Board of Directors
![Jason Woody](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Jason-Woody-c-300x300.jpg)
Jason Woody
President & CEO
Lions World Vision Institute
Foundation Board of DirectorsInstitute Board of DirectorsResearch Advisory BoardSenior Leadership![Lions World Vision Institute Board Member James Foster PhD](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/James-Foster-PhD-300x300.jpg)
James Foster, PhD
Scientific Director
Lions World Vision Institute
Research Advisory BoardSenior Leadership![Portrait of Carl Tremonti](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/director23-300x300.png)
Carl Tremonti
Institute Chair
CFO, BayCare Medical Group
Foundation Board of DirectorsInstitute Board of Directors![Portrait of Stephen Csenge - Provise Management Group](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Csenge-Steve-c-280x300.jpg)
Stephen Csenge
Foundation Chair
Provise Management Group
Foundation Board of DirectorsInstitute Board of Directors![Portrait of Kimberly Murray](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kim-Murray-c.jpg)
Kimberly Murray
Vice Chair
Foundation Board of Directors![Portrait of Edwin Narain, Esq.](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/director20-300x300.png)
Edwin Narain, Esq.
Vice Chair
VP, External & Legislative Affairs, AT&T Services, Inc.
Institute Board of Directors![Portrait of Dr. Benjamin Lambright](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Dr-Lambright-c-300x277.jpg)
Benjamin Lambright
Medical Director
Lions World Vision Institute, West Coast Eye Institute
Institute Board of Directors![Betty Viamontes - Chief Financial Officer at Lions Eye . She is wearing a red suit, and a gold necklace.](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Viamontes-Betty-240x300.jpg)
Betty Viamontes
Deputy Treasurer/CFO
Lions World Vision Institute
Institute Board of DirectorsSenior Leadership![Hermann Wittje](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hermann-wittje-249x300.jpg)
Hermann Wittje
Treasurer
Chairman and CEO of Unity Envirotech
Foundation Board of Directors![Steve Short](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Steve-Short-c.jpg)
Steve Short
Treasurer
EVP President TGH North
Institute Board of Directors![Portrait of Moses Allen](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Moses-Allen-c-1-300x281.jpg)
Moses Allen
Secretary
Sunshine Health
Foundation Board of Directors![Art Kurz](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/art-kurz-senior-leadership-r-1-270x300.jpg)
Art Kurz
Chief Marketing Officer
Lions World Vision Institute
Senior Leadership![Sharon Boyes Executive Director Lions World Vision Institute Foundation](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Sharon-Boyes-2022_EDIT-225x300.jpg)
Sharon Boyes, CFRE
Executive Director
Lions World Vision Institute Foundation
Foundation Board of DirectorsSenior Leadership![Andrea Crosson](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Andrea-Crosson.png)
Andrea Crosson
West Coast Regional Vice President
Lions World Vision Institute
Senior Leadership![Jeff Thomas](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/jeff-thomas-c-291x300.jpg)
Jeff Thomas
East Coast Regional Vice President
Lions World Vision Institute
Senior Leadership![Portrait of Jim McCorkle](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Jim-McCorkle-289x300.jpg)
Jim McCorkle
Integration Officer
Lions World Vision Institute
Senior Leadership![Ronald Christaldi Chief Legal Counsel Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick LLP](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ron-Christaldi-Esq-c.jpg)
Ronald Christaldi
Chief Legal Counsel
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP
Foundation Board of Directors![Portrait of Andrew McIntosh](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/director19-300x300.png)
Andrew McIntosh
Secretary
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP
Institute Board of Directors![Portrait of Neal Sivyer](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Neal-Sivyer-2-c-288x300.jpg)
Neal Sivyer
Sivyer Barlow & Watson PA
Foundation Board of DirectorsInstitute Board of Directors![Former Mrs. America and Mrs. World April LuFriu joined Lion Eye Institute. She is smiling for the picture and wearing a purple shirt.](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/April-Lufriu-239x300.jpg)
April Lufriu
Lufriu Marble, Inc.
