Champion Members
David Acheson
SVP, North America
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
Jacqueline S. Armani, OD, FAAO, MSL-BC
Regional Director, Medical Science Liaison
Topcon Healthcare
Hannah Austin
Senior Director of Marketing
Powers & Company
David Avila
Chief Commercial Officer
Volk Optical
Jeannette Bankes
SVP, Group President, Global Franchises
Alcon
Scott Barnes
Chief Medical Officer
STAAR Surgical
Jan Beiting
Principal
Wordsmith Consulting
Susan Benton
General Manager - Head of the U.S.
Thea Pharma, Inc.
Jason Bey
Vice President of Global Sales
Lexitas
Isabelle Bibet-Kalinyak
Member; Vice Chair, Healthcare Law
Brach Eichler LLC
Nysha Blender
Senior Medical Director
Aurion Biotech
Tamara Bogetti, MBA
Executive Vice President & Group Publisher
Bryn Mawr Communications, LLC (BMC)
Hayley Boling, MBA, COE
CEO
Boling Vision Center & INSIGHT Surgery Center
Eddie Bonner
Regional Sales Director
Apellis
Renee Bovelle, MD
Medical Director and Owner, Physician
Envision Eye & Laser
Joe Boyd
President & Chief Operations Officer
Executive Biotech Advisors
Cheryl Brown
Director of Business Development
Eyes On Eyecare | CovalentCreative
Ryan Brown
National Director, Professional Relations
Sun Ophthalmics
Anita Burton
Head of Human Resources
Zeiss
Janet Campbell
Global Product Director
Alcon
Jose Castanon
Head of Marketing
TwentyTwenty Therapuetics
Wayne Caulder
Head of U.S. Sales for Ophthalmics and Microsurgery
ZEISS
Arthur Chan, PhD, MBA
Vice President Medical Affairs
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
Rex Chandler
Vice President, Global Strategic Marketing
STAAR Surgical
Andrew Chang
President & Head of Global Sales-Ophthalmic Devices
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
Walker Chuppe
Manager, HCP Product & Digital Marketing
Tarsus
Sean Clark
President Global Surgical Franchise
Alcon Vision
Michael Cooper, OD
President
Visionary Medical Education
Sheraz Daya, MD, FACP, FACS, FRCS(Ed), FRCOphth
Chairman and Medical Director
Centre for Sight
Evelyn De La Vega Stewart, RAC, MSRS
Director, Regulatory Affairs
STAAR Surgical
Chris Dean
VP of Professional Services
codexIT
Sandra DeSelle, OD
Clinical Optometrist
Pritchett Eyecare Associates | Keplr Vision
Marcy DeWalt
Executive Director, Professional Relations - Anterior Segment Marketing, US Eye Care
AbbVie
Mor Dickman, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair of Department
Utrecht University Medical Center
Didi Discar
Principal/CEO
i2Vision
Karen Dobkowski
CFO/COO
Glacial Multimedia, Inc.
Michael Dobkowski
Founder/CEO
Glacial Multimedia, Inc.
Jay Duker
President & CEO
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals
Pete England
Global Vice President, Marketing
ViaLase
Tamara Evans
Owner and Vice President Marketing
Ceatus Media Group
Katherine Fehlhaber, PhD
Global Project Director
The Fundingsland Group
Laurie Ferguson
Chief Communications Officer
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals
Warren Foust
Chief Operating Officer
STAAR Surgical
Jim Francese
Sr. Vice President, Commercial Operations NA & APAC
STAAR Surgical
David Friess, OD
Vice President, Global Medical Affairs
STAAR Surgical
Tom Frinzi
Chairman/CEO
STAAR Surgical
Bradley Fundingsland
President
The Fundingsland Group
Mike Garanzini
Senior Director of Marketing
Sun Ophthalmics
Christina Grek, PhD
Vice President, Research and Development
Xequel Bio
Kristan Gross
Director of North America Communications
Alcon
Neil Hanley
Publisher/Director
Texere Publishing
Tad Heitmann, MBA
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
Alcon
AnnMarie Hipsely, DPT, PhD
Founder & President
Ace Vision
Nnenna Ihekoromadu, MD
Founder & CEO
Ocular Clinical Research Company
Kristen Ingenito, MBA
Vice President
Market Scope
Ranna Jaraha
Director of New Media
Bryn Mawr Communications
Matt Jensen
CEO
Matt Jensen Marketing
Brent Jones
General Manager and Global Head of Dry Eye
Bruder Healthcare
Eris P. Jordan, OD
VP of Global Clinical & Medical Affairs / Principal Strategist / Senior Medical Advisor
Aurion Biotech / Eris Jordan Consulting, LLC / Siepser Eyecare
Anish Kapur, MD
President
FocalPoint Holdings
Roger Kennedy
Director of Marketing, Ophthalmic Biologics
Bio-Tissue
Lisa Kim
Kate Kline
Sr. Director, Marketing
Horizon Therapeutics
Millicent Knight, OD
President/SVP
Integrative Eye Wellness/ Ret. SVP, Med and Prof Affairs, NA EssilorLuxottica
Rachel Krug
CEO
Virtual Field
Greg Kunst
President and CEO
Aurion Biotech
Darrin Landry
President
Bryson Taylor, Inc.
