Our leadership
Educators first, and that is the whole point.
This team came out of classrooms and clinics rather than boardrooms. It has worked since the IMPACT Act to improve how hospitals and post-acute providers share information with patients, spans four time zones, and has worked with over 200 hospitals.
Michael Wright
National Program Coordinator
A Teacher of the Visually Impaired with more than twenty years working with children and adults who are blind or have low vision. Michael has worked with Lions Clubs International and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks to improve vision screening in schools and communities, and has helped raise over $1 million for schools and local service organizations. He oversees the development of training programs and coordinates the services offered through Solutions in Low Vision.
Todd Howard
Mid-West Regional Coordinator
A career educator with 34 years of teaching experience, including work with blind and visually impaired students in upper elementary and middle school. Todd spent fourteen years as a high school basketball coach, has served as president of an Emmaus Board of Directors, and has chaired committees across his school districts. He advises the educational team and leads the work supporting seniors with age-onset blindness in the Midwest.
Steve Case
Chief Medical Officer
Biography to follow.
Raquel Reese
Director of Information Technology
Raquel has worked with children in settings from coaching to the classroom, most recently with children who are visually impaired and children with severe needs. She is studying Healthcare Administration at Idaho State University and brings extensive experience in web design and marketing to the screening platform.
Kate Bordelon
Director of Educational Resources
Fifteen years working with children who have special needs, including two of her own. Kate has five years in special education with a specific focus on supporting families of blind children with severe needs, and is returning to Northern Illinois University to become a Teacher of the Visually Impaired. She heads up the educational services program.
Mark Quinn
Chief Compliance Officer
More than twenty years as an attorney working in employment law, corporate creation, management consulting and training, and drafting corporate contracts. Mark has served as president of his local chamber of commerce and of other non-profit organizations, and more recently has built sales for companies working in medical technology.
Robert Zabuska
Rocky Mountain Regional Coordinator
Over ten years in post-acute care, both as a primary home care provider and in logistics and support inside skilled nursing facilities. As a club Vice President and Zone Chair with the Lions, Bob has coordinated events serving the blind for more than seven years. He is Executive Director of Advocates for Blind Citizens, the non-profit that sponsors Solutions in Low Vision.
Solutions in Low Vision is a program of Advocates for Blind Citizens, a non-profit organization.