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Alicia Isenberg

PEOPLE

VSP Vision Care has promoted Warren Meyer to senior vice president of laboratory operations. In addition, the company has named Ed Morris vice president of lab sales and marketing.

Warren Meyer and Ed Morris, VSP Vision Care

Richard Albright has joined the team at Shamir Insight, Inc., as Freeform technical services manager. Albright will be responsible for providing support to Shamir's Autograph partner labs, including installation of new products.

Richard Albright, Shamir Insight

Tura has appointed Debbie Forstenzer vice president of product development. In her new role, Forstenzer will direct all phases of design and product development for licensed products as well as corporate brands.

Bausch + Lomb has named Benjamin Chudner, OD, training manager for the North America Vision Care, Learning + Development Team. Chudner will help B+L better communicate company product innovations and new products to its customer base.

Benjamin Chudner, Bausch + Lomb

BUSINESS UPDATES

Together with Viva International Group, William Rast has signed a multi-year endorsement agreement for racing star Danica Patrick to promote William Rast optical, sunwear, and racing eyewear lines. Patrick will be wearing William Rast on and off the racetrack and appear in upcoming campaigns coinciding with the consumer launch of William Rast Eyewear this year.

6Calls and 4PatientCare have signed a cooperative agreement allowing each to include the other's patient communication solutions into their own product lineup.

Danica Patrick has signed on to endorse William Rast Eyewear

GOOD DEEDS

Ogi Eyewear has partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities to provide complimentary eye exams and free Ogi frames to children within the program in need of vision correction. To date, Ogi has issued more than 80 vouchers for free eyecare services to children in the Minneapolis area and plans to expand its outreach to the rest of the upper Midwest.

Ogi provided free eye exams to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities

AWARDS

As part of its 2011 Scholarship Program, Transitions Optical, Inc., has awarded six top winners a $1,000 scholarship and a trip to the ABO-NCLE National Education Conference, while nine others received $500 scholarships.

Prevent Blindness America's 2011 Investigator Award winner, Dr. Danielle Ledoux

Submissions for the 2012 Scholarship Program are due by March 10, 2012. For more information, email education@transitions.com.

Prevent Blindness America has granted its 2011 Investigator Award to Danielle Monique Ledoux, MD, of Children's Hospital Boston. Dr. Ledoux will use her grant to compare new vision screening technology to today's current practices.