Global leadership team

Global Board members

Brien Holden

Chairman - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in Australia;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in USA;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in Italy;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in the Netherlands;
Chairman - Institute for Eye Research (IER);
Deputy CEO - Vision CRC;
Chairman - International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE)
Representing: ICEE

Kovin Naidoo

Member - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
Director - International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE) - Africa
Representing: ICEE

Scott Brisbin

Member - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in Canada;
President - World Optometry Foundation
Representing: WOF

Christian Garms

Member - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in Italy;
Christian Blind Mission
Representing: IAPB

Richard Porter

Member - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in the UK;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in the Netherlands;
Director of Operations - International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)
Representing: IAPB

John Jeffries

Member - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in Australia
CEO - Christian Blind Mission International - Australia
Representing: IAPB
Representing: Independent

Patricia Ferguson

Member - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in USA;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in Canada;
President and CEO - Operation Eyesight Universal;
Chair - International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, North America
Representing: IAPB

Dr Gullapalli (Nag) Rao

Optometry Giving Sight Global Board Observer;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in USA;
Director, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB);
Founder Director, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
Representing: Observer

Vic Connors

Optometry Giving Sight Global Board Member;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in the U.S;
President - World Council of Optometry;
Private Practitioner -Middleton, Wisconsin
Representing: WOF