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Alicia Isenberg Hoglund

PEOPLE

Safilo Group recently welcomed its newest team member, Nicola Giorgi, who will fill its new global head of the house brands post, reporting directly to CEO Roberto Vedovotto.

Morgan Piatt, Live Eyewear

Live Eyewear, Inc., has promoted Morgan Piatt to the position of customer service manager. In addition to her role as optical sales coordinator, Piatt will oversee the development and management of the company's account managers and customer service team.

Katie Loughran has joined Eyewear by ROI as its new creative director. Previously, Loughran designed eyewear for licensed brands at Viva International.

Katie Loughran, Eyewear by ROI

BUSINESS UPDATES

Bolle Eyewear is now the official eyewear sponsor of Colorado-based Telluride Ski Resort.

Switch Vision announced that the National Tactical Officers Association is now endorsing its H-wall Sweptback frame.

Alain Mikli recently opened its fourth U.S. location in the historic downtown district of San Francisco. To celebrate the launch, the new boutique offered a special assortment of unique, vintage pieces from the Alain Mikli private collection.

Alain Mikli opens its first West Coast boutique in the heart of San Francisco

The Glaucoma Research Foundation's “Glaucoma 360” event will take place at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Feb. 2 to 4, 2012.

AWARDS

Transitions Optical, Inc.'s Bell Transitions SOLFX face shield was recently named runner-up of Motorcyclist magazine's Best New Product of the Year award.

Augen Optics and fuseproject, a product design firm in San Francisco, won the INDEX: Award for innovative eyewear the duo developed for a nonprofit children's vision program in Mexico.

The American Optometric Association is now accepting nominations for the National Optometry Hall of Fame 2012 induction. For a nomination form, visit www.aoa.org/x18530.xml or email foundation@aoa.org.

GOOD DEEDS

As part of the VSP Eye on Diabetes campaign, VSP Vision Care, along with the Georgia Optometric Association, Medicare Diabetes Screening Project, and Atlanta Regional Commission's Area Agency on Aging, provided free eye exams and glasses to more than 500 low-income, uninsured, and underinsured seniors in Atlanta.

VSP provides free eyecare services to Altanta's underinsured senior citizens

CORRECTION

The September 2011 issue's Last Word column on ANSI standards incorrectly stated that ANSI Z87.1-2010 covers sports protective eye-wear. Sports protective eyewear is covered by ASTM F803.