Jennifer Coyle, OD, MS Re-Elected President of Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

ASCO Welcomes Several New Members to Board of Directors

ROCKVILLE, MD, July 8, 2014 – Pacific University College of Optometry dean Jennifer Coyle, OD, MS has been elected for a second term as president of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO).

Dr. Coyle continues to lead the association comprising of 21 schools and colleges of optometry in the 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Dr. Coyle’s time as president will conclude June 30, 2015.

Additional elected officers to the Board of Directors are: President-Elect Dr. Richard Phillips, President, Southern College of Optometry; Immediate Past-President Dr. David Heath, President, State University of New York, State College of Optometry; Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Joseph A. Bonanno, Dean, Indiana University, School of Optometry; and At-Large Member Dr. Elizabeth Hoppe, Founding Dean, Western University of Health Sciences.

ASCO also welcomed a record number of new Directors to the Board. They are; Dr. John Flanagan, Dean, University of California at Berkeley, School of Optometry; Dr. Lori Grover, Dean, Salus University – Pennsylvania College of Optometry; Dr. Kelly Nichols, Dean, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Dr. Timothy Wingert, Dean, University of The Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry; and Dr. Joseph Zinkovich, Acting Associate Dean, MCPHS University, School of Optometry.

The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) is a non-profit association representing the interests of optometric education. Founded in 1941 and headquartered in Rockville, MD, ASCO is committed to achieving excellence in optometric education and to helping its member institutions prepare well-qualified graduates for entrance into the profession of optometry. Its membership encompasses the schools and colleges of optometry in the 50 states and Puerto Rico. A number of optometry schools outside the United States are affiliate members.