PEOPLE

◄ CooperVision Specialty EyeCare has promoted Ledonna Buckner to head technical advisor and hired Christine Moufarrej as head of marketing, EMEA. Buckner most recently served as Mid-Atlantic regional account manager for Blanchard, as well as a trainer for the CooperVision Specialty EyeCare commercial sales and consultation teams. Moufarrej joins the company from pharmaceuticals manufacturer Stada, where she was most recently the group marketing and business development manager in Dubai.

Gina Carey has joined Eschenbach Optik of America, Inc., as controller. A former “Big Four” accountant and auditor, Carey joins Eschenbach after several years as a consultant.

GSRx, Inc., has promoted Bonnie DeMark to director of customer interaction, an extension of DeMark’s previous position as GSRx’s onboarding specialist. Tasha Morgan, who has been with the company since its inception in 2013, has been promoted to business systems manager and operations/customer service liaison.

Optometry Giving Sight has formed a new board of directors: Juan Carlos Aragón, O.D., chair, U.S., president at CooperVision Specialty EyeCare; Susan Cooper, O.D., chair, Canada, former president and managing director of World Council of Optometry; Donna Mikulecky, treasurer, CFO at Vision Source; Millicent Knight, O.D., senior VP of customer development at Essilor of America; John Flanagan, Ph.D., dean, Berkeley School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley and president of the Association of School and Colleges of Optometry; Paul Karpecki, O.D., medical director at Keplr Vision and director of cornea services at Kentucky Eye Institute; and Luigi Bilotto, O.D., international eye health advisor, University of Montreal.

◄ Privé Revaux, an eyewear brand acquired by Safilo in February 2020, has appointed Maureen Cavanagh as senior vice president of global sales. Cavanagh brings more than 25 years of optical industry experience to the role, most recently with Essilor of America.

Safilo Group’s new board of directors has confirmed Angelo Trocchia as CEO.

BUSINESS UPDATES

PECAA has launched a marketing advisory service for its membership, an extension of the Member Business Advisor (MBA) Program, a complimentary service for members that assists practices with their financials, practice operations, billing and coding, and marketing efforts.

AWARDS

Bollé has been nominated for Best Use of Filter and Lenses in the 25th annual Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

A selection of eyecare industry products were recognized with 2021 Red Dot Awards for product design: Haag-Streit USA’s new CO:RE surgical chair, Modo Eyewear’s R 1000 + Titanium, The Mini Eyewear model 743012 from Tura, Inc., and the Zeiss UVClean technology from Zeiss Vision Care U.S.

◄ Prevent Blindness announced R.V. Paul Chan, M.D., of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named as the recipient of the 2021 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health. Shervonne Poleon, vision science graduate program student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been named the recipient of the second annual Prevent Blindness Rising Visionary Award.

VSP Global was selected as a 2021 U.S. Best Managed Company. The program, sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams.

My Eyelab, a retail brand of Now Optics, has been ranked on Entrepreneur Magazine’s annual Top New Franchises and Fastest-Growing Franchises lists.