The Foundation Fighting Blindness Leadership

Our Board of Directors is a group of volunteers committed to the Foundations mission to find a cure for retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration and related diseases of the retina. The Board includes representatives from the corporate and medical worlds, as well as individuals affected by vision loss.

Andrew Burke, Chair Partner, Stewart McKelvey Halifax, Nova Scotia

JoeGrech, Vice-Chair Vancouver, British Columbia

Rahn Dodick, Treasurer President, Dodick Landau Inc. Toronto, Ontario

Malcolm Hunter, Corporate Secretary President, Fred Deeley ImportsLtd. Vancouver, British Columbia

John Breen, Executive Officer SeniorExecutive Investment Officer, Sanabil Al-Saudia Investments

Catherine Tillmann, Executive Officer Director of Brand Image, Corporate Marketing, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts(retired) Toronto, Ontario

Donna Green, Past Chair Principal, Greenrock Investments / Chief Executive Officer, Glittering Investments Limited Toronto, Ontario

Michel Cayouette, PhD Research Unit Director, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) Research Associate Professor, University of Montreal Montreal, Quebec

David Drury General Manager, IBM Canada Ltd. Toronto, Ontario

Sherif El-Defrawy, MD, PhD, FRCSC Chief of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario

Peter FarmerDirector, Strategic Partnerships, Rogers CommunicationsToronto, Ontario

Jane Humphreys Toronto, Ontario

Peter J. Kertes, MD, FRCSC Vitreoretinal Surgeon/Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Professor of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario

Gary Mandel President, CEO, Independent Financial Concepts Group Ltd. Toronto, Ontario

Michael Ovens Process Analyst, Change Management, Bank of Montreal Toronto, Ontario

Lorna L. Rosenstein General Manager, Lotus Canada(retired) Toronto, Ontario

George Sheen Partner, PwC (retired) Toronto, Ontario

Raymond M. Stein, MD, FRCSC Medical Director, Bochner Eye Institute Toronto, Ontario

David D. Sweeny Director, RBC Capital Markets Toronto, Ontario

Deborah Tennant Toronto, Ontario

The Foundation Fighting Blindness Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is a group of highly qualified and committed volunteers. These scientists bring a wide range of expertise to the FFBs scientific decision-making in genetics, molecular genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry and cell biology. All are actively engaged in sight-saving research.

The SAB is responsible for evaluating research applications submitted to the FFBs annual grant competition(s).

SAB members also aid in promoting retinal disease research amongst the scientific community and support the quality and accuracy of our educational programs and materials. Rigorous review for scientific merit by the SAB ensures that dollars donated to the FFB are used to fund the most productive and promising research projects, addressing crucial questions about the causes and treatment of retinal degenerative diseases. Thanks to the guidance of our scientific advisory boards, past and present, scientists funded by the FFB have consistently accomplished their research goals and have been responsible for major research breakthroughs.

Dr. Rod Bremner, PhD (Interim Chair) Senior Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital Professor of Ophthalmology; Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto

Dr. Seth Blackshaw, PhD Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore

Dr. Sylvain Chemtob Sylvain Chemtob, MD, PhD Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, University of Montreal

Dr. Brian Link Brian A. Link, PhD Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin

Dr. Orson Moritz Orson Moritz, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of British Columbia

Dr. Bill Stell Bill Stell, PhD (non-voting member) Expert Scientific Advisor for the Foundation Fighting Blindness Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy; Ophthalmology; Neurosciences, University of Calgary

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The Foundation Fighting Blindness Leadership