Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is comprised of elected members from ARVO's 13 Scientific Sections along with elected and trustee-appointed officers. The president and vice president(s) are elected from within the Board each year. The executive vice president is elected by the general membership to a five-year term and is a voting member of the Board of Trustees. The ARVO executive director serves as an ex officio member of the Board. For more information on Board of Trustee duties, appointments and elections please refer to the bylaws.
Roster
President
Patricia D'Amore
PhD, MBA, FARVO
Retinal Cell Biology
Schepens Eye Research Institute - Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Boston , Massachusetts
Term: 2019 - 2024
President-elect
SriniVas Sadda
MD, FARVO
Retina
Doheny Eye Institute
Los Angeles , California
Term: 2020 - 2025
Executive Vice President
J. Mark Petrash
PhD, FARVO
Lens
University of Colorado
Aurora , Colo.
Term: 2022 - 2027
Immediate Past President
Hans E. Grossniklaus
MD, MBA, FARVO
Anatomy & Pathology/Oncology
Emory University School of Medicine-Emory Eye Center
Atlanta , Georgia
Term: 2018 - 2023
Vice President
Stephen Burns
PhD, FARVO
Visual Psychophysics
Indiana University School of Optometry
Bloomington , Indiana
Term: 2019 - 2024
Vice President
Andrew Taylor
PhD, FARVO
Immunology
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston , Massachusetts
Term: 2019 - 2024
Vice President-elect
Leopold Schmetterer
PhD, FARVO
Physiology
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Singapore
Term: 2020 - 2025
Trustee
Frank Lovicu
PhD, FARVO
Lens
University of Sydney
Sydney , Australia
Term: 2021 - 2026
Trustee
Joseph Demer
MD, PhD, FARVO
Eye Movements
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , California
Term: 2021 - 2026
Trustee
Sophie Deng
MD, PhD, FARVO
Cornea
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , California
Term: 2021 - 2026
Trustee
Terri Young
MD, MBA, FARVO
Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison , WI
Term: 2022 - 2027
Trustee
Tien Wong
FRCS, PhD, FARVO
Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
Singapore National Eye Centre
Singapore
Term: 2022 - 2027
Trustee
Wei Li
MD, PhD
Visual Neuroscience
National Eye Institute, NIH
Bethesda , MD
Term: 2022 - 2027
Trustee
C. Ross Ethier
PhD, FARVO
Glaucoma
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta , Georgia
Term: 2023 - 2028
Trustee
Matthew Wilson
MD
Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis , Tenn.
Term: 2023 - 2028
Ex Officio Members
ARVO Foundation Board of Governors Chair
Joel S. Schuman
MD, FARVO
Glaucoma
NYU Langone Eye Center
New York , N.Y.
Term: 2021 - 2024
Executive Director
Iris M. Rush
CAE
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Rockville , Maryland
At-Large Members-in-Training Trustee
Maria Cabrera-Aguas
MBBS, MIPH, PhD
Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
University of Sydney-Save Sight Institute
Sydney , Australia
Term: 2023 - 2025