Foundation Board of Directors![Dawn Ullom HCS South Shore Hospital](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Dawn-Ullom-c.jpg)
Dawn Ullom
HCA Florida South Shore Hospital
Foundation Board of Directors![TV personality and former news anchor , Gayle Guyardo Joins Board of Lions World Vision Institute](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Gayle-Guyardo-Web-Photo-300x169.jpg)
Gayle Guyardo
Nextstar Media/Bloom TV Host
Foundation Board of Directors![Portrait of Douglas Pace - Stonehill](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Doug-Pace-r.jpg)
Douglas Pace
President and CEO, Stonehill
Institute Board of Directors![Felicia Harvey - Secretary/Executive / Joint Nominating Committee.](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Felicia-Harvey-300x300.jpg)
Felicia Harvey
Director, Corporate Communications, Conizant
Institute Board of Directors![Peter Diniaco - Aetna Student Health](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Pete-Diniaco.jpg)
Peter Diniaco
Aetna Student Health
Institute Board of Directors![Jane Rady - Glaukos Corporation](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Jane-Rady-c-275x300.jpg)
Jane Rady
Glaukos Corporation
Institute Board of Directors![Sanjay Chheda - Amazon Web Services](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Sanjay-Chheda.2.jpg)
Sanjay Chheda
Amazon Web Services
Institute Board of Directors![Dr. Cliff Salinger](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/clifford-salinger-md-c-r.jpg)
Dr. Cliff Salinger
Cornea & Refractive Consultants- Cornea Specialist
Institute Board of Directors![](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Marie-Chinnici-c.jpg)
Marie E. Chinnici-Everitt
Founder and Principal, MCE Strategic Consulting
Institute Board of Directors![Mike Griffin](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mike-griffin-300x300.jpg)
Mike Griffin
Executive Managing Director, Market Leader Savills, Inc
Institute Board of Directors![Mark Pitts](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Mark-Pitts-c-300x300.jpg)
Mark Pitts
Vice President & General Manager, Florida Fresh Vending & Markets
Institute Board of Directors![Marcela Frazier, OD, MSPH - Associate Professor University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Pediatrics](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/frazier-marcela-c.jpg)
Marcela Frazier, OD, MSPH
Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Pediatrics
Association for Pediatric Vision![Savannah R. Monahan](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Savannah-R-Monahan-c-276x300.jpg)
Savannah R. Monahan
OMS-III Student
Association for Pediatric Vision![Nausheen Khuddus, MD - Pediatric Ophthalmologist and Strabismus Specialist Family Focus Eye Care Associate Professor, University of Central Florida](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Dr-Nausheen-Khuddus-c-300x296.jpg)
Nausheen Khuddus, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmologist and Strabismus Specialist
Family Focus Eye Care Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
Association for Pediatric Vision![Belinda R. Starkey, OD - Optometric Physician Parenti Morris Eye Care](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/belinda-r-starkey-od-c-286x300.jpg)
Belinda R. Starkey, OD
Optometric Physician
Parenti Morris Eye Care
Association for Pediatric VisionLinda S. Kimel, MS, BSN, RN, CSN
Association for Pediatric Vision![Shukti Chakrvarti - Board of Directors. She is smiling at the camera fro the picture.](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Shukti-Chakrvarti.jpg)
Shukti Chakravarti, PhD
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Pathology Director of Basic Science Research Ophthalmology
NYU Langone Health
Research Advisory Board![Abe Clark Ph.D - Regents Professor, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Executive Director North Texas Eye Research Institute. He is wearing a white coat lab and posing for a photo.](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Abe-Clark-Ph.D.-232x300.png)
Abbot Clark, PhD, FARVO
Regents Professor, Pharmacology & Neuroscience Executive Director
North Texas Eye Research Institute
Research Advisory Board![Thomas Gardner, MD, MS, Doctor at Lion's Eye.](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gardner-t_0-246x300.jpg)
Thomas Gardner, MD, MS
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Internal Medical
University of Michigan Medical School
Research Advisory Board![Dr. Timothy Olsen, part of the board of directors at Lions World Vision Institute](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Dr.-Timothy-Olsen.jpg)
Timothy Olsen, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Research Advisory Board![Mark Petrash, PhD Professor, Ophthalmology and Vice-chair at lions Eye Insititute.](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CU-Doctors-8614-227x300.jpg)
Mark Petrash, PhD
Research Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Colorado
Research Advisory Board![Brian Levy, part of the Board of Directors at Lions World Vision Institute](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brian-Levy-200x300.jpg)
Brian Levy, DO, MSc
CEO
Ocunexus Therapeutics
Research Advisory Board![David Hunter Board Member](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/David-Hunter-02-300x300.jpg)
David G. Hunter, MD, PhD
Ophthalmologist-in-Chief
Boston Children's Hospital
Association for Pediatric Vision![Andrew Schuman, MD, FAAP - Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Nashua, New Hampshire](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Andrew-Schuman-MD.jpg)
Andrew Schuman, MD, FAAP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Nashua, New Hampshire
Association for Pediatric Vision![Rachel Schumann - Vision Consultant Michigan Department of Health and Human Services](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Rachel-Schumann-200x300.jpg)
Rachel A. Schumann, Ph.D., RN
Vision Consultant
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Association for Pediatric Vision![LWVI Foundation Board member Adreina “Andi” Simmons](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Andi-Simmons-c-300x300.jpg)
Andreina “Andi” Simmons
Century 21 Beggins
Foundation Board of Directors![LWVI Foundation Board member Dara Abraham](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Dara-Abraham-c-300x300.jpg)
Dara Abraham
Bernstein Private Wealth Management
Foundation Board of Directors![LWVI Foundation Board member Brandi Morris](https://lwvi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/brandi-morris-c-300x300.jpg)
Brandi Morris
Brandi Image Photography
Foundation Board of Directors