About ICO

Leadership Team

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Mark Colip, OD

President

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Stephanie Messner, OD, FAAO
Vice President and
Dean for Academic Affairs

Daniel Ren, MBA, CPA

Chief Operating Officer,
Illinois Eye Institute

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Maggie Lopez
Chief Executive Assistant, Office of the President and Board of Trustees

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Erik Mothersbaugh, OD, FAAO
Dean of Student Affairs

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Leonard Messner, OD, FAAO
Vice President for Strategy and Institutional Advancement

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Christa Ojeda, CPA

Vice President for Business and Finance, Chief Financial Officer

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Board of Trustees

Dwight H. Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO '80  Vice Chairman
Fort Worth, Texas

 

Vasvi A. Babu, OD '93
Scottsdale, Arizona

 

Rev. Torrey L. Barrett
Chicago, Illinois

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Sandra Bury, OD '95

Oak Lawn, Illinois

 

Joseph L. Derezinski, MS
Chicago, Illinois

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Kevin A. Danahey, OD '91

Granger, Indiana

 

Karen A. Eng, OD  Immediate Past Chairwoman
North Barrington, Illinois

 

Robert L. Fait, OD '68 Secretary 
Burlington, Wisconsin

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Dwain L. Hahs Treasurer
Jackson, Missouri

 

Scott A. Jens, OD, FAAO '91

Madison, Wisconsin

 

Jeffrey D. Johnson, OD, MBA '97
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

 

Osvaldo I. Lopez, MD
Chicago, Illinois

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C. Michael LoPiano, MBA
Chicago, Illinois

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Tracy L. Matchinski, OD, FAAO '95

Chicago, Illinois

 

Nana Owusu, OD '08
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canada

 

Steven Schneider
Chicago, Illinois

 

Jeff Smith, OD, MBA '83 Chairman 
Chicago, Illinois

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Timothy H. Tsang, OD, FAAO '06

Vaughan, Ontario

Canada

 

Jeanette C. Varanelli, OD, FAAO '97 
Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan

 

Charles Weis, CPA
Chicago, Illinois

Student Representative

Rachel Shackelford, '23

Nebraska

Emeritus Trustees

James R. Butler, OD '59
Atlantis, Florida

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Donovan L. Crouch, OD, FAAO '63
Storm Lake, Iowa

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