Thomas M. Brunner
President and CEO
San Francisco, CA
Rick Halprin, CPA
Secretary
Director of Professional
Affairs (Retired) Colleyville, TX
Andrew Iwach, MD
Board Chair
Executive Director,
Glaucoma Center of San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
Ruth D. Williams, MD
Vice Chair
Wheaton Eye Clinic,
Wheaton, IL
Charles Wilmoth
Treasurer
Senior Vice President-Portfolio Manager, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, San Francisco, CA
Director, Information Technology (retired),
Santa Rosa, CA
John G. Flanagan, PhD, DSc, FCOptom
Dean, School of Optometry, and Professor of Optometry and Vision Science,
University of California, Berkeley
Retired Consultant, Forster & Associates Consulting, LLC,
San Francisco, CA
Independent Director: Iveric Bio, Nicox, Greenbrook TMS NeuroHealth, Surface Ophthalmics, Qlaris Bio, TherOptix, Opus Genetics, San Francisco, CA
Delta Gamma Foundation, Lafayette, CA
Glaucoma Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Spieker Partners, Menlo Park, CA
Glaucoma Associates of Texas,
Dallas, TX
Distinguished Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Director Emeritus of the Glaucoma Service,
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Thomas M. Brunner
President and CEO
Brizette Castellanos
Manager of Outreach and Social Media
Michelle de Elizalde, DVM
Assistant Director of Patient and Research Programs
Alexandra Dewey
Development Assistant
Nancy Graydon
Executive Director of Development and Chief Operating Officer
Katherine Grillo
Patient and Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
Andrew L. Jackson
Director of Communications
Catalina San Agustin
Director of Operations
Maxson Thomas
Individual and Corporate Giving Officer
Morgan Velarde
Director of Philanthropic Engagement and Communications
Guojun Bu, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, SciNeuro Pharmaceuticals
Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Neurodegeneration
Adriana Di Polo, PhD
University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Shane Liddelow, PhD
Departments of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology
NYU Langone Health, New York
Sally Temple, PhD
New York Neural Stem Cell Institute
University at Albany, New York
Larry Benowitz, PhD
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
GValeria Canto-Soler, PhD
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
Jeffrey L. Goldberg, MD, PhD
Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Zhigang He, PhD, BM
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
George A. Cioffi, MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Adriana Di Polo, PhD
University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Brad Fortune, OD, PhD
Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Research Institute, Portland, OR
David S. Friedman, MD, MPH, PhD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Christopher A. Girkin, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital, Birmingham, AL
Jeff Gross, PhD
Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin
Steven L. Mansberger, MD, MPH
Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Health, Portland, OR
Felipe A. Medeiros, MD PhD
Duke University, Durham, NC
Jason S. Meyer, PhD
Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Ahmara Gibbons Ross, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Joel S. Schuman, MD, FACS
Professor of Ophthalmology, Kenneth L. Roper, MD Endowed Chair; Vice Chair for Research Innovation, Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center; Co-Director, Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital
W. Daniel Stamer, PhD, FARVO
Duke University, Durham, NC
Ernst R. Tamm, MD
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Monica L. Vetter, PhD
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
F. T. BARR
President and Founder, Afex International, Inc.
Houston, Texas
GRF Board Emeritus 2003-2009
June Behrendt Otto
Executive Director, The Edward J. Daly Foundation
San Francisco, California
GRF Board Emeritus 2001-2010
Sarah Brown
San Francisco, California
GRF Board Emeritus 1989-1995
Steven Kirsch
Philanthropist and Entrepreneur
San Jose, California
Roger McGuinn
Singer-Guitarist, Co-founder of The Byrds
Windemere, Florida
Robert C. Nevins
Lafayette, California
Board Emeritus 1991-1999
David E. I. Pyott
Former Chairman and CEO of Allergan, Inc.
Irvine, California
Cary R. Rayment
Alcon, Inc. (retired)
Cle Elum, WA
John Hetherington, Jr., MD
Co-Founder, Glaucoma Research Foundation
(1930-2020)
Clinical Professor Emeritus
University of California, San Francisco
H. Dunbar Hoskins, Jr., MD
Co-Founder, Glaucoma Research Foundation, Director Emeritus
Former Executive Vice President,
American Academy of Ophthalmology
San Francisco, CA
Robert N. Shaffer, MD, FACS
Co-Founder, Glaucoma Research Foundation
(1912-2007)
Clinical Professor Emeritus
University of California, San Francisco
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