(L to R) Richard Sanchez, Sandra Block, OD, and Mark Ginsberg.
CHICAGO—Prevent Blindness has elected Richard Sanchez, managing partner of Visibility Management, as the new chairperson of the Prevent Blindness board of directors. Dr. Sandra Block, medical director of the Illinois Eye Institute at Princeton Vision Clinic and professor at Illinois College of Optometry; Stephen Corman, president of Corman Enterprises, LLC, and Corman Properties of North Carolina, LLC; and Mark Ginsberg, chief marketing officer for VSP Global were also elected as new members.

Richard Sanchez founded Visibility Management, a consulting firm designed to address and assist in a variety of solutions to vision industry needs. He was previously COO at Vision Twenty-One and was president, founder and CEO of Advantica.

Sanchez served on the board of governors for Prevent Blindness Florida, was on the Prevent Blindness board of directors since 2009 and was a past chair of the Prevent Blindness development committee. He was also the past chair of the National Association of Vision Care Plans. Sanchez graduated from Florida State University with a bachelors in chemistry.

Sandra Block, OD, is currently the medical director of the Illinois Eye Institute at Princeton Vision Clinic and a professor at the Illinois College of Optometry where she has been on the faculty since 1982. Block recently served on the expert committee of their year’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine consensus study, “Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow.”

She has been an active volunteer with Prevent Blindness, has been a member of both the Public Health and the Scientific Committee, has worked closely with the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness and has contributed to the children’s vision screening protocols for Prevent Blindness.

Stephen Corman originally joined the Prevent Blindness board of directors in November 2000 and also served as board treasurer and chair of the finance and administration committee. Additionally, he’s also the current chair of the audit committee and has a history of service with Prevent Blindness North Carolina, joining its state board in 1987 and holding posts of treasurer of that board and board chair. He is also an executive committee member at large and on the finance committee.

Mark Ginsberg leads corporate marketing strategy as the chief marketing officer of VSP Global. His experience includes serving as senior vice president of global marketing at Marchon and vice president at Fossil. Ginsberg serves as a board member of Lincoln Center Business Council as well as the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund. He’s a graduate of the University of Miami with a bachelors in architecture.

“Our national board of directors is comprised of a diverse group with expertise from a variety of fields and positions. We look forward to this next chapter of distinguished leadership from our friend and colleague, Richard Sanchez,” said Hugh R. Parry, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness. “We welcome Mark Ginsberg and welcome back two of our long-serving volunteers, Dr. Block and Mr. Corman. And, on behalf of all of us at Prevent Blindness, I also thank our outgoing Board Chair, Paul Howes, for his work in continuing our sight-saving mission.”