American Academy of Ophthalmology

David W. Parke

David W. Parke II, MD, will take over next April as the Academy’s executive vice president and chief executive officer. Parke will succeed H. Dunbar Hoskins Jr., MD, who has led the Academy since 1993 and is retiring. Parke, who has served on the Academy’s board of trustees since 2000 and is the 2008 Academy president, is president and CEO of the Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City. He is also professor and chair of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

Bausch & Lomb

Susan Roberts

Bausch & Lomb has elected Susan A. Roberts as a corporate vice president. She is the company’s chief compliance officer, having been named to this post in 2006, and heads the global pharmacovigilance and safety surveillance groups. Ms. Roberts joined Bausch & Lomb in 1995 after several years in private practice as a trial lawyer at Harter, Secrest & Emery. She then held positions of increasing responsibility in the Bausch & Lomb Law department, including serving as vice president and assistant general counsel.

Briot

Tom Pfleging

Briot USA has appointed Tom Pfleging as President and Wanda Crawford as Vice President of Finance for the company. Both Pfleging and Crawford bring extensive experience from within the optical equipment industry. In addition, John Hemphill has been promoted to Vice President of Sales, and Andrew Bumerts has been named National Sales Trainer.

Optometry Giving Sight

Vic Connors

Optometry Giving Sight has named Vic Connors, O.D. as CEO of the global fundraising organization in the United States. Dr. Connors will remain as Chair of the National Committee in the United States and as a member of Optometry Giving Sight’s Global Board. He is the Immediate Past President of the World Council of Optometry; and is a Past President of the AOA and the Wisconsin Optometric Association.

LCA-Vision

Michael Celebrezze

LCA-Vision has announced the appointment of Michael Celebrezze as chief financial officer on a permanent basis. Celebrezze, LCA-Vision’s interim CFO since June, was appointed to the company’s executive management team as senior vice president of finance and treasurer in July 2007; he joined the company a year earlier.

Davis Vision

Terrence Ward

Davis Vision has named Terence Ward its divisional vice president of sales, south division. In this new position, based in Atlanta, Ward is responsible for new-business development in the southern U.S. Tom Iachetta has also been named to the new position of vice president of administration at Davis Vision’s Latham, N.Y., customer relationship and information technology center. Iachetta has been with Davis Vision since 2003, most recently as VP of customer service.

Live Eyewear

Kieran Hardy

Live Eyewear, Inc. has announced the purchase of the privately held corporation by the company’s President, Kieran Hardy. The transaction was completed in early December; terms of the sale were not disclosed. The California based eyewear manufacturer has been under the direction of Kieran Hardy since the company’s inception in late 2001. Live Eyewear’s executive team and the company’s core focus will remain unchanged under the new ownership.