Past Award Recipients

COA Past Presidents

2024     Christopher Gee, OD

2023     Candi Kimura, OD

2022     Amanda Dexter, OD, FAAO

2021     Ida Chung, OD, FAAO

2020     Jason Tu, OD

2019     Ron Seger, OD

2018     Ranjeet Bajwa, OD, FAAO

2017     Sage Hider, OD

2016     Stevin Minie, OD

2015     Barry Weissman, OD, PhD, FAAO

2014     John Rosten, OD

2013     Fred Dubick, OD, MBA, FAAO

2012     Movses D’Janbatian, OD

2011     Page Yarwood, OD, FAAO

2010     Harue Marsden, OD, MS, FAAO

2009     Hilary Hawthorne, OD

2008     David Redman, OD

2007     Robert Theaker, OD

2006     Kenneth S. Lawenda, OD

2005     John E. Larcabal, OD

2003     2004 Lawrence Thal, OD, FAAO

2002     W. Joseph Garvin, OD

2001     Scott Daly, OD

2000     Edward P. Hernandez, OD

1999     Dawn M. Miller, OD

1998     Rick T. Iwai, OD

1997     Lee A. Goldstein, OD

1996     David J. Benkle, OD

1995     Philip B. Smith, OD

1994     Peter R. Col, OD

1993     Joseph C. Mallinger, OD, FAAO

1992     L. Bruce Mebine, OD

1991     Tony Carnevali, OD

1990     Lynn Caffrey Gabriel, OD

1989     Robert L. Gordon, OD

1988     Harry J. Charm, OD

1987     James L. Cox, OD

1986     Theodore B. Christensen, OD

1984 – 1985     Marvin R. Kasanoff, OD

1983     Allan N. Freid, OD

1982     L. Edward Elliott, OD

1981     Renald J. Anelle, OD

1980     Jerry S. Lieblein, OD

1979     Ernest Nankas, OD

1978     Richard H. Kendall, OD

1977     W. Keith Wilson, OD

1976     Jesse C. Beasley, OD

1975     Paul R. Nielsen, OD

1974     Gerald J. Easton, OD

OD of the Year

2023     Dr. Julie Schornack

2022     Dr. David Ardaya

2021     Dr. Steve Minie

2020     Dr. Fred Dubick

2019     Dr. John Rosten

2018     Dr. Jim Dallas

2017     Dr. Dave Redman

2016     Dr. Bob Theaker

2015     Dr. Dawn Miller

2014     Dr. Ernie Takahashi

2013     Dr. Tommy Lim

2012     Dr. Scott Daly

2011     Dr. Jeffery Calmere

2010     Dr. Duane Decroupet

2009     Dr. Joseph Mallinger

2008     Dr. Lee Goldstein

2007     Dr. Kenneth Lawenda

2006     Dr. Glenda Secor

2005     Dr. Page Yarwood

2004     Dr. Ernie Nankas

2003     Dr. Dorothy Okamoto

2003     Dr. Philip Smith

2002     Dr. Peter Col

2001     Dr. Tony Carnevali

2000     Dr. Curtis Keswick

1999     Dr. Julie Ryan

1998     Dr. Bruce Mebine

1997     Dr. Arthur Low

1996     Dr. Robert Gordon

1995     Dr. Thomas Nagy

1994     Dr. Kenneth Schwaderer

1993     Dr. Stephen Chun

1992     Dr. Marvin Kasanoff

1991     Dr. Howard Levenson

1990     Dr. Renald Anelle

1989     Dr. Jerome Lieblein

1988     Dr. Richard Hopping

1987     Dr. L. Edward Elliott

1986     Dr. Allan Freid

1985     Dr. Richard Kendall

1984     Dr. Roy Brandbreth

1983     Dr. Norman Jacoby

1982     Dr. Bernhardt Thal

1981     Dr. O. Doyle Dannenberg

1980     Dr. Byron Newman

1979     Dr. Lawerence Creasey

1978     Dr. Robert Kettenhofen

1977     Dr. Richard Spencer

1976     Dr. Joseph Farrington

1975     Dr. Paul Barr

1974     Dr. Leonard Osias

1973     Dr. Charles Mcquarrie

1972     Dr. Marvin Poston

1971     Dr. J.O. Pence

1970     Dr. Meredith Morgan, Jr.

1969     Dr. Monroe Hirsch

1968     Dr. Charles Seger

1967     Dr. Bernard Garrett

1966     Dr. Herbert Kallman

1965     Dr. Arthur Heinsen, Jr.

1964     Dr. George I Deane, Jr.