Marsha D. Link, PhD
Principal
Link Consulting
William J. Link, PhD
Managing Director / Manager
Versant Ventures / Flying L Partners
Laura Livesey
CEO; Director
LiveseySolar
Nancy Lurker
CEO/President
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Carla Mack, OD
Global Head of Professional Affaris
Alcon
Nishant Maller
Senior Brand Manager
Alcon
Jessica McKenzie Mays
Vice President, Life Sciences
20/20 Onsite
Zaiba Malik, MD
Medical Director, Medpace
Physician/CEO, EyeMD,LLC | Assistant Professor, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Abigail Markward
Executive Director
ASCRS Foundation
Beth Ann Marsh
Vice-President, North America Sales & Marketing
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
Antony Mattessich
Tiffany Matthews
Vice President, Marketing
BioTissue
Jim Mazzo
Executive Chairman
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Judith McGarry
VP, Marketing and Communications
Aurion Biotech
Steve Meyers
Chief Commercial Officer
Ocular Therapeutix
Magda Michna, PhD
Chief Clinical, Regulatory and Medical Affairs Officer
STAAR Surgical
Chandra Mickles, OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS
Associate Director, Professional Development and Programs
Alcon
Yari Mitchell
President
Y Factor Consulting
Dane Mitro
Senior Manager, US KOL Management
ZEISS - Medical Technology
Alexa Montesinos
Principal
Market Connections
Monty Montoya
CEO
TherOptix
Chris Moore
President
Vision Innovation Partners
Patricia Morris
Principal Consultant
PMCOE
Aziz Mottiwala
Chief Commercial Officer
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
Rupali Nangia
Vice President, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs
Elios Vision, Inc.
Ana Neves
Head of Global Strategic Marketing
Zeiss Meditec Ophthalmology
Schalon Newton, DBA
Chief Business Officer
Trefoil Therapeutics
Natalie Nguyen, OD
Optometrist/CEO
Eye Co.
Olufunmilayo Oduolowu, PharmD, RPh
Regional Director, Field Medical Affairs
Iveric Bio
Nina Ohara, PharmD, MBA
Executive Director, Ophthalmology Brand Lead
Coherus BioSciences, Inc.
Constance Okeke, MD, MSCE
Glaucoma Specialist & Cataract Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Virginia Eye Consultants, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Shawn O'Neil
Chief Commercial Officer
ViaLase, Inc.
Desiree Owen, OD
Global Medical Director, Eye Care
AbbVie
Robby Palmer
Global Director, KOL Management
BVI Medical
Andrew Parks
Director of Professional Relations
Sun Pharmaceuticals
Rex Penza
Associate Director, KOL Peer to Peer Strategy
Dompé
Phil Pivnick
Sr. Surgical Academic Manager
Alcon
Carey Powers
CEO
Powers & Company
Lisa Praeger
VP/GM Pharma
Alcon
Heather Ready, MBA
Sr. Director, Market Intelligence
STAAR Surgical
Shravanthi Reddy
CEO
Oculotix
Filomena Ribeiro, MD
Physician
ESCRS
Megan Robinson
Vice President - US Commercial Sales
BVI
Christian Roesky, PhD
CEO
Novaliq GmbH
Laura Rousseau
Development Director
ASCRS Foundation
Jerry St. Peter
CEO/Director
Xequel Bio, Inc.
Julia Schaffer
Associate Director, Strategic Communications - Optometry
AbbVie
Steven Schallhorn, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
Erin Schallhorn Powers
Vice President, US Sales & Marketing
Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Grant Schmid
Senior Vice President Sales
Topcon Healthcare
Rhonda Sciarra
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
EyeCare Partners
Marcia Sellos-Moura
SVP Program Leadership
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals
Aimee Shimamoto
Director of Marketing
BVI
Pierre Simon
Global Vice President of Surgical Glaucoma Marketing
Sight Sciences
Rich Small
CEO
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Rod Solar
Director
LiveseySolar
P. Dee Stephenson, MD, FACS
Founder/CEO
Stephenson Eye Associates
Sheryl Stevenson
Group Editorial Director, Eye Care
MJH Life Sciences
Cari Stone
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Elios Vision
Wes Strickling
CEO
Codex IT
Stewart Sylvester
Ora
Adam Szaronos
President & CEO
Trukera Medical
Gabriella Szekely
Vice President, Research and Development
Glaukos
Ali Tafreshi
Chief Officer – Strategy, Innovation & Clinical
Topcon
Audrey Talley Rostov, MD
Partner and Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery/Global Medical Director
Northwest Eye Surgeons / SightLife
Euan Thomson
Head of Ophthalmic Devices and Digital Teams
Zeiss
Radhika Tunstall, MD, PhD
President and CEO
Health Diversity Equity and Inclusion Alliance
Lejla Vajzovic
Retina surgeon
WIO
Rian Valentine
Senior Manager National Sales Training
Sun Pharma
Jake Vander Zanden
Partner / Life Sciences Chair
McDermott+Bull Executive Search
Louise Veenhuis
Sales Training Manager
Johnson & Johnson
Manoj Venkiteshwar
Zeiss
Ashley Villegas
Practice Administrator
Southwest Retina Specialists
Domenic von Planta
COO
SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH
Thomas Wajda
Director, US Market Development and Advisory Boards
Alcon
Al Waterhouse
Consultant
Joanna Williams
CEO
Voxeleron
Julia Williams
Vice President, Clinical & Medical Affairs
Visus Therapeutics, Inc.
Ravaughn Williams, OD
Head, CDMA Vision Care
Alcon
Nivine Woods
Gary Wörtz, MD
Physician
Commonwealth Eye Surgery