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The LVRG Committee

Chairperson
Paul Beckmann
University of Minnesota
paul@eye.psych.umn.edu

Responsibilities:

  • Plan and chair Program Committee meetings
  • Raise funds for LVRG functions and activities
  • Maintain an active communication with individuals and agencies outside the LVRG
  • Coordinate the activities of the other officers and Program Committee members
  • Appoint other ex officio committees and members as deemed necessary by the Program Committee


Secretary/Membership Coordinator

Jan Lovie-Kitchin
Queensland University of Technology
J.Lovie-Kitchin@QUT.edu.Au

Responsibilities:

  • Record and store minutes of all Program Committee meetings and activities of the LVRG
  • Archive all official documents and correspondence


Treasurer

Gislin Dagnelie
Johns Hopkins University
gislin@lions.med.jhu.edu

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain books
  • Open and maintain checking account
  • Keep records of all financial transactions
  • File IRS forms including application for status as charitable organization


LVRGNet Liaisons

Ron Schuchard & Gale Watson
Atlanta VA Rehab R & D Center
rschuch@emory.edu

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee electronic version of announcements and newsletter
  • Edit LVRG website
  • Maintain database of all members
  • E-mail announcements to members


Committee Members at Large
Cornelis Anton Verezen, Chair of Sponsorship
University of Nijmegen / Utrecht / Amsterdam / Leiden
anton@ergra.nl

John Brabyn
Rehab Engineering Research Center Smith-Kettlewell Institute
brabyn@skivs.ski.org

Manfred MacKeben
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Foundation
mm@skivs.ski.org

Olga Overbury
Concordia University, Montreal
overbury@vax2.concordia.ca

Russell Woods