About ICO

Leadership Team

Mark Colip, OD

President

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

Laura Rounce, MA
Vice President for Administration

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

Erik Mothersbaugh, OD, FAAO
Dean of Student Affairs

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

Christa Ojeda, CPA

Vice President for Business and Finance, Chief Financial Officer

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

Vasvi A. Babu, OD
Scottsdale, Arizona

Rev. Torrey L. Barrett
Chicago, Illinois

Joseph L. Derezinski, MS
Chicago, Illinois

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

Robert L. Fait, OD Secretary
Burlington, Wisconsin

Dwain L. Hahs
Jackson, Missouri

Scott A. Jens, OD

Madison, Wisconsin

Jeffrey D. Johnson, OD, MBA
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Osvaldo I. Lopez, MD
Chicago, Illinois

C. Michael LoPiano, MBA
Chicago, Illinois

Tracy L. Matchinski, OD

Chicago, Illinois

Nana Owusu, OD
Winnipeg, Canada

Robin Rinearson, OD
Falls Church, Virginia

Steven Schneider
Chicago, Illinois

Jeff Smith, OD, MBA Chairman
Chicago, Illinois

Robert J. Steinmetz, OD Treasurer
Chicago, Illinois

Jeanette C. Varanelli, OD
Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan

Charles Weis, CPA
Chicago, Illinois

Kimberly Fazio, '21

Long Island, NY

James R. Butler, OD
Atlantis, Florida

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