1963     Dr. William Fleischman

1962     Dr. C. Roger Brissman

1961     Dr. Homer Hendrickson

1960     Dr. Roy Swain

1959     Dr. Henry Peters

1958     Dr. D. Leroy Leatart

1957     Dr. Walter Studt

1956     Dr. James R. Gregg

Young OD of the Year

2023     Stacy Hu, OD

2023     Britney Kitamata Wong, OD

2023     Celia Gong, OD

2023     Christine Yoo, OD

2022     Kailey Marshall, OD

2022     Will To, OD

2022     Matthew Wang, OD

2022     Katherine Lai, OD

2022     Jeffry Wu, OD

2022     Maria Esther Salado, OD

2021     Jennifer Fisher, OD

2021     Nichole Moos, OD

2021     Daphne Chan, OD

2021     Rich Yang, OD

2020     Nicole Kohan, OD

2020     Sarah Lopez, OD

2020     Christine Ng, OD

2020     Millie Liu, OD

2020     Amanda Havens, OD

2019     Jacqueline Theis, OD, FAAO

2019     Marina Rocchi, OD

2019     Munish Sharma, MD, OD, FAAO

2019     Gloria Chow, OD

2019     Rachelle Lin, OD, MS, FAAO

2018     Lernik Torossian, OD, FAAO

2018     Heidi Miller, OD, FAAO

2018     Ellin Wu, OD, FAAO

2018     Fabian Corona, OD, MS

2018     Brandon Friedman, OD

2017     Amanda Dexter, OD

2017     Francisca Escobar, OD

2017     Jasmine Junge, OD

2017     Justin Kwan, OD

2017     Jonathan Ross, OD

2016     Allison Pierce, OD, FAAO

2016     Brian Park, OD

2016     Danny Ngo, OD

2016     Pinakin Davey OD, PhD, FAAO

2016     Sarah Kochik, OD, FAAO

2015     Robert Omoto, OD

2015     Mary Demirjian, OD

2015     Ketan Bakriwala, OD

2015     Kelly Kageyama, OD

2015     Andrea De Souza, OD

2014     Sarah Wolff, OD

2014     Kristopher Skromme, OD

2014     Jennifer Hsieh, OD

2014     Isabell Choi, OD

2014     Adam Shupe, OD

2013     Ranjeet Singh Bajwa, OD

2013     Jonovan Ottenbacher, OD

2013     Jeffrey Nishi, OD

2013     Erin F. Swift, OD, FAAO

2012     Wendy Lam, OD

2012     Matthew Earhart, OD

2012     Gene Chang, OD

2012     Carrie Turley, OD

2011     Lee Dodge, OD

2011     Katherine Witmeyer, OD

2011     Jason Lam, OD

2011     Edeline Lu, OD

2011     Alex Baker, OD

2010     Linda Rappa, OD

2010     Ketul Joshi, OD

2010     Christopher Vargas, OD

2010     Christopher Gee, OD

2010     Candice Galvan, OD

2009     Stacey Gin, OD

2009     Leanne Lee, OD

2009     Karen Peschke, OD

2009     Elaine Chung, OD

2009     David Ardaya, OD

2008     Matthew Wang, OD

2008     Karen Santillan, OD

2008     Joshua Corben, OD

2008     Derron Lee, OD

2008     Amy Jo Calder, OD

2007     Steven Bae, OD

2007     Shelley Wu, OD

2007     Liza Dimaranan, OD

2006     Viraj Shah, OD

2006     Rahul Keswani, OD

2006     Nasiruddin Khan, OD

2006     Minna Huang, OD

2006     Corey Hodes, OD

2005     Karen Kopiko, OD

2005     John Lee, OD

2005     Catherine Egusa, OD

2004     Kelly Shintani, OD

2004     Eunice Myung, OD

2003     Melissa Barnett, OD

2003     Matthew Alpert, OD

2003     James Winnick, OD

2003     Frances Guerrero, OD

2003     Deegan Lew, OD

2002     Trang Nguyen, OD

2002     Lisa Hopkins, OD

2002     Darren Lee, OD

2002     Amy T. Chu, OD

2001     Lori Johnson, OD

2001     Leonilo O. Torio, OD

2001     Karen Haiyen Chao, OD

2000     Yvonne K. Weisz, OD

2000     Scott Fleming, OD

2000     Michael A. Kling, OD

2000     Karen S. Collom, OD

2000     Hilary Hawthorne, OD

1999     Tracy Miller, OD

