Donor List
At Glaucoma Research Foundation, we are incredibly grateful for the generous and loyal support from all of our donors. Following is a listing of recent contributions and pledges at the $1,000 level and above. Please note these are new contributions and pledge payments between November 1, 2025 and February 28, 2026 and will not reflect a donor’s cumulative giving for the year.
*Members of the Cornerstone Society which recognizes donors with cumulative giving of $1 million or more
President’s Circle
Cornerstone
$1,000,000+
Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation, Inc.*
John and Daria Barry Foundation*
Anu and Matthew Tate*
Benefactors
$100,000 to $199,999
Mary S. Auvil Trust
Judith Cooperman Trust
Nancy and Patrick Forster*
Bruce K. McMahon Family Trust
Arthur C. Sands 2022 Revocable Trust
Charlot and Dennis E. Singleton*
Paula J. Straub Living Trust
Founders
$50,000 – $99,999
Arlene Anthony and Thomas Bradshaw, in honor of Dr. Andrew Iwach
Daniel Carper
Joan Carroll
Destino Fund of the Marin Community Foundation, in memory of Larry
Harold G. Lash Revocable Trust, in memory of Gail Nixdorf
The Rajen Savjani Fund
Gary and Linda Sirak
Michael and Tania W. Stepanian
And one anonymous gift
Pacesetters
$25,000 to $49,999
AbbVie
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.*
Jean C. Bartolomeo
Bausch + Lomb
Courtney Bovee, MD and Steven Williams
Cynthia and Frederick Brinkmann
Wallace and Thomas M. Brunner
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Butcher, in honor of Dr. Terri-Diann Pickering
Cure Glaucoma Foundation, in honor of Dr. Oluwatosin Smith
Birdie and Bob Feldman
Margaret and Russell Garvin
Robert M. Gasiorek Living Trust
Gail and Fred Kittler
Lawrence E. and Iris C. Lerner Charitable Fund
Dhun Mehta
Mellam Family Foundation
Irene Saxman
Thea Pharma, Inc.
Elaine and Alan G. Weiler, in honor of Dr. Andrew Prince
Catherine and Charles Wilmoth, in honor of Dr. Andrew Iwach and Christopher
Patrons
$10,000 to $24,999
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Abby Perr Baker and Thomas Baker
Marcie Behman
Deborah Bertram
Lori and Allen Bouch
Bill and Sarah W. Brown
Reay H. Brown, MD
Jennifer and David Cardy
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
Chandna Family Fund
The Michael P. Chmura Family Foundation
Davis and Kusek Family Fund
Stacey Davis, in memory of Marilyn Davis
Nancy and Henry DeNero, in honor of Nancy and Pat Forster
The Tony Federio Legacy Fund
Glaukos Corporation
Teri and Andy Goodman, in honor of Nancy and Pat Forster
Barbara and William P. Griffin
Heidelberg Engineering, Inc.
Neil Hunt and Julie Raymond
Louise Lively
Theda M. Lord
The Daisy May Fund
James F. Melton
Jo Ann and Bernard Miller
Judith and Charles R. Munnerlyn, PhD
Oculis
Zoraida and Gary Payne
John David Peggs
Perceive Pharma, Inc.
Denise and Sam Polakoff
The Pommells Family Fund
Molly and David E.I. Pyott
Qlaris Bio, Inc., in honor of Dr. Barbara Wirostko
Dennis W. Robbins
Santen, Inc.
Sonja Schluter, MD, MPH
Ms. Helen Scott, in memory of Carol V. McDaniel
Kathie Selden
Sight Sciences, Inc.
TIF Foundation Fund
Topcon Healthcare
Donald Weirauch
Sally O. and Timothy White
Kimberly and Justin Wilson, in honor of Dr. Barbara Wirostko
Margaret A. Wilson
Dr. James and Elizabeth Wise
Catalyst Circle
$5,000 to $9,999
Ade Adesanoye, in honor of Dr. Oluwatosin Smith
Joseph Auth and Jennifer I. Yuan
Steven Broitman Foundation
Kathryn Dumbleton, PhD, MCOptom, and John G. Flanagan, PhD, DSc, FCOptom
Eyetronic, Inc.
Nancy and Ronald L. Fellman, MD, in honor of Dr. Oluwatosin Smith
Ashley Felloney
David S. Friedman, MD, MPH, PhD
Richard Gebrow
James and Linnea Gerber
Estate of John A. Goffette
Adrienne Graves, PhD
Nancy M. Graydon
Davinder S. Grover, MD, MPH, in honor of Dr. Oluwatosin Smith
Phyllis and Rick Halprin, CPA
Robert Hermann and Dan Joraanstad
Wende Hutton, in honor of Dr. Barbara Wirostko
iCare USA, Inc.
