Glaucoma Research Foundation

Our Donors

Connecting With Our Constituents Around The Bay Area

Fall was busy and productive. Hosted events around the Bay Area welcomed our supporters and new friends. Special thanks to Board members Art Takahara and Deirdre Porter, joined by Bradford Hall, for supporting each of these events!

Board Chair Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH, presented a lecture on September 23 at the San Francisco Yacht Club in Tiburon. Cathy and Charlie Wilmoth with Board member John Hetherington, MD co-hosted the event. Cate Wilmoth, 13, spoke eloquently about why supporting glaucoma research is so important.

Local volunteers Molly Dick, Judith Snyder and Jayne Wenger greeted arriving guests including new Board member, Adrienne Graves, PhD, President and CEO of Santen Inc. with colleague Mike Ford. Participating Board members included Linda Linck, Robert Stamper, MD, Art Takahara, and Deirdre Porter, joined by Bradford Hall, Research Overview Co-Hosts for the 2010 Benefit. Robert Karp attended, as did Nancy E.S. Gardner and Joanne Ritter of Guide Dogs for the Blind.

The East Bay Leadership Council held its inaugural event on September 29 at Rossmoor, in Walnut Creek. Rossmoor resident and Council member Shirley Jacobson was instrumental in arranging the program, featuring talks by Board Vice Chair Andrew Iwach, MD and President and CEO Thomas M. Brunner. Board members June Behrendt and Linda Linck joined Leadership Council members Susie and Schuyler Bailey, Joe Govednik, and Terry Magnin to welcome supporters Carol Hall, Janice and Joe Pehl, and Judy Oliphant. Volunteers from the Delta Gamma Diablo Valley Alumnae Chapter helped at the event. Over 130 “Rossmoorians” attended indicating strong levels of interest in glaucoma research and our educational programs.

On October 7, CFC Principal Investigator Phil Horner, PhD, met with the Silicon Valley Leadership Council. Joining Phil were Board member Fred Brinkmann, Leadership Council member Patty Fisher, and Tracy Rogers, Executive Director of The Mellam Family Foundation, a long-time supporter of the Catalyst For a Cure research collaboration.

Dr. Horner later presented the annual Daniel Scott Weston Glaucoma Research Lecture. The lecture is supported by an endowment generously donated by Gladys and George Weston. John and Lydia Vidovich hosted over 50 guests in their lovely Los Altos Hills home. Many GRF friends attended including Mary Cates, Reginald King, with Board member Bill Stewart and wife Dorris; Anthony Fisher, PhD; Francisco Garcia from Lumenis; Roberta Kameda; Thomas Tayeri, MD, and Jane Weston, MD with husband Jan Horn, MD. Joining Tom Brunner was wife Wallace, and Board members June Behrendt, Andrew Iwach, MD, and Michael L. Penn, Sr. with Beatrice Meadows. Fellow Leadership Council members attending were Jan Zones, Margaret Abe, and Andi Mallinckrodt, whose beautiful floral arrangements graced the Vidovich’s home.

GRF Welcomes New Board Members

Join us as we welcome Adrienne Graves, PhD, and Mona Zander to our Board of Directors! Their leadership and commitment provide support to our research and educational programs.

Visionary

Dennis Singleton received this year’s Visionary Award for his major contributions to Glaucoma Research Foundation. Manika Jewelry hosted the event on November 19.

In Appreciation

Our deepest appreciation for the generosity of our donors at the $1,000 level and above, including members of THE CATALYST CIRCLE, THE BLANCHE MATTHIAS SOCIETY, and institutional donors. (Contributions of record from July 1, 2009 to November 15, 2009)

VISIONARIES ($200,000 and above)

Mr. and Mrs. F.T. Barr

BENEFACTORS ($100,000 to $199,000)

Estate of Edith A. Neumayr

FOUNDERS ($50,000 to $99,000)

Allergan, Inc., Deirdre Porter and Bradford Hall

PACESETTERS ($25,000 to $49,999)

Nancy McDonald, Irrevocable Trust of William D. McDonald, Pfizer Inc., Santen, Inc., Charlot and Dennis E. Singleton, Dr. James and Elizabeth Wise, Mona and Edward Zander

PATRONS ($10,000 to $24,999)

The Allergan Foundation, Neighbor To Nation, Ron Payne, Frank Stein and Paul S. May, Union Bank, Estate of Calvin R. Winkler

SPONSORS ($5,000 to $9,999)

Anonymous, Bausch & Lomb Pharmaceuticals, Germaine and Timothy Dwyer, Wendy Dwyer Memorial, Alfred L. Fenaughty, Heidelberg Engineering, Andrew Iwach, MD, Robert Karp, OptiMedica Corporation, June and Sean Otto, QLT Inc., Topcon Medical Systems, Inc., Gladys and George M. Weston, DDS, The Wilmoth Family

PRESIDENT’S CLUB ($1,000 to $4,999)

Abbott Medical Optics, Misato Adachi, MD, Alloy Ventures, Arlene Anthony, K. Arakelian Foundation, Bay City Capital, The Bodri Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment, Frederick and Cynthia Brinkmann, Jean and Robert Brock, Thomas M. and Wallace Brunner, Molly and Brett Dick, Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company, Betsy and Calvin Erdman, Peter Falzon, Anthony R. Fisher, PhD, The Girdlestone Family, Glaukos Corporation, Margaret and Joseph F. Govednik, Larry Haimovitch, Irene Harris, Heidemann-Wuest Charitable Foundation, Rishi Kumar, MD, Lumenis, Inc., The Magnum Group, Inc., Judith and Charles Munnerlyn, PhD, Rudi Naumann, Robert C. Nevins, Richard Pon, CPA, Janet and Cary Rayment, Karen and Harry Roth, MD, Stephen E. Smith, Shigemi Sugiki, MD, FACS, Art Takahara, Robert N. Thayer, United Way of the Bay Area, Martin B. Wax, MD, Jiles B. Williams

This article appeared in the January 2010 issue of Gleams. Subscribe