AOA Committee & Staff Directory
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 991-4100 or (800) 365-2219
Fax: (314) 991-4101
Metropolitan DC Office
1505 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 739-9200
Fax: (703) 739-9497
Executive Director
Michael D. Jones, OD
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 991-4100 or (800) 365-2219
Fax: (314) 991-4101
E-mail: MDJones@aoa.org
Advocacy Group
Jon F. Hymes
1505 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 739-9200
Fax: (703) 739-9497
E-mail: JFHymes@aoa.org
Clinical Care Group
Jeffrey L. Weaver, OD, MBA, MS
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63141
(800) 365-2219 Ext. 244
Fax: (314) 991-4101
E-mail: JLWeaver@aoa.org
Communications Group
Stephen Wasserman
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63141
(800) 365-2219 Ext. 212
Fax: (314) 991-4101
E-mail: SMWasserman@aoa.org
Information & Member Services Group
Laura M. Baumstark
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63141
(800) 365-2219 Ext. 110
Fax: (314) 991-4101
E-mail: LMBaumstark@aoa.org
AOA State Affiliates
Alabama Optometric Association
Amanda Buttenshaw, Executive Director
1043 Ambassador Court
Montgomery, AL 36117
Phone: (334) 273-7895
Fax: (334) 273-9681
E-mail: optometry@alaopt.com
Alaska Optometric Association
James Falconer, OD, Executive Director
1689 “C” Street, Ste 222
Anchorage, AK 99501-5126
Phone: (907) 770-3777
Fax: (907) 272-7532
E-mail: akoa@alaska.com
American Optometric Student Association
Carol Freihaut, Executive Director
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 991-4100
Fax: (314) 991-4101
E-mail: cmfrei@aol.com
Arizona Optometric Association
Jane Lynch, Executive Director
1702 E Highland Ave, Suite 213
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Phone: (602) 279-0055
Fax: (602) 264-6356
E-mail: jane@azoa.org
Arkansas Optometric Association
Jennifer Martinez, Executive Director
411 S Victory Street, Suite 202
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: (501) 661-7675
Fax: (501) 372-0233
E-mail: aropt@swbell.net
Armed Forces Optometric Society
Steven R. Sem, OD, Executive Director
411 Sweetgrass Court
Great Falls, MT 59405-1325
Phone: (406) 452-5688
Fax: (406) 452-5740
E-mail: execdir@afos2020.org
California Optometric Association
Elizabeth L. Brutvan, EdD, Executive Director
2415 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
Phone: (800) 877-5738 or (916) 441-3990
Fax: (916) 448-1423
E-mail: ELBrutvan@coavision.org
Colorado Optometric Association
Gwenne Hume, EdD, Executive Director
1600 Broadway, Suite 1320
Denver, CO 80202-4927
Phone: (303) 863-9778
Fax: (303) 863-9775
E-mail: ghume@visioncare.org
Connecticut Association of Optometrists
Karen Hinen, CAE, Chief Staff Officer
342 North Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06117-2507
Phone: (860) 586-7508
Fax: (860) 586-7550
E-mail: khinen@cao.org
Delaware Optometric Association
Susan Betts, OD, Executive Director, Secretary
23094 Atlanta Road
Seaford, DE 19973-1114
Phone: (302) 629-6691
Fax: (302) 629-7963
E-mail: sbettsod@yahoo.com
Optometric Society of the District of Columbia
Virginia L. Martin, Administrative Director
7705 Cayuga Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone: (301) 229-4990
Florida Optometric Association
Kenneth L. Franklin, Executive Director
P.O. Box 13429
Tallahassee, FL 32317
Phone: (850) 877-4697
Fax: (850) 878-0933
E-mail: Ken@floridaeyes.org
Georgia Optometric Association
Georgianne Bearden, Executive Director
1000 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 240
Morrow, GA 30260
Phone: (770) 961-9866 or (800) 949-0060
Fax: (770) 961-9965
E-mail: GBear79180@aol.com
Hawaii Optometric Association
Charlotte Nekota, Executive Director
220 S King Street, Suite 801
