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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 10/16/2025 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
If you are unable to attend the MAB in-person in Orlando, you can register to view the session virtually.
The Fall Medical Advisory Board Meeting takes place on Thursday, October 16, at 1 pm Eastern, and will be broadcast live from Orlando. If you are unable to attend the MAB in-person, you can register to view the session virtually. Up to 2 CEUs may be earned for CEBTs, and Medical Directors can attend virtually to fulfill the accreditation requirement.
NOTE: If you are a member of MAB - this is not a way to participate virtually in the meeting and we encourage you to attend the in person meeting at the Fall Leadership Meeting. This broadcast link will contain outbound audio only.
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Attendees may earn 2 CEUs for attending this session. Once an individual has attended the session and completed the evaluation, they will be awarded with 2 CEUs. Individuals can view their CEUs on the EBAA Member Portal under Certification/CEUs.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 09/24/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
By leveraging these strategies, organizations can strengthen relationships, improve outreach, and drive greater engagement with their audience. Attend this session to learn strategies for success!
This session explores how organizations use technology to enhance their eNewsletter strategies, ensuring they effectively engage stakeholders. Participants will learn best practices for audience segmentation and personalization, discover automation and AI tools to streamline communications, and understand key metrics for optimizing outreach and engagement.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to use technology to enhance email marketing efforts.
- Learn best practices for segmenting and personalizing eNewsletters to engage key audiences.
- Explore automation and AI tools to improve efficiency and engagement.
- Identify key metrics to track and optimize email performance for increased impact.
By leveraging these strategies, organizations can strengthen relationships, improve outreach, and drive greater engagement with their audience. Attend this session to learn strategies for success!
Erin Whitt
Principal Strategic Communications Consultant
Viva Strategic Communications
Erin Whitt is a strategic communications consultant specializing in messaging, digital engagement, public relations, and advocacy. As Principal at Viva Strategic Communications, she helps mission-driven organizations craft compelling narratives, strengthen stakeholder engagement, and implement impactful marketing strategies.
Before launching her consulting practice, Erin worked in communications, fundraising, special events, and membership management for organizations in environmental sustainability, animal welfare, human rights, social justice, public health, higher education, and the performing arts. Her experience with nonprofits and trade associations such as the Solar Electric Light Fund, the Modular Building Institute, UC San Diego, The Old Globe, and Utah Festival Opera gives her unique insight into the challenges and opportunities nonprofit and small business leaders face in engaging stakeholders and driving growth.
Through Viva Strategic Communications, Erin collaborates with clients on branding, content marketing, media relations, and advocacy campaigns, ensuring they have the strategies and tools to amplify their impact and achieve long-term success
Maria Chelko (Moderator)
Communications Manager
The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration
Maria Chelko has fifteen years of experience as an educator in hospital, community, and academic settings. Since joining The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration in 2017, she has served in many positions including Family Support Coordinator and Hospital and Community Liaison. She is currently Communications Manager. Throughout her career in eye banking, she has been dedicated to improving eye donation outcomes and fostering a positive culture of donation in the New York City area through public and professional education and donor family outreach. Maria holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Penn State University and a master’s in Writing from The University of New Hampshire
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 07/31/2025 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
Attend this session to learn best practices for reporting, documenting and communicating about gender identifying information.
As eye bank professionals, it is important to consider the accurate reporting, documentation, and communication of gender identifying information of donors and patients. Juniper Fedor, MS, PA (ASCP)cm, the lead pathologists’ assistant at the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office, provides the necessary tools to document, address, and discuss gender in medicolegal death investigation and other aspects of decedent care, including eye, tissue and organ donation procurement. Basic terminology and definitions will be provided as well as guidelines to navigate conversations with the families and next of kin of gender diverse donors.
Attendees will learn:
- The role of the pathologist in forensic medicolegal death investigations
- Basic terminology to use when referring to gender diverse individuals.
- Tools to document, address, and discuss gender when speaking with next of kin and colleagues
- Best practices when communicating about gender diverse donors
- How to implement and improve inclusive practices in the field as well as at the eye bank
Attend this session to learn best practices for reporting, documenting and communicating about gender identifying information.