1999     Ruth Tang, OD

1999     John Pack, OD

1999     Ana Chang-Smith, OD

Educator of the Year

2023     Rachelle Lin, OD, FAAO, MS

2022     Marlena Chu, OD

2021     Naida Jakirlic, OD, FAAO

2020     Judy Tong, OD, FAAO

2019     Anne Mika Moy, OD, FAAO

2018     Robin Drescher, OD, MS, FAAO

2017     George W. Comer, OD, MBA , FAAO

2016     John Corzine, OD, FAAO

2015     Catherine Heyman, OD

2015     Pinakin Davey, OD, PhD, FAAO

2014     David Sendrowski, OD, FAAO

2014     Glen Ozawa, OD

2014     Joshua Cameron, PhD

2013     Jason S. Ng, OD, PhD, FAAO

2013     Patsy Harvey, OD, MPH, FAAO

2013     Raymond Maeda, OD, FAAO

2012     David Sendrowski, OD FAAO

2012     Edward Revelli, OD, FAAO

2012     Maryke Nijhuis Neiberg, OD, FAAO

2011     Donald Egan, OD, FAAO

2011     Robert Dister, OD, JD, MS, FAAO

2011     Tony Carnevali, OD

2010     Kierstyn Napier Dovorany, OD, FAAO

2010     Robert Dimartino, OD, FAAO

2010     Susan Cotter, OD, MS

2009     John Corzine, OD

2009     Mark Sawamura, OD

2009     Tiffenie Harris, OD

2008     Eric Borsting, OD, MS

2008     Robert Greer, OD, FAAO

2007     Becky Kammer, OD

2007     Karen Walker Brandreth, OD

2006     Gunilla Haegerstrom Portnoy, OD, PhD, FAAO

2006     Julie Schornack, OD

Paul Yarwood Award

2017     Joe Mallinger, OD

2015     William Rogoway, OD

2014     Senator Edward Hernandez, OD

2011     William A. Gould, Jr., Esq.

1997     Richard H. Hopping, OD

2009     Martin H. Prince, O.D.

2007     Lesley Walls, OD, MD, DOS

2004     Ellis Katz

2003     O. Doyle Dannenberg, OD

2003     Anthony Adams, OD, PhD

2002     K. Michael Larkin, OD, FAAO

1999     James R. Gregg, OD

1997     Richard H. Hopping, OD

1993     Allan N. Fried, OD

1992     Joseph E. Farrington, OD

1990     Richard H. Kendall, OD

1978     Francis A. Young, Ph.D.

1976     Mrs. Mary Tarbox

1989     Members of the Assistance League of Fullerton

1988     Mr. & Mrs. Charles Garoni

1983     Lions Low Vision Aids Services Program

1982     John Anthony O’Donnell

1979     Siret D. Jaanus, PhD

1974     Mrs. Marion Bartoo

1973     Vision Rehabilitation Center of Santa Clara County, Inc.

1973     Arnold I. Kisch, MD.

1972     Samuel M. Genensky, PhD

1970     Lions Sight Conservation Center San Diego

1970     Mrs. Robert Case

1969     Children’s Vision Center of the East Bay

1968     Peter L. Spencer, PhD

1968     Hon. George N. Zenovich

1967     Hon. B.F. Sisk

Society of the Year

2023     SDCOS

2022     SCCOS

2021     SVOS

2020     ACCCOS

2019     SDCOS

2018     SVOS

2017     SCCOS

2016     ACCCOS

2015     SVOS

2014     LACOS

2013     SDCOS

2012     SCCOS

2011     SDCOS

2010     SCCOS

2009     SCCOS

2008     ACCCOS

2007     ACCCOS

2006     SDCOS

2005     ACCCOS

2004     SCCOS

2003     ACCCOS

2003     ACCCOS

2002     SDCOS

2001     SCCOS

2000     SDCOS

1999     OCOS

1998     SDCOS

1997     SDCOS

1996     SDCOS

1995     SDCOS

1994     SDCOS

1993     IEOS

1992     ACCCOS

1991     ACCCOS

1990     ACCCOS

1989     SDCOS, SMOS

1988     SDCOS

1987     SDCOS, RHOS

1986     SDCOS

1985     SCCOS

1984     LACOS

1983     LACOS

1982     SFVOS

1981     ACCCOS

1980     SCCOS

1979     LACOS

1978     OCOS

1977     SFVOS

1976     SDCOS

1975     CCOS

1974     ACCCOS

1973     CCOS