Debora and Keith Kaback, MD
Roberta R.W. Kameda
Edward Kandl
Robert Lewis
Judith A. Luce
Lawrence and Elizabeth Morris
Angela Nomellini and Kenneth E. Olivier
Ocular Therapeutix, Inc
John E. Olsen
Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company
Maureen C. Patrick
PLU Ophthalmic
Deirdre Porter
Carey Powers
Janet and Cary R. Rayment
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Elaine C. Riccio
Dr. Emile Sahliyeh
Candi Samansky and Kenneth Shulman
The Rhett and Xin Schiffman Charitable Fund
Seonix Bio
Drs. Oluwatosin Smith and Adetunji Adesanoye
Snapscale
Naomi and Robert Stamper, MD
Frank Strick Foundation, Inc.
Catherine and Richard Tate
Mary Josephine Termini Memorial Charitable Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Yang Wang
Ruth D. Williams, MD
And four anonymous gifts
$1,000 to $4,999
Olumuyiwa Adeboye, in honor of Dr. Oluwatosin Smith
James L. Aden
Stan Adler
Geeta Narendra Ahya
Akindolapo Akinwande, in honor of Dr. Oluwatosin Smith
Germaine Alfaro
Henry and Mary Altman
Lynn Altshuler and Stanley D. Herzstein
John and Janis Amodeo
Robert F. Amrhein
Susan and Michael Andresen
Applied Materials
K. Arakelian Foundation
Sam and Nataliya Arditi
Karen Bairley Kruger
Carolyn Banchero
James Beale
John W. Bell
Michael Berlin, MD
William R. Blackmon
Robert F. Blitzer
James K. Boey, MD and Robert Highsmith
Lynne Borden
Donna and Brad Bosley
Cathy Brandon
Richard and Uldine Bryson, in honor of Kathy Adams and Dorothy Richards
Tim Burdick
Michelle Butler, MD, in honor of Dr. Oluwatosin Smith
William F. Cael Charitable Fund
Linda J. Camp
Molly Canales
Virginia and Douglas Caston
Caterpillar Foundation
Elizabeth Chaden Family Foundation
Paula and Paul Chaney
Roger and Connie Chin
Nilda Chong, MD
Wendy and David Chute
William and Michele Ciganek
Gary Clayton
Nobuko Saito Cleary and Gary Cleary, PharmD, PhD
Douglas H. Cleaver
John and Julie Cohen
Michael and Doreen Cohen
Paul R. Cohen
Maria Constantinides
Mary Ann and Robert L. Cook
Robert Coté
Ron Cotner
Kevin Cramer
Drs. Emmett Cunningham Jr. and Sharon Shaw
Letitia H. Davidson
Dianne DeBoest
Barbara Deedler
The Delta Consortium LLC
Denyse and Michael Densmore Charitable Fund
Michael and Catherine DiBello
Gerhard Dobler
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Doyne
Mark and Kim Drucker
Drs. Wendell and Judith Ann Edwards, in honor of Randall Edwards
Hildegarde D. Eiler Estate
Andrea and David Epstein
Alfred J. Famiano, Jr.
Robert and Nan Fechtner, in honor of Nancy and Patrick Forster
Bret and Jessica Forster
Linda Freithaler
Paul and Rebecca Gacek
Domingo Garcia
William Gaul
Susan and Peter Geib
The Giants Foundation
Ned Ginty, in honor of Hugh Richardson
David Godfrey, MD
Paul Goehner
Trinh Green, MD, in honor of Dr. Andrew Iwach
Gary Greenberg
Catherine and Rod Gremaud
Joseph Haggerty, in honor of Dr. Oluwatosin Smith
Mark Hammersla
Faisal Hasan
Joel Hayden
Tad Heitmann
Bruce C. Hermann
Paul Herrmann
Pat Hershey and Joseph A. Darrell
Mitch C. Hill, in honor of Dr. Barbara Wirostko
Evan Hockman
Ralph E. Hoffman
Patricia and Stephen Holst
Rita Hoots
Dr. and Mrs. J. Kerry Howell
Steve Huang
Rebecca and Monie Hussain
Loretta Iacono
Andrew G. Iwach, MD
Jackson Square Partners Foundation
Mrs. Lucy Jacob and Mr. Elwood Hyden
Paul Jenkel
Marc Johnson
Stanley and Rosemary Jones
J. Michael Jumper, MD
Edward Kaplan, PhD
Peter C. Karp, in honor of Carl Gruber
Judith Klinman
Michael and Ina Korek Foundation Trust
Helen Kornmann
Don and Mary Kramer
Andrew J. Kujawa, in honor of Dr. H. Dunbar Hoskins
Kimberly Kumiega
Frances Kutcher
Youngsun Kwon
James A. Larkin, in memory of Rosemary Larkin
Alexandra Lawson and Jorge Santos
Elizabeth A. Lee and Marty Oster
Octavio and Stella Lee
Robert and Gaye Leonhard
Diane Levy
Christine Lewis
Pauline Li
Yuehua Li, MD
Shan Lin, MD
Scott and Alison Melanie Lindberg
Leonor Angeles Lopez Trust
Kelley M. MacDonald and Mr. R. Thomas Martell, Jr.
