Alumni Association: Board of Directors

2007-2008

Executive Board:
Philip Sutherland, OD ’86, President

  • Currently specializing in pediatric eye care at Nashua Eye Associates, Nashua NH. 

  • Active in the Alumni Association as well as Habitat for Humanity, Church, and the local Conservation Commission.

  • Continues to enjoy sports, running and a good game of tag.

 
Photo Courtesy of Walter Potaznick
Nancy Carlson, OD ’77, Vice President

  •  NECO faculty member since 1977; course master in Principles and Practice of Optometry 1

  •  1998 Visiting lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland

  •  Author of Clinical Procedures for Ocular Examination, 3rd Edition

  •  Fellow, American Academic of Optometry since 1982

  •  Recipient of the following awards: 

    • 2007Lester Janoff Award for Writing Excellence in Optometric Education from the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

    • 2002 Dupuis-Pellerin Award for Faculty Excellence

    • 1997 NECO Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award
Photos Courtesy of Walter Potaznick
Kristen Griebel, OD ’97, Secretary
  • Practiced at Natick Eye Associates since completing her residency.  
 
Paulette Demers-Turco, OD ’77, Immediate Past President
   
 
Directors:
David Conway, OD ’83
   
 
Victor Finnemore, OD ’69
   
 
Marcia Green, OD ’74
   
 
Stacy Lyons, OD ’88
 
 
Anne Moskowitz, OD ’93, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Training

    1974-1976         Postdoctoral Fellow, Infant Vision Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

    1976-1978         Postdoctoral Fellow, Electrophysiology Laboratory, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia, PA

  • Current Positions

    Research Associate in Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Instructor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Assistant Professor, New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA
 
Terry Noel, OD ’74
   
 
Dennis Pardo, OD ’97, MPH
  • As Director of Professional Relations for Advanced Vision Research, Dr. Pardo lectures extensively on dry eye and ocular surface disease to eye care professionals and optometry students in the US and abroad
 
Walter Potaznick, OD ’76
 
 
Neil Schram, OD ’71

  • Private Practice 36 years

  • Past President Alumni Association

  • Clinical examiner National Board of Optometry 17 years

  • Current member Mass. State Board of Optometry,  appointed 1999 to present.
 
Irwin Shwom, OD ’80
  • Private Practice in Everett, MA
  • Associate Professor at the New England College of Optometry and Board of Trustees member
  • Published articles in Optometric Management, Ocular Surgery News, Primary Care Optometry, and Optometry Today
  • Involved in the teaching of Para-Optometrics as well as Opticians and Optical Techs for well over twenty-five years and lectures extensively throughout the country.

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Teresa Stone, OD ’95
   
 
Student Representatives:
Jennifer Chen, Class of 2010
  • Student Council President 2008-2009
  • Student Council Treasurer 2007-2008
 

 

Amanda Powers, Class of 2011
 
  • Student Council Vice President 2008-2009
  • Student Council Class of 2011 Representative 2007-2008
 

 

Michelle Durand, Class of 2011
 
  • Student Council Treasurer 2008-2009
 
Advisors:
Lester Brackley, OD ’68
   
 
Barbara Caffery, OD ’77
 
Photo Courtesy of Walter Potaznick
Janis Cotter, OD ’85
   
 
Cathleen Doucette, OD ’97
   
 
Matt Elgart, OD ’66
   
 
Kathleen Krenzer, OD ’90
   
 
Amy Nau, OD ’00
   
 

 

 

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