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Signature Eyewear
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Jim Sepanek
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Jim Sepanek has joined
Signature Eyewear, Inc as Director of Business
Development and activities such as sales, product
development and brand management. An executive
with over 15 years in the optical industry,
Sepanek has designed collections for Revo,
Timberland, Converse and Barbie among others.
Sepanek will be responsible for the continued
evolution of Signature’s Dakota Smith, Hart
Schaffner & Marx, Cutter & Buck and Hummer
brands. |
Davis Vision
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Mike Thibdeau
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HVHC - a Highmark company and parent of Davis
Vision, Viva International and the Eye Care
Centers of America retail chain - has named
Michael Thibdeau its chief information officer.
Thibdeau, senior vice president and chief
information officer for Davis Vision since 1997,
will retain those responsibilities in his new
position. Before joining Davis Vision, he has
worked as VP of financial services of the
Albany, N.Y. division of Empire BlueCross Blue
Shield, and was a VP and CFO for Blue Cross of
Northeastern New York. |
Bausch & Lomb
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Joseph Barr
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Bausch & Lomb has named Joseph
Barr, OD,
MS, as vice president, global clinical &
medical affairs and professional services,
vision care. Barr joined B&L in 2007 as vice
president, global research and development,
vision care. Before that he served as the
associate dean for Clinical Services and
Professional Program at The Ohio State
University College of Optometry. From 1983 to
1998, he was chief of the Contact Lens Clinical
Service, and was chairman of the Clinic
Committee/Chief of Optometry Clinical Services. |
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John W. Sheets
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Bausch & Lomb has also named
John W.
Sheets, Jr., its corporate vice president and
chief technology officer, leading the company’s
global research and development efforts. Before joining B&L, Sheets was as global
president and chief executive officer of HOYA
Surgical Optics. Previously, he was worldwide
vice president, research and development, and
chief technical officer at Ethicon, and vice
president, surgical, IOL and therapeutics
research and development, at Alcon Labs. |
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Alan Farnsworth
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Bausch & Lomb has given corporate vice
president Alan Farnsworth new responsibilities
as senior VP of customer service and information
technology and chief information officer.
Farnsworth joined B&L in 1988 as VP,
business development, for the company’s former
international division. Since 2001, he has been
president of B&L’s Europe, Middle East and
Africa (EMEA) region, responsible for the
commercial operations of all B&L businesses. |
American Optometric Association
The American Optometric Association (AOA)
presented its annual awards at the 111th Annual
AOA Congress & 38th Annual AOSA Conference
held in Seattle on June 25-29. The recipients
were Arol R. Augsburger, O.D., of Chicago, Ill.,
Distinguished Service Award; Linda D. Johnson,
O.D., of Jackson, Miss., Optometrist of the
Year; Elizabeth Draper Muckley, O.D., of
Uniontown, Ohio, Young Optometrist of the Year;
Mr. James Kesteloot, of Chicago, Ill., Apollo
Award; and Mrs. Beverly Roberts, CPOA, of Magee,
Miss., Paraoptometric of the Year Award.
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Arol Augsburger
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Linda Johnson
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Elizabeth Muckley
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James Kesteloot
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Recipients of the AOA Distinguished Service
award are honored for unusually significant
contributions to the profession of optometry.
Dr. Augsburger began his career in 1971 when he
earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from The
Ohio State University College of Optometry as
well as his Master of Science in Physiological
Optics. He immediately joined the faculty at his
alma mater where he spent the next 22 years. In
1994, Dr. Augsburger accepted the position of
Dean at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Optometry.
The AOA Optometrist of the Year award
recognizes a deserving individual doctor of
optometry for performance of outstanding
services on behalf of the profession and to the
visual welfare of the public. Dr. Linda D.
Johnson, made history by becoming the first
African-American female optometrist in the state
of Mississippi. Since graduating from the
Indiana University School of Optometry in 1978,
she has been committed to educating her patients
on health problems that are harmful to their
vision, particularly glaucoma, and the
importance of routine eye exams.
The AOA recognizes individuals, who have been
in active practice less than 10 years, and
demonstrate remarkable leadership skills when
serving the profession, patients and their
communities. Dr. Elizabeth Draper Muckley’s
commitment to the profession began during
optometry school when she served as president of
the American Optometric Student Association. She
is a 1997 graduate of The Ohio State University
College of Optometry and completed a residency
in 1998. She practices at Northeast Ohio Eye
Surgeons in Kent and Stow, Ohio, where she is
contact lens director.
The Apollo Award is the highest award
presented to the general public by the
association and honors persons or organizations
for distinguished service to the visual welfare
of the public. As president and executive
director of the Chicago Lighthouse for People
Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, James
Kesteloot has presided over the Lighthouse’s
transformation from a local social service
agency into a nationally respected, multifaceted
organization with a global reach. |
