About Us

Board of Directors

Chair
Jim McGrann
CEO
Advancing Eyecare

Treasurer:
Mary Blankenship Pointer
Senior Vice President
Frontier State Bank

Secretary
Jacqueline Herd, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Principal
Vizient, Inc.

Board

James E. Anderson
Partner
Howe, Anderson & Smith, P.C.

Mitchell Brinks, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
The Oregon Health & Science University

James A. Brocato,
Director, Health Policy & National Accounts
Ocular Therapeutix

R.V. Paul Chan
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary University of Illinois College of Medicine

Linda M. Chous, O.D.

Patricia L. Davis, MD
Progressive Eye Care

Paul Delatore
Global Head, Market Access
Alcon

Alan J. Gunner
Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management
AEG Vision, LLC

Paul G. Howes
Executive Chairman
ThromboGenics, Inc.

Paul (P.J.) Huff
Senior Vice President/General Counsel
Watermark Lodging Trust

Pete Lothes
Chief Operating Officer
The Fielmann Group

Matt MacDonald
President and Global Head of Managed Care
EyeMed Vision Care

Jeffrey L. McClellan
Sr. VP Creative
Branigan Communications

Marcus J. Molea

Wanda Montalvo, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director of Evidence-Based and Integration Strategy
National Association of Community Health Centers

Adéola Oduwole, MSc
Vice President & Chief of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Susan A. Primo, OD, MPH, FAAO
Director, Optometry and Vision Rehabilitation Services, Emory Eye Center, and Professor of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine

Rajeev S. Ramchandran, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Rochester Medical School Department of Ophthalmology

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

Michelle Skinner
Chief Network Officer
Vision Service Plan

Susan L. Stone
CEO and Executive Director
National Headache Foundation

Emeritus:

Torrey Van Antwerp DeKeyser
Executive Director
EyeSight Foundation of Alabama

Sandra S. Block, OD, MEd, MPH
President
World Council of Optometry

M. Kathleen Murphy, DNP
Professor, School of Nursing
University of Texas Medical Branch

Richard Sanchez
President & CEO
Visibility Management

Staff:

Jeff Todd
President and CEO
Prevent Blindness

Heather Patrick
President & CEO
Prevent Blindness Texas