Juniper Fedor, MS, PA (ASCP)cm
Lead Pathologists' Assistant
DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office
Juniper Fedor, MS, PA (ASCP)cm, is the lead pathologists’ assistant at the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office in Decatur, Georgia. Awarded the 2023 Susan P. Baker Public Health Impact Award and 2025 Eckert Award by NAME, Juniper dedicates his early career to transgender advocacy in death investigation and utilization of pathologists' assistants and physician extenders in forensic pathology. Juniper also has experience as an autopsy technician, funeral professional, and medicolegal death investigator, and is ABMDI-certified.
Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT (Moderator)
President & CEO
Miracles In Sight
Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, began a career in ocular transplantation in 1999 at the Lone Star Lions Eye Bank in Austin, Texas. During her 13 years there, she performed all aspects of eye banking in her role as Technical Director. Ingrid accepted a position with North Carolina Eye Bank in 2013 as the Supervisor of Recovery Services. In 2016, she earned her MBA in leadership and was promoted to the Vice President of Donor Logistics after the acquisition of ocular recovery services in South Carolina. Ingrid was responsible for the day-to-day logistical operations of the donor recovery process, hospital development, Medical Examiner and Coroner relationships in North and South Carolina. In 2020, Ingrid led the project for the acquisition of the Lone Star Eye Bank, now Miracles In Sight, Lone Star Division. In June of 2022, Ingrid was promoted to President & CEO of Miracles In Sight. Ingrid is an active member in the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) and serves as chair of the Technician Education Committee, EBAA Medical Advisory Board and Certification Board. Ingrid served in the United States Army, HHC, 2AD as the Commanding General’s Attendant. Prior to her career in eye banking, she taught high school Spanish and English.
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Contains 54 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 06/27/2025 at 1:45 PM (EDT)
If you missed the 2025 Annual Meeting or want to revisit some of the sessions you attended, check out all that this package has to offer!
The EBAA 2025 Annual Meeting is available on-demand. This package features select sessions from the 2025 Annual Meeting and includes over 20 hours of content. Check out all that this package has to offer!
NOTE: You may purchase this on-demand package in advance, but you will only receive access to the recordings in July after the Annual Meeting ends. However, the MAB Meeting will be broadcasted live from San Diego. If you purchase this package in advance, you will be able to view the broadcast live on June 27.
This package includes:
- Opening General Session
- Gift of Sight Personal Account
- Keynote: The Power of Recognition in Eye Banking
- QA Workshop: Value Stream Mapping: A Tool for Process Improvement
- Transforming Resistance to Change
- Thursday General Session
- OPOs and Eye Banks Navigating the Future of Transplantation
- One of Our Own
- Activating Your Board and Medical Directors into Eye Bank Ambassadors
- On the Case: Investigating Infectious Adverse Reactions
- Technical Skills Workshop
- Accreditation Board Meeting – Public Portion
- Friday General Session
- Understanding and Identifying Sepsis
- Visionary Solutions: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Eye Banking
- Eye Donation Month Spotlight
- The State of the Association
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Going Back to the Basics
- Medical Advisory Board Meeting
- Scientific Symposium
- Invited Session: Novel Surgical and Cell Therapy Interventions for Endothelial Disease
- Scientific Abstracts
- Medical Directors Symposium
View the "CEU Information" tab for important information about earning credits.
Thank you to Aurion Biotech for sponsoring the 2025 Annual Meeting package!
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To purchase the package on eyeLEARN, log into eyeLEARN with your EBAA credentials, click the 'register' button, and checkout. Once the package is purchased, visit the event page, and access the sessions via the contents tab.
Package Prices:
Member: $400 Non-Member: $800
2025 Annual Meeting In-Person Attendees If you attended the EBAA 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego, you receive complimentary access to this package. To access the meeting, log into eyeLEARN using your EBAA credentials, visit the event page, and access the sessions via the contents tab. If you don't know your password, select the 'forgot password' link. If you still have issues, contact Herocia Hawkins.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT complete the session evaluation for sessions you attended in person, as you have already earned CEUs for attending those sessions.
Medical Directors Medical Directors may view the MAB Meeting and Medical Directors Symposium for accreditation purposes. Once you view the session and complete the evaluation, the certificate will be available. Please download the certificate as proof of attendance.
