Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO SET NEW STANDARDS FOR OCULAR ENDEAVORS THAT WILL IMPROVE VISUAL OUTCOMES AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE IN NEED THROUGH EYE AND TISSUE DONATION.
THE LIONS EYE INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANT & RESEARCH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST COMBINED NOT FOR PROFIT EYE BANKS AND OCULAR RESEARCH CENTERS IN THE WORLD. WE RECOVER OCULAR TISSUE FROM 62 OUT OF 67 COUNTIES IN FLORIDA, PROCESSING THE TISSUE IN OUR HEADQUARTERS IN YBOR CITY AND ENSURING IT IS SAFE FOR TRANSPLANT, GIVING THE GIFT OF SIGHT TO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND IN OVER 80 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. WE RECOVER, PROCESS, AND DISTRIBUTE OVER 10,000 CORNEAS PER YEAR. THE ORGANIZATION'S EYE BANK SERVICE IS KNOWN FOR ITS PRACTICE EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE QUALITY AND INNOVATION CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING NEW PROCESSING TECHNIQUES AND PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE CORNEA TRANSPLANT CLINICAL OUTCOMES. THE ORGANIZATION WAS THE FIRST TO OFFER AN ULTRA-THIN DSAEK PREPARATION PROCEDURE, A NON-TOUCH HYDRO-DISSECTION PREPARATION OF DMEK AND PDEK GRAFTS, A PRE-LOADED DSAEK GRAFT, AND A PRE-LOADED DMEK AND PDEK GRAFT IN A LIONS EYE INSTITUTE INSPIRED GLASS TUBE PROMOTING THE SMALLEST INCISION FOR IMPLANTING DMEK AND PDEK CORNEAS. IN OUR OCULAR RESEARCH CENTER, WE ARE WORKING ON LONG-TERM STUDIES RELATED TO TREATMENTS FOR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION AND GLAUCOMA. WE ARE LEADING THE INDUSTRY IN INNOVATIONS TO ADVANCE THE EYE BANKING INDUSTRY, WHILE WORKING ON EYE BANK DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE WORLD.IN 2019, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THE GIFT OF TISSUE DONATION. AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, THE INSTITUTE PROVIDES BONE, SKIN, HEART VALVES, CONNECTIVE TISSUES, AND VEINS UTILIZED IN SURGERIES AND MEDICAL RESEARCH AT HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA FOR THOSE IN NEED.
PUBLIC & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - INCREASED AWARENESS OF NEED FOR TISSUE PROCUREMENT WITH LONG TERM GOAL OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DONORS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jason K Woody | PRESIDENT & CEO | 40 | $307,088 |
| Arthur Kurz | CMO | 40 | $196,262 |
| Aharon Yoki | CONTROLLER | 40 | $141,350 |
| David Ammar | DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH | 40 | $136,947 |
| Karen Demarco | DIRECTOR OF MARKETING | 40 | $129,045 |
| Sylvia Sanchez | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGER | 40 | $123,187 |
| Beatriz D Viamontes | CFO | 40 | $102,120 |
| Ali St Cyr | FOUNDATION CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Edwin Narain | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Carl Tremonti | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew Mcintosh | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ed Sutton | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Margie Franklin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jose Valiente | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Suarez | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kimberly Murray | PAST CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Jarett Rieger | IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Felicia Harvey | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Shukur | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Doug Pace | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Springer | BOARD CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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