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Alicia Hoglund

PEOPLE

Viva International Group has appointed Timothy Parker vice president of merchandising for domestic brands. John Sanchez has been appointed to the office of president of Zeal Optics. Previously, Sanchez was vice president of product development at Maui Jim. Robert Gergen has joined Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc., (RPS) as vice president of sales. NicOx has welcomed three senior commercial executives to strengthen its U.S. operations: Jason Menzo has been named director of marketing; Mark Puwal has been appointed the national director of sales; and Jason Werner is the new director of commercial development and strategic alliances. National Vision, Inc., has promoted Bruce Steffey from chief operating officer to president. In his new role, Steffey will be responsible for the company's more than 700 retail stores.

Timothy Parker, Viva International Group John Sanchez, Zeal Optics

BUSINESS UPDATES

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Desert Sunglass of Scottsdale is celebrating its 50th Anniversary.

Registration is now open for The Eye Show, an annual optical and ophthalmic exhibition and conference, to be held at the London ExCel International Exhibition Centre Feb. 12 to 14, 2013.

INFO: theeyeshow.com

GOOD DEEDS

For the third straight year, ClearVision Optical's summer interns participated in Camp Day at Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center's Camp Kehilla, preparing and facilitating all of the activities.

ClearVision Optical interns helped organize activities for Camp Day at Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center's Camp Kehilla

AWARDS

The Student Optometric Leadership Network (SOLN) has named the Practice Management Club of Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry (NSUOCO) as the first recipient of the Preston Cup, an award created in honor of NSUOCO student and SOLN founding member Preston Smith who was killed in an automobile accident in 2011.

CORRECTION

“A Look at Lens Materials” by Jenean Carlton, ABOC, NCLC, which was featured in the EB August issue, should have read: “When light enters a prism, it bends toward the base. Because we think of lenses as being two prisms—that is, plus lenses as two prisms placed base-to-base and minus lenses as two prisms placed apex-to-apex—light passing through a lens has a tendency to disperse or separate into its respective color components, just as it does when traveling through a prism.”

VSP's Dana Beards (l) and Vision Source's Dr. Kelly Kerksick-Frisella (r) present the Preston Cup to Benjamin Lynch (c), NSUOCO Practice Management Club vice president