Ed & Betty Manoyan Foundation
Market Scope, LLC
Peggy Mathers
Ann McClure
Thomas and Carol McDade
Barbara and Neal McGettigan
Charles and Joan McHugh
Rev. Alexander and Mary McLachlan Charitable Fund
Ernest McNabb, in honor of Charles Wilmoth and Judah Crossland
Medical Research Charities
Andrew Menkes, MD and Barbara Patterson
Deborah A. Meyer
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Robert Mitchell
Meena Mohan
Elizabeth and Michael Mooney
James R. Morano, PhD
Madelyn Morey’s Charitable Fund
Pearl Moskowitz
Sally Nadler
Drs. Kathryn Najafi-Tagol and Alexander Tagol
Tomas Navratil, PhD
Florin Nedelciuc
Neighbor To Nation
New World Medical, Inc., in honor of Dr. Oluwatosin Smith
Malia Nichols
Dona and Gary D. Novack, PhD
Patrick and Nancy Nowak
Vincent E. O’Brien
Drs. Lauretta and Patrick Ogbue
Timothy O’Hearn and Carla Roeper
Terri-Diann Pickering, MD
PolyActiva, Pty Ltd
Trevanion H. Pope
Norma and David Porter
William Pulsifer
Regina M. Purin
Elizabeth and James Reed
William Reitz
Edward Richard, in memory of Warren K. Richard
Paul and Alicia Rikkonen
Nathan Roberts
Dr. Bryan Rogoff
Roberta Rosell
Sandra and William Rosen
Patricia and Robert C. Rospenda, in honor of Brianna
Ms. D. Ross
Henry and Gloria Roth
Keith Rotolo
Barbara and Jon Ruiz
Kevin A. Russell, in honor of Dr. Ruth Williams
John Randall Samples, MD in memory of Griff Samples
Linea Sanders
Robert and Jennifer Sawyer
Sheila and Jim Schlee
Gaurav Shah, MD
Carla J. Siegfried, MD
Saul Siemaska
I. Paul Singh, MD
Catherine A. Skidmore
Mary Richter Skuce
Smartlens, Inc.
Adrian Smedowski, MD, PhD
Carl and Madelaine Smith Family Fund
Jody Smyers
Jeffrey and Nancy Soluri
Dorothy Spencer
Jacqueline Spivak
Gerald St. Peter
Joseph and Lois Staula
The John and Louise Steegstra Memorial Fund
David M. Stein and Kathryn I. Fleischer
Gerald and Susan Steinberg
Sandra L. Stemler
Bruce Stuart and Bill Ho
Jenny Sung
Genevieve M. Szuba
Edina Tanović and Esten Sesto
Stephanie Tansor
Allen S. Taylor Foundation
Sally Temple, PhD
David and Norma Thompson
Sergio and Louise Tonelli
Maggie Trefzer
Charles M. Vadalabene
Margrit and Jack Vanderryn
Gabrielle & Jaques Verdier, in memory of Alexandra V. Verdier
Vivid Vision
Joseph and Mary Beth Voelker
Annette von Klein
Charles Warden
Craig Weflen
Marcie Weil
Giny and Steve Wheeler
Barbara Wirostko, MD
Susan J. Wittenberg, in memory of Harvey
Ben C. Wong
Peter W. K. Woo
David Franklin Worthen
Cheryl E. Zabel
Adelaide Zabriskie
Marc L. Zimmermann
Joseph Ziony
And 14 anonymous gifts