Board of Trustees  

Paige P. Baker, Esq.
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
 

Nina E. Buik
Senior Vice President
MindIQ
 

Bruce L. Dick
Retired
SunTrust Bank, Atlanta

 

Mari Fridenmaker
Account Manager
Potter-Holden & Company
 

Joan M. Macdonald, Ph.D.
Principal
Georgetown Clinical Consulting Corp.

 

Alan Kozarsky, M.D.
Eye Consultants of Atlanta, PC

G. Barry Lacy
Retired
United Parcel Service

 

Ed Lynn
Retired/Consultant
Allergan, LLC

 John T. Marshall, Esq.
Powell, Goldstein LLP

Signe H. Maximous
Hewlett Packard Company and
Director, www.fuchs-dystrophy.org

 

Colleen C. McCrory
National Workers’ Compensation Liaison
Shepherd Center

 Russell G. Thornton, CFM
Vice President
Wealth Management Advisor
Merrill Lynch
 

Bruce H. Varnum
Chair, Board of Trustees
President/CEO
Georgia Eye Bank, Inc.

John A. Wallace, Esq.
King & Spalding LLP

 

A. Kimbrough Davis, Esq.
Trustee Emeritus
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

 
Medical Advisory Committee  

CO-MEDICAL DIRECTORS
Alan M. Kozarsky, MD
R. Doyle Stulting, MD, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTORS
Stephen Hamilton, MD
Barry Lee, MD
Diane Song, MD
David A. Palay, MD

COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Laura Bealer, MD
J. Chandler Berg, MD
Henry F. Edelhauser, Ph.D.
Richard R. Schulze Jr., MD
Karen Sumers, MD

 
Management Team  
Georgia Eye Bank's dedicated staff runs the daily operation and administration of the Eye Bank, recovering, processing, and distributing eye donations, as well as educating the public and healthcare professionals. Our staff includes highly trained professionals with extensive experience.
 
 

Bruce H. Varnum
Chair, Board of Trustees - President/CEO

Until 1995 Bruce served as the Executive Advisory Board Chair. Bruce is currently Chair-elect of the Board of Directors for the Eye Bank Association of America, and serves on its Executive and Audit Committees, as well as other ad hoc strategic planning committees. He is a member of the Governor’s Advisory Board on Anatomical Gifts. After graduating from Lehigh University with a BA in Accounting and an MS in Economics, Bruce earned his CPA and spent more than 25 years in public accounting and banking.

 
 

Susan Littlefield
Manager, Quality Services

Susan Littlefield, who holds a BS degree in Biology from North Georgia College and a MS degree in Biology from Georgia State University, joined Georgia Eye Bank in 2002. She has over 20 years experience in biological science and scientific management in the medical devices industry.

 
 

David Thompson
Manager, Finance and Administrative Services

David Thompson, who holds a BS degree in Business Administration from the University or South Florida, joined Georgia Eye Bank in 2003. He has 29 years experience in business development, accounting and financial management in the technical industry. David also has participated in fund raising activities for other non-profit organizations.
 
 

Trisha Watkins
Manager of Eye Donor Services

Trish Watkins, who holds a BS in Business Management from Southern Wesleyan University, came to Georgia Eye Bank in 1999 with 10 years of social services work and 10 years of eye banking experience. From 1989 until 1999, Trish served as the Executive Director of the Medical College of Georgia Eye Bank. She has also been an Eye Bank Association of America Certified Eye Bank Technician since 1989. Trish serves as the GEB representative for the Georgia Coalition on Donation and on the Meetings Committee of the EBAA.

 
Volunteers  
It takes many volunteers to make eye donation happen. The following list provides an idea of just how extensive our volunteer system has to be in order to give the Gift of Sight.
  • Air Lines
  • Civic Organizations
  • Donor Families
  • Eye Bank Board of Trustees
  • Financial Supporters
  • Funeral Homes
  • Georgia General Assembly
  • Georgia Hospitals
  • Georgia State Patrol & Licensing Posts
  • Hospice Programs
  • Medical Examiners/Coroners
  • Recipients

 

 




Phone:  
(800) 342-9812 or
(404) 264-1900

Fax:  
(404) 264-9111

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