BUSINESS: Suppliers Optical Women’s Association Networking Event at Expo By Staff Monday, October 20, 2014 12:01 AM LAS VEGAS—Members and friends of the Optical Women’s Association (OWA) gathered at the annual networking reception and raffle event held Sept. 19 in the Venetian/Palazzo Congress Center. Luxury designer accessories and premier items provided by sponsors of the OWA were raffled off to raise funds for continued education and development of the OWA membership. This year’s Vision Expo West also marked the first-ever OWA Connection Series event, “Seeing (Blind) Spots? Men and Women Working Together.” 1/5 (L to R) VisionWeb’s Sharon Chin met Lisa Galvan and Amanda Vick of Nouveau Eyewear with Cookie Desilva, also of VisionWeb, at the OWA event. (L to R) Panelists Andrea Gluck, David Duralde, Gilda Mehraban and Bob Colucci at the first-ever OWA Connection Series event, “Seeing (Blind) Spots? Men and Women Working Together.” Doug Schlauderaff of Imagewear and Debbie Forstenzer, of Deborah Forstenzer Consulting at the OWA networking event Laurie Badone (l) and Jennifer Ross of Carl Zeiss Vision at the OWA event. Christie Walker (l), president of the OWA, and Kevin Paddy of Statisloh network at the OWA.