1972     SDCOS

1971     SCCOS

1970     SCCOS

1969     LACOS

1968     TKCOS

1967     SCCOS

1966     SCCOS

1965     SCCOS

1964     Long Beach

1963     ACCCOS

1962     CCOS

1961     LACOS

1960     SDCOS

1959     SCCOS

1958     SJOS

1957     CCOS

Society Project of the Year

2023     SDCOS

2022     IEOS

2021     ACCCOS

2020     LACOS

2019     SCCOS

2018     RHOS

2017     ACCCOS

2016     ACCCOS

2015     SDCOS

2014     ACCCOS, SDCOS

2013     ACCCOS, SCCOS

2012     SMOS

2011     ACCCOS

2010     SCCOS

2009     OCOS

2008     SCCOS

2007     SJOS

2006     MBOS, SBOS

2005     OCOS

2004     ACCCOS

2002     SDCOS

2001     SFVOS

2000     SJOS

1999     SMOS

Website of the Year

2023     SDCOS

2022     OCOS

2021     RHOS

2020     SCCOS

2019     IEOS

2018     SDCOS

2017     CCOS

2016     SVOS

2015     OCOS

2014     OCOS

2013     SGVOS

2012     SGVOS

2011     SCCOS

2010     SVOS

2009     SBOS

Speakers

LANCE ANDERSON, OD

Chief Strategy Officer

Dr. Lance Anderson is the Chief Strategy Officer at PECAA, where he is engaged in all aspects of company strategy.  He co-founded PECAA in 2007 and helped lead the organization as it grew from a small local Portland study group to a national alliance of independently owned eye care practices.  He served as a board member of Rev-360 from 2015 – 2021 and helped oversee the management and successful sale of Revolution EHR, Visionary Partners, and eventually PECAA.

He earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from Pacific University in 1991.  He started his own optometry practice in 1993 in Hillsboro, OR, and was able to grow the practice into a busy three-doctor clinic.  He retired from clinical care in 2021 and then moved to  New York City where he was tasked with helping to integrate PECAA with the HEA buying group.  He recently moved to Nashville, TN where he will continue to be actively involved in creating the future vision for PECAA as it is integrated into the VSP family of businesses.

JUSTIN MANNING, OD, MPH, FAAO

Chief Member Experience Officer

Dr. Justin Manning is the Chief Member Experience Officer at PECAA, where he leads the member experience team, encompassing member education, the Member Business Advisory services, Events, and the Cold Start program. He is the founder and host of the Practice Advantage podcast. Prior to joining PECAA, he founded The Keratoconus and Scleral Lens Institute at Bettner Vision in Colorado Springs, and eyeLeader, a consulting company focused on leadership development, technology in eyecare, and population health.

He has contributed to Review of Optometric Business and has lectured nationally and internationally on specialty contact lenses, design thinking, population health, and the patient experience. He earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from The Ohio State University and completed a residency in Geriatric Optometry at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Tacoma, WA, a Master of Public Health degree at Salus University, and a graduate certificate in Customer Experience from the CU Boulder Leeds School of Business. He is driven to help all independent eye care professionals grow their businesses and enjoy their practices every single day.

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