CEUs
The 2025 Annual Meeting package on eyeLEARN has been approved for up to 20.25 CEUs. Details for earning and tracking CEUs are listed below.
2025 Annual Meeting In-Person Attendees
If you attended the EBAA 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego, you have complimentary access to all of the sessions available in this package. You may only earn CEUs for sessions you did not attend in person; attendees may only earn CEUs for a session once.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT complete the session evaluation if you already completed the session evaluation for that session in the meeting app, as you have already earned CEUs for attending in-person. If you aren't sure if you already earned CEUs for a specific session, log into the Member's Portal, and click "View My Credit History" under the "Certification/CEU" menu tab. If you did not already earn CEUs for a session, view the session on eyeLEARN, complete the session evaluation, and the CEUs will populate on your member profile. Contact Herocia Hawkins with any questions.
2025 Annual Meeting eyeLEARN Attendees
To earn CEUs, view the session on eyeLEARN, complete the session evaluation, and the CEUs will populate on your member profile. To view your CEUs, please log into the Member's Portal, and click "View My Credit History" under the "Certification/CEU" menu tab. To view credits earned on eyeLEARN, click "View my eyeLEARN Credits."
Opening General Session
Opening Remarks
Kevin Corcoran, CAE, EBAAChair’s Address
Jim Quirk, CEBT, AltruVisionGift of Sight Personal Account
Monique Pascucci, Donor Family MemberThe Power of Recognition in Eye Banking
Karen Andrews, The Andrews GroupCEU: 1.25
Quality Assurance Workshop
Value Stream Mapping: A Tool for Process Improvement
Lynn Bly, CQIA, CSSYB, Eversight
Dana Owens, CEBT, EversightCEU: 1
Transforming Resistance to Change
Parish Jefferson, MA, MS, UCSD Extended Studies
Supported by UCSD Extended StudiesCEU: 1
Thursday General Session
One of Our Own
Chuck Pivoney, CEBT, The Eye Bank of Kentucky
Tina Mays, CEBT, Cincinnati Eye BankOPOs and Eye Banks Navigating the Future of Transplantation
Megan Young, San Diego Eye Bank
Jeffrey Trageser, LifeSharingCEU: 1.25
Activating Your Board and Medical Directors into Eye Bank Ambassadors
Tony Bavuso, CEBT, Saving Sight
Elizabeth Fout, Beauty of Sight
Pat Martchink, Saving Sight
Michael Tramber, MBA, CEBT, CTBS, Miracles In SightCEU: 1
On the Case: Investigating Infectious Adverse Reactions
Katrina Capuzzo, CEBT, Lions World Vision Institute
Elizabeth Ellett, MSHA, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ), ACHE, Advancing Sight Network
Melissa Williams, CEBT, AltruVisionCEU: 1
Technical Skills Workshop
Moderator: Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, CTBS, Miracles In Sight
Guardians of Sterility: Aseptic Technique for Difficult Recoveries
Patrick Becker, CEBT, Lions Gift of Sight
Monica Freiburger, CEBT, Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Ann Kent, CEBT, Georgia Eye BankIlluminating the Gift –Pen Light Exams
Chris Conwell, CEBT, CQIA (ASQ), Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank
Paul Graves, CEBT, CTBS, Advancing Sight Network Dana Owens, CEBT, EversightAdvances in Corneal Tissue Processing
Nick Hicks, CEBT, Eversight
You Want Us to Do What!? Surgeon Feedback & Requests
David Moore, CEBT, Lions World Vision InstituteResearch Requests and Research Tissue Uses
Panhia Yang, Lions Gift of SightMaximizing the Donor Pool for Research: Extending the Post-Mortem Interval for the Retina
Khoa Tran, PhD, VisionGiftDonor Eligibility Case Studies
Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, Miracles In Sight
Andrea Crosson, CEBT, Lions World Vision InstituteInnovation Spotlights
- Spinning Success: Vitreous Centrifuging PDSA 2.0
Dana Owens, CEBT, Eversight
- Breaking Out the Scissors- An Unconventional Orientation Mark
Paul Graves, CEBT, CTBS, Advancing Sight Network
- Endo-In DMEK- Wait, how do you fold the tissue?