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 537-5678
Fax: (808) 537-1509
E-mail: hoaopt@earthlink.net
Idaho Optometric Association
Larry Benton
P.O. Box 667
Wilder, ID 83676
Phone: (208) 461-2000
Fax: (208) 337-5613
E-mail: LEBenton@direcpc.com
Illinois Optometric Association
Michael G. Horstman, Executive Director
304 West Washington Street
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: (217) 525-8012
Fax: (217) 525-8018
E-mail: ioa@ioaweb.org
Indiana Optometric Association
Ronald W. Wuensch, CAE, Executive Director
201 North Illinois Street, Ste 1920
P.O. Box 44975
Indianapolis, IN 46244-0975
Phone: (317) 237-3560
Fax: (317) 237-3564
E-mail: rwuensch@cypressmail.com
Iowa Optometric Association
Gary Ellis, Executive Director
1454 – 30th Street, Suite 204
West Des Moines, IA 50266-1312
Phone: (515) 222-5679
Fax: (515) 222-9073
E-mail: IOAAED@aol.com
Kansas Optometric Association
Gary Robbins, CAE, Executive Director
1266 SW Topeka Boulevard
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: (785) 232-0225
Fax: (785) 232-6151
E-mail: info@kansasoptometric.org
Kentucky Optometric Association
Darlene W. Eakin, CAE, Executive Director
P.O. Box 572
Frankfort, KY 40602
Phone: (502) 875-3516
Fax: (502) 875-3782
E-mail: darleneeakin@kyeyes.org
Optometry Association of Louisiana
James D. Sandefur, OD, Executive Director
115-B North 13th Street
Oakdale, LA 71463
Phone: (318) 335-0675
Fax: (318) 335-0677
E-mail: optla@bellsouth.net
Maine Optometric Association
Nan-Elizabeth Neal, Executive Administrator
72 Western Avenue
August, ME 04330
Phone: (207) 626-9920
Fax: (207) 626-9935
E-mail: nanmoa@maineeyedoctors.com
Maryland Optometric Association
Thomas C. Shaner, CAE, Executive Director
720 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: (410) 727-7801
Fax: (410) 752-8295
E-mail: moa@assnhqtrs.com
Massachusetts Society of Optometrists
Richard Lawless, Executive Director
1071 Worcester Road, #12
Framingham, MA 01701-5298
Phone: (508) 875-7900
Fax: (508) 875-0010
E-mail: Rich@MassOptom.org
Michigan Optometric Association
William D. Dansby, CAE, Executive Director
530 West Ionia Street, Suite A
Lansing, MI 48933-1062
Phone: (517) 482-0616
Fax: (517) 482-1611
E-mail: mioptoassn@aol.com
Minnesota Optometric Association
James Meffert-Nelson
3601 Minnesota Drive, Suite 800
Minneapolis, MN 55435
Phone: (952) 841-1122
Fax: (952) 921-5801
E-mail: Jim@mneyedocs.org
Mississippi Optometric Association
Helen A. St. Clair, CAE, Executive Director
5420 I-55 North, Suite D
Jackson, MS 39211
Phone: (601) 956-7412
Fax: (601) 956-7468
E-mail: MSOptometr@aol.com
Missouri Optometric Association
Zoe Lyle, Executive Director
100 East High Street, Suite 301
Jefferson City, MO 65101-2960
Phone: (573) 635-6151
Fax: (573) 635-7989
E-mail: moopt@socket.net
Nebraska Optometric Association
David S. McBride, Executive Director
201 N 8th Street, Suite 400
P.O. Box 81706
Lincoln, NE 68501-1706
Phone: (402) 474-7716
Fax: (402) 476-6547
E-mail: nao@assocoffice.net
Nevada Optometric Association
Alyssa Harvey, Executive Director
9101 W Sahara Avenue #105/PMB 172
Las Vegas, NV 89117-5799
Phone: (702) 220-7444
Fax: (702) 248-7445
E-mail: NOALV03@yahoo.com
New Hampshire Optometric Association
Brian S. Klinger, OD, Executive Director
466 Washington Road
Rye, NH 03870
Phone: (603) 964-2885
Fax: (603) 964-2886
E-mail: optometrist@comcast.net
New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians
Bryan Markowitz, Executive Director
20 Texas Avenue
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Phone: (609) 671-0900
Fax: (609) 671-1820
E-mail: bmarkowitz@njsop.org
New Mexico Optometric Association
Richard Montoya, Executive Director
PMB #241
1008 Paseo del Pueblo Sur
Taos, NM 87571
Phone: (505) 751-7242
