2018-2019 Committee Structure
All Committees are under supervision of Vice-President
Overall goals applicable to all Committees:
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Decisions and actions of the Committee shall be made in the best interests of the VOA membership and the organization;
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Committee chairs are to maintain written history of their activities including when, how, and time schedules which shall be provided to successor chairs of respective Committee to assist them in the future.
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Whenever applicable, all Committee chairs shall have one Committee member serve as a protege so that the Committee's work may continue without interruption should the chair ever be placed in a situation where the chair may not be able to continue service during his term.
Education Division
EDUCATION DIVISION
- Walter O. Whitley, O.D., Chair
1-DAY SEMINAR
- Cecelia C. Koetting, O.D., Chair
- Jenny N. Alsop, O.D., Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
FALL CONFERENCE
- Amber Hurley, O.D., Chair
- Cecelia C. Koetting, O.D., Lucas H. Spiker, O.D., Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
- Richard K. Lodwick, O.D., Chair
- James V. Cornetta, O.D., Joseph E. Droter, O.D., Cecelia C. Koetting, O.D., Pamela D. Lundberg, O.D., W. Scott Mann, O.D., Gerald R. Neidigh, O.D., Lucas H. Spiker, O.D., Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
VOYAGES-IN-VISION CONFERENCE
- Robert M. Allen, O.D., Chair
Membership Division
MEMBERSHIP DIVISION
- Adam P. Parker, O.D., Chair
AWARDS
- W. Scott Mann, O.D., Chair
- Lucas H. Spiker, O.D.
MEMBERSHIP
- Lisa V. Gontarek, O.D., and Amanda J. Umlandt, O.D., Co-Chairs
- Obaidullah Faiq, O.D., Jonathan R. Noble, O.D., Adam P. Parker, O.D., Jen Weigel, O.D.
- Local Societies - Gene Sweetnam, O.D., Chair
- David Domachowski, O.D., Amber N. Hurley, O.D., Jonathan R. Noble, O.D., Adam P. Parker, O.D.
PEER REVIEW
- Robert M. Allen, O.D., Chair
- Robert L. Bass, O.D., Christine W. Cook, O.D., Gerald R. Neidigh, O.D., Adam P. Parker, O.D.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
- Christine W. Cook, O.D., Chair
- InfantSEE - Shannon C. Franklin, O.D.
- Social Media - Christine W. Cook, O.D.
- Website - VOA Staff, David Domachowski, O.D., Adam S. Melton, O.D., Lucas H. Spiker, O.D., Adam P. Parker, O.D.
THIRD PARTY CARE
- Jenny N. Alsop, O.D., Chair
- Robert M. Allen, O.D., Gary L. Farley, O.D., Adam S. Melton, O.D, Brian Spittle, O.D., Gene Sweetnam, O.D.
Operations Division
OPERATIONS DIVISION
- Jenny N. Alsop, O.D., Chair
AOA PAC
- Jennifer E. Davis, O.D., Chair
- Prajkta Ingle, O.D.
BUDGET
- Jenny N. Alsop, O.D., Chair
- Lisa V. Gontarek, O.D., Adam P. Parker, O.D., Jen Weigel, O.D., Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
- Jonathan R. Noble, O.D. (at large)
CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS
- Jonathan R. Noble, O.D., Chair
- Robert M. Allen, O.D., George F. Brown, O.D., Adam P. Parker, O.D., Jen Weigel, O.D., Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
FEDERAL KEYPERSON
- Kevin Green, O.D., Chair
- Fred E. Goldberg, O.D., David H. Hettler, O.D., Gene Sweetnam, O.D., Amanda J. Umlandt, O.D., Jen Weigel, O.D.
INDUSTRY RELATIONS
- Gerald R. Neidigh, O.D., Chair
- Robert M. Allen, O.D., Jennifer E. Davis, O.D., A. Susan Keene, O.D., Adam P. Parker, O.D., Amanda J. Umlandt, O.D., Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
LEGISLATIVE
NOMINATIONS
- Adam P. Parker, O.D., Chair
- Robert M. Allen, O.D., Christine W. Cook, O.D.
PERSONNEL
- George F. Brown, O.D., Chair
- Jenny N. Alsop, O.D., Lisa V. Gontarek, O.D., Adam P. Parker, O.D., Jen Weigel, O.D., Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
- Jeffrey C. Michaels, O.D.
- Gerald R. Neidigh, O.D. (non-voting)
STRATEGIC PLANNING
- Adam P. Parker, O.D. and Jen Weigel, O.D., Co-Chairs
- Jenny N. Alsop, O.D., David Domachowski, O.D., Lisa V. Gontarek, O.D., Amber Hurley, O.D., Cecelia C. Koetting, O.D., W. Scott Mann, O.D., Adam S. Melton, O.D., Jonathan R. Noble, O.D., Lucas H. Spiker, O.D., Gene Sweetnam, O.D., Amanda J. Umlandt, O.D., Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
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