Chelsea Green, CEBT, Iowa Lions Eye Bank
CEUs: 2.25
Accreditation Board Meeting (Public Portion)
The public portion of the meeting was recorded and is available to attendees.
CEUs: .5
Friday General Session
Eye Donation Month 2025
Colleen Bayus, EBAA
Christine Lichti, Cornea Recipient
Jennifer Li, MD, Sierra Donor Services Eye BankUnderstanding and Identifying Sepsis
Beverly Forsyth, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiVisionary Solutions: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Eye Banking
Beth Ann Benetz, MA, CRA, Case Western Reserve University
Matt Battey, MSCS, Mid-America TransplantCEUs: 1.75
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Going Back to the Basics
Michael Tramber, MBA, CEBT, CTBS, Miracles In Sight
Ieesha Johnson, MS, Association for Multicultural AffairsCEU: 1
Medical Advisory Board Meeting
CEUs: 2.5
Scientific Symposium
Invited Session: An Update on Endothelial Cell Therapy in the United States
Speaker: W. Barry Lee, MD, FACS, Eye Consultants of AtlantaScientific Abstract Presentations:
- Ocular Surface Reconstruction with Keratolimbal Allograft for Severe or Recurrent Symblepharon
- Novel Technique to Thin Oral Mucous Membrane Grafts for Ocular Surface Reconstruction to Achieve Texture Mimicking Conjunctiva
- Role of Sex and Extracellular Matrix Modification on Migration Rate of Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Cells in Descemet’s Stripping Only
- Evaluating the Role of Rho Kinase Inhibitors in Glaucoma Patients with Underlying Cornea Transplantation
- Efficacy of α-MSH in Accelerating Corneal Endothelial Regeneration Following Descemet’s Stripping Only
- Comparison of Orientation Markings on Endothelial Keratoplasty Grafts Over 72 Hours
- Comparing the Characteristics and Feasibility of Donor DMEK Tissue Under Age 50: A Retrospective Review
- Screening and Preventing Textural Interface Opacities in DSAEK Corneal Transplants
- Comparison of Corneal Storage Solutions for the Preservation of DSAEK Grafts
- How Different are Donor Corneas from Diabetics versus Non-Diabetics?
- Diabetes Endothelial Keratoplasty Study (DEKS): Donor and Donor Lenticule Prep Findings
- Evaluation of Area of Cell Damage Assessment in the DEKS-ACD Ancillary Study
- Eyes with Severe to Total Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency can Present Clusters of Limbal Epithelial Cells Evaluated by In vivo Confocal Microscopy
CEUs: 3
Medical Directors Symposium
Moderator: M. Soledad Cortina, MD, Eversight
Infectious Diseases: A Primer for Medical Directors
Beverly Forsyth, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiAdverse Events- Reporting, Investigations and Case Studies
Elmer Tu, MD, Eversight
Winston Chamberlain, MD, PhD, VisionGift
Sean Edelstein, MD, Mid-America Transplant
Zeba Syed, MD, Wills Eye InstituteAccreditation Board Update
Amy Lin, MD, Utah Lions Eye BankAdvocating for Eye Banking: The Medical Director’s Role in Education, Outreach, and Social Media
Lorenzo Cervantes, MD, EversightBecoming an Ambassador for your Eye Bank
Viral Juthani, MD, The Eye-Bank for Sight RestorationMedical Director Dilemmas: What Would You Do?
Moderator:
Jennifer Li, Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank
Panelists:
John Bokosky, MD, San Diego Eye Bank
Sander Dubovy, MD, Beauty of Sight
Beverly Forsyth, MD, Icahn School of Medicine
Shahzad Mian, MD, EversightCEUs: 2.75
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 06/27/2025 at 1:45 PM (EDT)
If you are unable to attend the MAB in-person at the EBAA Annual Meeting in San Diego, you can register to view the session virtually.
The June Medical Advisory Board Meeting takes place on Friday, June 27, at 1:45 pm Pacific/4:45 pm Eastern, and will be broadcast live from San Diego. If you are unable to attend the MAB in-person, you can register to view the session virtually. Up to 2.25 CEUs may be earned for CEBTs, and Medical Directors can attend virtually to fulfill the accreditation requirement.
