Leadership team

Vic Connors

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

Barry Weiner

Deputy Co-Chair - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in USA;
Past Co-Chair - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in USA;
Private Practitioner; Ancillary Faculty - Wilmer Eye Clinic John Hopkins Hospital;
Director, Contact Lenses Service Eye Consultants of Maryland
Representing: WOF

Dr. Rick Weisbarth

Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in USA;
President-American Academy of Optometry
Vice President, Global Head, Professional Development and Partnerships, CIBA VISION
Representing: ICEE

Dr. Jan Cooper

Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in USA;
President, Inland Empire Optometric Society, California
Representing: IAPB

Brien Holden

Chairman - Optometry Giving Sight Global Board;
Member - Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in Australia;
Deputy Chair - 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

Patricia Ferguson

Optometry Giving Sight Global Board Member;
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 (IAPB) North America
Representing: IAPB

Stephen Schock O.D., F.A.A.O

US Corporate Development, Optometry Giving Sight National Committee in USA;
Member, Optometry Giving Sight SPASM Committee in USA;
Eye Med Private Practice, Atlanta Georgia

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: IAPB