associate Professor
University of California San Francisco

Yvonne Ou, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Vice Chair of Postgraduate Education, Department of Ophthalmology
Academic Director, Glaucoma Division
University of California San Francisco

Ruth Shoge, OD, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
University of California Berkeley Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

Steven M. Silverstein, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Ophthalmology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry

Sharon D. Solomon, MD
Katharine M. Graham Professor of Ophthalmology
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Karen Squier, OD, MS, MPH
Chief, Low Vision Services
Southern College of Optometry

Fuensanta A. Vera-Diaz, PhD, OD
Associate Professor of Optometry
New England College of Optometry

Ex-officio
Jim McGrann
(Prevent Blindness Board Chair)
CEO
Advancing Eyecare

Staff
Kira Baldonado, MPH
Vice President, Public Health and Policy

Nita Sinha, OD, MPH
Sr. Director, Public Health

Jeff Todd
President and CEO