Our People
Board of Directors
Staff
Scientific Advisors
Honorary Advisory Board
Founders
Board of Directors
Board Officers
Thomas M. Brunner
President and CEO
San Francisco, CA
Rick Halprin, CPA
Secretary
Director of Professional Affairs,
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Bedminster, NJ
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
Board Directors
Fred H. Brinkmann
Director, Information Technology (retired),
Santa Rosa, CA
John G. Flanagan, PhD, FCOoptom
Dean, School of Optometry, and Professor of Optometry and Vision Science,
University of California, Berkeley
Nancy S. Forster
Retired Consultant, Forster & Associates Consulting, LLC,
San Francisco, CA
Adrienne Graves, PhD
Independent Director: Iveric Bio, Nicox S.A., Oxurion, Greenbrook TMS NeuroHealth, Surface Ophthalmics, Qlaris Bio, and TherOptix,
Durham, NC
Linda Linck
Delta Gamma Foundation, Lafayette, CA
Terri-Diann Pickering, MD
Glaucoma Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Dennis E. Singleton
Spieker Partners, Menlo Park, CA
Oluwatosin U. Smith, MD
Glaucoma Associates of Texas,
Dallas, TX
Robert L. Stamper, MD
Distinguished Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Director Emeritus of the Glaucoma Service,
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Monica L. Vetter, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Professor and Chair of Neurobiology and Anatomy, George and Lorna Winder Professor of Neuroscience, University of Utah
Staff
Our Staff
Thomas M. Brunner
President and CEO
Brizette Castellanos
Program Coordinator and Social Media Specialist
Michelle de Elizalde, DVM
Event Program Manager
Nancy Graydon
Executive Director of Development and Chief Operating Officer
Andrew L. Jackson
Director of Communications
Catalina San Agustin
Director of Operations
Morgan Velarde
Associate Director, Annual and Corporate Giving
Christopher E. Wiseman, CMP, DES
Director of Special Events and Engagement
Scientific Advisors
Catalyst for a Cure Advisory Board
Larry Benowitz, PhD
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
David J. Calkins, PhD
Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Valeria 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
Shaffer Grant Advisory Committee
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
Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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
NYU Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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
Honorary Advisory Board
Honorary Advisory Board
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
Founders
Founders
John Hetherington, Jr., MD
Co-Founder, Glaucoma Research Foundation
(1930–2020)
Clinical Professor Emeritus
University of California, San Francisco
H. Dunbar Hoskins, Jr., MD
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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