Leadership
Our Team
We’re a small team with big hopes and plans to make a difference in the lives of those affected by blindness caused by an inherited retinal disease.
Courtney Coates, Executive Director
Eve Orcutt, Marketing & Community Engagement Manager
Ben Shaberman, Science Communications Advisor
Gina Morin, Graphic Design – Design Intervention LLC
Board of Directors
LAURA MANFRE,
CHAIR, CO-FOUNDER
HPE Services – Advisory & Professional Services
ELIZABETH BORYSEWICZ,
VICE CHAIR
Educational Consultant
State of Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services
BILL SMITH
Advisors
Jean Bennett, PhD, MD
F. M. Kirby Professor of Ophthalmology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Pite
Founder & Consultant, Beth Pite Consulting
Artist, Art by Beth Pite
Susette Tibus
President & CEO, Mystic Aquarium
Co-Owner, Simply Majestic
Elisse Rosen
Executive Coach & Management Consultant
Ben Shaberman
Vice President, Science Communications
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Charles Bunnell
Chief of Staff & External Affairs
Mohegan Tribe
Cristina Manfre
Senior Associate & Partner
TechnoServe
Emily Place, MS, LCGC
Senior Genetic Counselor
Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
David Williams
President & CEO
EntryWay (formerly Shelter to Shutters)
Founders Circle
Elizabeth & George Adrian, O.D.
Eyecare Expressions
The Manfre Family
Mystic Lions Club
Elizabeth Pite & Paul McCary
Franco & Luigi Simeoni
Silvia Bard
Mary Liz James
Laura Manfre & Charles Priebe
Mystic Aquarium
Ruthmary & Edward Priebe
Susette Tibus & Chuck Sneddon
Patricia & Stephen Coan, Ph.D.
Jeanette Jezick, O.D. & Peter Wilbanks
Beth & Mike Mondello
Nancy & Christopher Nagy, Ph.D.
Elisse Rosen & Paul Turetzky
Paula & Dennis Widstrom