OLA
During the Optical Laboratories Association Annual Business Meeting on November 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee, the 2008-2009 Board of Directors were elected as follows: 

Officers – 2008-2009

J. Larry Enright

Kevin Bargman

Jonathan Jacobs

Mike Francesconi

President J. Larry Enright, Perferx Optical Inc., President-Elect Kevin Bargman, Hawkins Optical Lab, Inc.,Vice President Jonathan Jacobs, Superior Optical Labs, Inc., Treasurer Mike Francesconi, Katz & Klein, Inc., Immediate Past President Paul B. Dougher, Hoya Vision Care.

Directors
William Ball, Digital Vision, Inc., John Haigh, J & J Optical, Jacqueline Honstrom, Next Generation Ophthalmics, Virginia C. Lesher, Brondstater Optical America, Drake McLean, Dietz-McLean Optical Company, Inc., Dale Parmenteri, Balester Optical Company, Keith Pulling, Essilor Laboratories, Jeffrey A. Szymanski, Toledo Optical Laboratory, Inc., Bob Way, Tech-Cite Laboratories Co. Ltd.

Members-At-Large (2009 Nominating Committee)
Jack Banville, VSP Optical Laboratory, Danny Pugh, Optical Prescription Lab, Inc., Tom Schroeder, Schroeder Optical Company, Inc., Gerry Shaw, Western Carolina Optical, Inc.

Transitions Optical, Inc.

Connie Falvo

Connie Falvo, former sales director, Transitions, has been appointed to the newly created position of director, external affairs. In this role, Falvo will represent Transitions in public affairs, advocacy and managed vision care.

Brian Hauser

Brian Hauser, former director, lens manufacturers, will take on an expanded role of director, lens manufacturer and trade channel sales. In this new position, Hauser will focus on working with the sales team to meet customer goals and ensure that opportunities for synergies between groups are leveraged.

Alex Louw

Alex Louw, former director, national retail, will assume the new role of director, national retail and Canada. In this position, Louw’s responsibilities will be extended to include driving sales and strategic marketing initiatives across all channels in Canada.

Davis Vision, Inc.

Tom Davis

Davis Vision, Inc has named Tom Davis executive vice president and chief marketing officer. In this new position, Mr. Davis will be responsible for all sales and marketing activities, including new regional marketing strategies. Mr. Davis was the founding president of the National Association of Vision Care Plans (NAVCP) in 2003, and served as a board member of the organization from 2003 to 2007, and as vice president of marketing from 2004 to 2007.

Vistakon

Peg Achebach

Peg Achenbach, O.D., has joined the VISTAKON® Professional Development Group as Senior Director, Professional & Medical Affairs. In this role, Dr. Achenbach will lead the company’s Medical Affairs group and also will direct the team at The Vision Care Institute™, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company. Prior to joining Vistakon, Dr. Achenbach was vice president of Medical Operations for SDR Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in Andover, New Jersey.

KBco

Chris Bailey

Chris Bailey has been promoted to Director of Marketing and Product Management at KBco, The Polarized Lens Company. In his new role, Chris will add Product Management to his Marketing responsibilities. He has been with KBco for 10 years in a variety of roles. His most recent position was Marketing Manager.

David Ray

David Ray has also joined the company as Vice-President of Sales, to manage growth and maximize future expansion opportunities. David will assume responsibility for all domestic sales activity. He joins KBco from Essilor where he was Director of Retail Sales, working with key accounts such as Costco, Wal-Mart and ECCA for the past four years.

Bushnell

Robert L. Caulk

Blake Lipham has been named president of Bushnell Outdoor Products, in addition to his current role as chief financial officer. The company's board has also named current director Robert L. Caulk its chairman. Prior to joining Bushnell in 2007, Lipham spent three years as the COO/CFO of Union Corrugating Company and five years as the CFO of Home Depot Installed Products.

In addition to serving on the Bushnell board, Robert L. Caulk has more than 30 years in corporate management. From 1999 through 2005, he served as chairman and CEO of United Industries Corporation, a $1 billion private equity-backed consumer products company. He has also held senior executive positions at Clopay Building Products Company, Johnson Outdoors, and S.C. Johnson & Son.