Executive Committee and Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President
Alicia Feis, OD
Dean, Midwestern University, Arizona College of Optometry
19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, Arizona 85308
afeis@midwestern.edu

President-Elect
Keshia S. Elder, OD, MS, MS, FAAO
Dean, University of Missouri-St. Louis,
College of Optometry
One University Boulevard, 331 Marillac Hall
St. Louis, Missouri 63121-4499
elderk@umsl.edu

Treasurer
Suresh Viswanathan, PhD
Dean, Indiana University School of Optometry
800 Atwater Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405
suviswan@iu.edu

Secretary
David Troilo, PhD

President, State University of New York, College of Optometry
33 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036
dtroilo@sunyopt.edu

Past President
Mark Colip, OD
President, Illinois College of Optometry
3241 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60616
mcolip@ico.edu

Executive Vice President/CEO
Dawn Mancuso, MAM, CAE, FASAE
Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
143 Rollins Ave #2046
Rockville, MD 20847
dmancuso@opted.org

DIRECTORS

Stephanie Schmiedecke Barbieri, OD, FAAO, ABCMO, Dipl. AAO
Dean, University of the Incarnate Word, Rosenberg School of Optometry
9725 Datapoint Drive San Antonio, TX 78229
schmiede@uiwtx.edu

Sharon A. Bentley, PhD, MPH, MOptom, FAAO (DipLV)
Dean, University of California at Berkeley,
Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science 
350 Minor Hall, MC 2020, Berkeley, California 94720
sbentley@berkeley.edu

Eric Borsting, OD, MSEd
Dean, Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University 
2575 Yorba Linda Boulevard, Fullerton, CA 92831
eborsting@ketchum.edu

Nancy Coletta, OD, PhD, FAAO, FARVO
Dean, Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS),
School of Optometry
10 Lincoln Square, Worcester, Massachusetts 01608
nancy.coletta@mcphs.edu

 

Sulman Hans, OD
Interim Dean,  University of Detroit Mercy, School of Optometry
41555 West 12 Mile Road
Novi, Michigan 48377
hanssu@udmercy.edu

Adam Hickenbotham, OD, MPH, PhD
Founding Dean, College of Optometric Medicine
Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
adam.hickenbotham@rm.edu

Brianne Hobbs, OD, PhD, FAAO
Dean, Chicago College of Optometry
Midwestern University
555 31st Street, Downers Grove, Illinois, 60515
bhobbs@midwestern.edu

Elizabeth Hoppe OD, MPH, DrPH
Founding Dean, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry
309 East Second Street, Pomona, California 91766
ehoppe@westernu.edu

Josephine O. Ibironke, OD
Dean, Salus at Drexel University, Pennsylvania College of Optometry
8360 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027
Josephine.Ibironke@Drexel.edu

Bisant A. Labib, OD, FAAO
Dean, Pacific University, College of Optometry
2043 College Way
Forest Grove, OR 97116
blabib@pacific.edu

Nathan Lighthizer, OD, FAAO
Dean, Northeastern State University,
Oklahoma College of Optometry
1001 North Grand Avenue, Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74464
lighthiz@nsuok.edu

Kelly Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO
Dean, University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Optometry
HPB 121A, 1720  2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
nicholsk@uab.edu

 

Howard Purcell, OD
President, The New England College of Optometry
424 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts  02115
purcellh@neco.edu

Renee Reeder, OD, FAAO, FBCLA, FSLS, FIACLE
Dean, University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Optometry
147 Sycamore Street, Pikeville, Kentucky 41501
reneereeder@upike.edu

Lewis Reich, OD, PhD
President, Southern College of Optometry
1245 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104
lreich@sco.edu

Iris R. Cabello Rivas
Dean, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, School of Optometry
500 John Will Harris Road, Bayamon, Puerto Rico 00957
icabello@opto.inter.edu

Linda S. Rouse, OD, MBA, FAAO
Dean, Nova Southeastern University, College of Optometry
3200 South University Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33328
lrouse@nova.edu

Daniel Taylor, OD, EdD, MS, FAAO 
Dean, Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University
DanielTaylor@ferris.edu

Michael Twa, OD
Dean, University of Houston, College of Optometry
505 J. Davis Armistead Building, Houston, Texas 77204
mdtwa@central.uh.edu

Karla Zadnik
Dean, The Ohio State University, College of Optometry
338 West Tenth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210
zadnik@optometry.osu.edu