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Executive Committee and Staff

President
Mary Elizabeth White
Administrative Director, CPA
Cooney & Conway
Vice President
Charles S. Bouchard, M.D.
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Loyola University of Chicago
Vice President
Kara E. Crumbliss, O.D.
Vice President of Clinical Services
Chicago Lighthouse
Thomas S. Bridges
Secretary/Treasurer
Managing Director and Co-Head, High Net Worth Sales
CIBC Private Wealth Management
John S. Pollack, M.D.
Research Grant Committee Chair
Partner Illinois Retina Associates
Elyse Fineman, MPH, MHA
Executive Director
Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness
Katherine Mueller, MPH
Education and Communications Manager
Prevent Blindness Illinois/ISPB

Directors

Chris Albanis, M.D.
Managing Partner/President
Arbor Centers for EyeCare
Michael Giovingo, M.D.
Attending
Stroger Hospital
Maureen LaRaviere, M.Ed.
Senior Director
The College Board
Mathew MacCumber, M.D., Ph.D.
Partner, Illinois Retina Associates
Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Rush University
Yi Pang, M.D., O.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research
Illinois College of Optometry
Mark Rosenblatt, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Dean, College of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Jonathan Rosin, M.D.
Co-President
Rosin Eyecare and Comprehensive Eyecare Physicians, P.C.
Jon Ruderman, M.D.
University Eye Specialists, Northwestern University
Evan B. Stubbs, Jr., Ph.D.
Research Health Scientist
Department of Ophthalmology Edward Hines VA Hospital
Melissa Suckow, O.D.
Dean
The Chicago College of Optometry Midwestern University
Bruce Teitelbaum, O.D.
Associate Dean
Illinois College of Optometry
Lawrence J. Ulanski, Jr., M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Retina Service University of Illinois at Chicago
Nicholas Volpe, M.D.
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Northwestern University School of Medicine

Emeritus Directors

Kathryn Colby, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair
Department of Ophthalmology, NYU Langone Health
Dimitri Azar, M.D.
Senior Director, Verily Life Sciences
Google
Philip B. Dray, M.D.
David Morimoto, M.D.
Associated Ophthalmologists
Kirk Packo, M.D.
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Rush University Medical Center
Peter Panton, M.D.
Partner
Panton Eye Center
Thomas Patrianakos, D.O.
Chair, Division of Ophthalmology
Stroger Hospital

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President
Mary Elizabeth White

Administrative Director, CPA

Cooney & Conway

Vice President
Charles S. Bouchard, M.D.

Chair, Department of Ophthalmology

Loyola University of Chicago

Vice President
Kara E. Crumbliss, O.D.

Vice President of Clinical Services

Chicago Lighthouse

Thomas S. Bridges
Secretary/Treasurer

Managing Director and Co-Head, High Net Worth Sales

CIBC Private Wealth Management

John S. Pollack, M.D.

Research Grant Committee Chair

Partner
Illinois Retina Associates

Elyse Fineman, MPH, MHA

Executive Director

Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness

Katherine Mueller, MPH

Education and Communications Manager

Prevent Blindness Illinois/ISPB

Chris Albanis, M.D.

Managing Partner/President

Arbor Centers for EyeCare

Michael Giovingo, M.D.

Attending

Stroger Hospital

Maureen LaRaviere, M.Ed.

Senior Director

The College Board

Mathew MacCumber, M.D., Ph.D.

Partner, Illinois Retina Associates

Professor and Associate Chair for Research,
Rush University

Yi Pang, M.D., O.D., Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research

Illinois College of Optometry

Mark Rosenblatt, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.

Dean, College of Medicine

University of Illinois at Chicago

Jonathan Rosin, M.D.

Co-President

Rosin Eyecare and Comprehensive Eyecare Physicians, P.C.

Jon Ruderman, M.D.

University Eye Specialists, Northwestern University

Evan B. Stubbs, Jr., Ph.D.

Research Health Scientist

Department of Ophthalmology
Edward Hines VA Hospital

Melissa Suckow, O.D.

Dean

The Chicago College of Optometry
Midwestern University

Bruce Teitelbaum, O.D.

Associate Dean

Illinois College of Optometry

Lawrence J. Ulanski, Jr., M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Retina Service

University of Illinois at Chicago

Nicholas Volpe, M.D.

Chair, Department of Ophthalmology

Northwestern University School of Medicine

Kathryn Colby, M.D., Ph.D.

Chair

Department of Ophthalmology, NYU Langone Health

Dimitri Azar, M.D.

Senior Director, Verily Life Sciences

Google

Philip B. Dray, M.D.

David Morimoto, M.D.

Associated Ophthalmologists

Kirk Packo, M.D.

Chair, Department of Ophthalmology

Rush University Medical Center

Peter Panton, M.D.

Partner

Panton Eye Center

Thomas Patrianakos, D.O.

Chair, Division of Ophthalmology

Stroger Hospital