Global leadership team

Global Board members

Brien Holden

Chairman - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
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

Bob Chappell

Member - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee, UK;
Immediate Past President - World Council of Optometry;
Representing: WOF

Christian Garms

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

Patricia Ferguson

Member - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
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

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