NOTE: If you are a member of MAB - this is not a way to participate virtually in the meeting and we encourage you to attend the in person meeting at the EBAA 2025 Annual Meeting. This broadcast link will contain outbound audio only.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 06/05/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
Achieve greater awareness and engagement with strategies for ensuring that your content reaches the intended audiences; register today!
Promoting your eye bank’s mission and message on social media can be difficult when algorithms are constantly changing.
This webinar explores how organizations can adapt to ever-changing social media algorithms to maximize engagement, raise awareness, and strengthen relationships with key audiences. Participants will gain insights into recent algorithm updates across major platforms, learn best practices for content strategy, and discover tools to track performance and optimize outreach.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how social media algorithms impact content visibility and engagement.
- Learn recent changes across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.
- Explore strategies to adapt content and maximize engagement with key audiences.
- Identify tools and key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and optimize social media efforts.
Achieve greater awareness and engagement with strategies for ensuring that your content reaches the intended audiences; register today!
Matt Webber (Moderator)
Partner Relations Manager
Lions VisionGift
Matt Webber is the Partner Relations Manager at VisionGift. Matt works with hospital partners, funeral homes, medical examiners, and donation partners. In addition, he also manages the correspondence program for donor families & recipients, as well as VisionGift’s social media. Matt also serves as a member of the Advisory Council for Donate Life America and on EBAA’s Donor, Partner, and Community Relations Committee.
Erin Whitt
Principal Strategic Communications Consultant
Viva Strategic Communications
Erin Whitt is a strategic communications consultant specializing in messaging, digital engagement, public relations, and advocacy. As Principal at Viva Strategic Communications, she helps mission-driven organizations craft compelling narratives, strengthen stakeholder engagement, and implement impactful marketing strategies.
Before launching her consulting practice, Erin worked in communications, fundraising, special events, and membership management for organizations in environmental sustainability, animal welfare, human rights, social justice, public health, higher education, and the performing arts. Her experience with nonprofits and trade associations such as the Solar Electric Light Fund, the Modular Building Institute, UC San Diego, The Old Globe, and Utah Festival Opera gives her unique insight into the challenges and opportunities nonprofit and small business leaders face in engaging stakeholders and driving growth.
Through Viva Strategic Communications, Erin collaborates with clients on branding, content marketing, media relations, and advocacy campaigns, ensuring they have the strategies and tools to amplify their impact and achieve long-term success
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 05/14/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
Please join us on Wednesday, May 14, at 2pm ET, for the Spring Town Hall Meeting. Led by EBAA Speaker of the House, Shannon Schweitzer, this Town Hall includes Board of Directors' Candidate Speeches and other Association updates. All EBAA members are welcome to attend.
Please join us on Wednesday, May 14, at 2pm ET, for the Spring Town Hall Meeting. Led by EBAA Speaker of the House, Shannon Schweitzer, this Town Hall includes Board of Directors' Candidate Speeches and other Association updates. All EBAA members are welcome to attend.
EBAA Town Hall meetings are held throughout the year to share information with the members about the Board’s activity and to solicit member feedback and perspectives on the issues facing the profession. The Spring Town Hall meeting features Board of Director candidate speeches and any proposed Bylaws changes, allowing House of Delegate members the opportunity to hear speeches and proposed changes before the Annual Meeting. The meeting includes time for members to ask questions of the Board, staff and the membership; please contact Shannon by May 1 to suggest topics for discussion.
CEUs not awarded for this session. EBAA Members Only.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 05/07/2025 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
Attend this session to learn more about the role of the Administrator on Call and to gain and practical strategies for managing on-call duties for the eye bank.
The Administrator on Call (AOC) is an important role and can be different at each eye bank. The webinar " Answering the Call: Navigating the Role of the AOC" focuses on the crucial role of administrators who are responsible for overseeing eye banking operations during off-hours. Speakers will discuss what this role looks like at their organizations, highlighting the difference between having dedicated staff or scheduling staff to take on the role, the types of calls that the AOC receives and the considerations for making decisions in the moment. Speakers will present cases and scenarios, discussing how various situations were handled at their organizations.