Fax: (505) 751-7243
E-mail: fleece@laplaza.org
New York State Optometric Association
Jan S. Dorman, Executive Director
119 Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor
Albany, NY 12210
Phone: (518) 449-7300
Fax: (518) 432-5902
E-mail: NYSOA2020@aol.com
North Carolina State Optometric Society
Sue Gardner, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1206
Wilson, NC 27894-1206
Phone: (252) 237-6197
Fax: (252) 237-9233
E-mail: nceyecare@aol.com
North Dakota Optometric Association
Nancy J. Kopp, Executive Director
921 South 9th Street, Suite 120
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: (701) 258-6766
Fax: (701) 258-9005
E-mail: nkopp@btinet.net
Ohio Optometric Association
Richard Cornett, Executive Director
P.O. Box 6036
Worthington, OH 43085
Phone: (614) 781-0708
Fax: (614) 781-6521
E-mail: rcornett@ooa.org
Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians
Sandra Gragg-Naifeh, Executive Director
4545 North Lincoln Blvd, #105
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: (405) 524-1075
Fax: (405) 524-1077
E-mail: saundra@ix.netcom.com
Oregon Optometric Physicians Association
Wayne Schumacher, RHU, Executive Director
4404 SE King Road
Milwaukie, OR 97222
Phone: (503) 654-5036 or (800) 922-2045
Fax: (503) 659-4189
E-mail: oopa@AssoMgt.com
Pennsylvania Optometric Association
Charles Stuckey, OD, Executive Director
218 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone: (717) 233-6455
Fax: (717) 233-6833
E-mail: Charlie@poaeyes.org
Rhode Island Optometric Association
P.O. Box 438
Greenville, RI 02828
Phone: (401) 949-0433 or (800) 491-7550
Fax: (401) 949-4707
E-mail: tbonin_RIOA@earthlink.net
South Carolina Optometric Association
Claire H. Holley, Executive Director
2730 Devine Street
Columbia, SC 29205
Phone: (803) 799-6721
Fax: (803) 799-2305
E-mail: optichk1@aol.com
South Dakota Optometric Society
Cathie Ellis, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1173
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 224-8199
Fax: (605) 224-6047
E-mail: sdeyes3@pie.midco.net
Tennessee Optometric Association
Gary Odom, Executive Director
2727 Branford Avenue
Nashville, TN 37204
Phone: (615) 269-9092
Fax: (615) 269-5986
E-mail: garylodom@aol.com
Texas Optometric Association
BJ Avery, Executive Director
1104 West Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 707-2020
Fax: (512) 326-8504
E-mail: texop@aol.com
Utah Optometric Association
Clive E. Watson, Executive Director
230 W 200 South, Suite 2110
Salt Lake City, UT 84101-3409
Phone: (801) 364-9103
Fax: (801) 364-9613
E-mail: uoa@xmission.com
Vermont Optometric Association
850 King’s Highway
White River Junction, VT 05001
Phone: (802) 295-0938
Fax: (802) 295-5896
E-mail: shastieod@tpk.net
Virginia Optometric Association
Bruce B. Keeney, Sr., Executive Director
118 North Eighth Street
Richmond, VA 23219-2305
Phone: (804) 643-0309
Fax: (804) 643-0311
E-mail: VOAEyeDocs@aol.com
Optometric Physicians of Washington
Judy Balzer, Administrative Director
555 – 116th Avenue NE, #166
Bellevue, WA 98004-5205
Phone: (425) 455-0874
Fax: (425) 646-9646
E-mail: opw@eyes.org
West Virginia Optometric Association
Roger K. Price, Executive Director
815 Quarrier Street, Suite 345
Charleston, WV 25301-2616
Phone: (304) 345-4710
Fax: (304) 346-6416
E-mail: rprice0851@aol.com
Wisconsin Optometric Association
Peter Theo, Executive Director
Charles B. Brownlow, OD, Executive Vice President
6510 Grand Teton Plaza, Suite 312
Madison, WI 53719
Phone: (608) 824-2200
Fax: (608) 824-2205
E-mail: PeterTheo@tds.net
brownlowod@aol.com
Wyoming Optometric Association
Dan J. Lex, CAE, Executive Director
716 Randall Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone: (307) 632-8819
Fax: (307) 638-8472
E-mail: managementservic@qwest.net
