2019-2020 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
- Jenny N. Alsop, O.D., Chair
1-DAY CE CONFERENCE
- Cecelia C. Koetting, O.D., Chair
- Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
FALL CONFERENCE
- Amber Hurley, O.D., Chair
- 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., Jeffrey C. Michaels, O.D., Gerald R. Neidigh, O.D., Denise Strader, Kellie Thomas, Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
VOYAGES-IN-VISION CONFERENCE
- Robert M. Allen, O.D., Chair
Membership Division
AWARDS
- W. Scott Mann, O.D., Chair
- Lisa Wallace-Davis, 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., Gene Sweetnam, O.D., Jen Weigel, O.D.
PEER REVIEW
- Jen Weigel, O.D., Chair
- Robert M. Allen, 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 - Sushil K. Jain, O.D., Chair
- Becky Mann, O.D., W. Dodge Perry, O.D.
- Social Media - Christine W. Cook, O.D.
- Website - VOA Staff, Adam P. Parker, O.D.
THIRD PARTY CARE
- Jenny N. Alsop, O.D., Chair
- Lisa V. Gontarek, O.D., Brian Spittle, O.D., Gene Sweetnam, O.D.
Operations Division
OPERATIONS DIVISION
- Lisa V. Gontarek, O.D., Chair
AOA PAC
- Jen Weigel, O.D., Chair
- Prajkta Ingle, O.D.
BUDGET
- Lisa V. Gontarek, O.D., Chair
- Jenny N. Alsop, O.D., Walter O. Whitley, O.D., Amanda J. Umlandt, 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., Jeffrey C. Michaels, 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., Adam P. Parker, O.D., Gene Sweetnam, O.D., Amanda J. Umlandt, O.D., Lisa Wallace-Davis, 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
- Jen Weigel, O.D., Chair
- Robert M. Allen, O.D., Adam P. Parker, O.D.
PERSONNEL
- George F. Brown, O.D., Chair
- Jenny N. Alsop, 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., Lisa V. Gontarek, O.D., Amber Hurley, O.D., Cecelia C. Koetting, O.D., W. Scott Mann, O.D., Gerald R. Neidigh, O.D., Jonathan R. Noble, O.D., Gene Sweetnam, O.D., Amanda J. Umlandt, O.D., Lisa Wallace-Davis, O.D., Walter O. Whitley, O.D.
VOPAC