Attendees will learn:
- The roles and responsibilities of an AOC at different eye banks
- The types of calls that an AOC receives
- The unique challenges faced by the AOC
- How to navigate certain situations presented to the AOC
- Best practices for AOCs including effective communication, logistical coordination, and task prioritization
Attend this session to learn more about the role of the Administrator on Call and to gain and practical strategies for managing on-call duties for the eye bank.
Dana Owens, CEBT
Director, Tissue Recovery
Eversight
Dana Owens, CEBT, is the Director of Tissue Recovery for Eversight. Dana began her healthcare career as an EMT and Medic in the United States Army. Soon after, she found her calling and purpose within the world of eye banking. Dana has been involved in eye banking as a recovery technician, recovery manager, business development, research recovery development, and distribution manager and has been the Director of Tissue Recovery since 2022. Dana currently serves as the Vice-Chair for the EBAA Technician Education Committee.
Monica Freiburger, CEBT
Donor Eligibility Manager
Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Monica Freiburger, CEBT, has been with Iowa Lions Eye Bank since 2008, beginning her career as a Recovery Technician and advancing to her current role as Donor Eligibility Manager. Since 2018, she has actively contributed to the Eye Bank Association of America through various committees, including the Continuing Education Committee, Exam Committee, Statistical Report Committee, Technical Procedures Manual Subcommittee, and currently serves on the Policy and Position Research Subcommittee and Technical Education Committee.
Ann Kent, CEBT
Georgia Eye Bank
Ann Kent, CEBT, is a Certified Eye Bank Technician and the Recovery Services and Training Supervisor at the Georgia Eye Bank. She has been in eye banking for over 10 years and has prior experience in donor coordination, recovery services, and clinical services. Ann is responsible for the training of laboratory staff in many functions including tissue recovery, evaluation, and donor eligibility. She currently serves on the EBAA Technician Education Committee.
Taylor Vanek, CEBT
Manager of Surgeon Development
Miracles in Sight
Taylor Vanek, CEBT, began her career in eye banking in 2012 as a recovery technician after having seen a recovery during her internship at the medical examiner's office. Just over ten years later, she has worked in almost all areas of eye banking. She has worked with donor families, corneal transplant surgeons, in the lab and with the community to educate and foster corneal donation. In 2020, Taylor joined Miracles In Sight and has recently become their new Manager of Surgeon Development.
Nikki Smith, CEBT
Clinical Manager
The Eye Bank of Kentucky
Nikki Smith, CEBT, is the Clinical Manager at The Eye Bank of Kentucky (EBKY). She has been with EBKY for 5 years and is passionate about ocular recovery and donor eligibility. Nikki currently serves on the EBAA Technician Education Committee. She is a mom of two boys, who keep her busy in her free time!
Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT (Moderator)
President & CEO
Miracles In Sight
Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, began a career in ocular transplantation in 1999 at the Lone Star Lions Eye Bank in Austin, Texas. During her 13 years there, she performed all aspects of eye banking in her role as Technical Director. Ingrid accepted a position with North Carolina Eye Bank in 2013 as the Supervisor of Recovery Services. In 2016, she earned her MBA in leadership and was promoted to the Vice President of Donor Logistics after the acquisition of ocular recovery services in South Carolina. Ingrid was responsible for the day-to-day logistical operations of the donor recovery process, hospital development, Medical Examiner and Coroner relationships in North and South Carolina. In 2020, Ingrid led the project for the acquisition of the Lone Star Eye Bank, now Miracles In Sight, Lone Star Division. In June of 2022, Ingrid was promoted to President & CEO of Miracles In Sight. Ingrid is an active member in the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) and serves as chair of the Technician Education Committee, EBAA Medical Advisory Board and Certification Board. Ingrid served in the United States Army, HHC, 2AD as the Commanding General’s Attendant. Prior to her career in eye banking, she taught high school Spanish and English.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 04/16/2025 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
Attend this session to learn how to enhance the quality and success rates of eye transplants through improved management and collaboration.
Quality management is an important aspect of eye banking and directly impacts transplant success and recipient outcomes. Speakers will cover the role of quality in eye banking functions and strategies for creating a positive culture around quality at your organization.
Attendees will learn:
• The distinction between quality control and quality assurance
• Who is responsible for quality
• Ensuring quality during inspections
• How to address quality concerns with management
Attend this session to learn how to enhance the quality and success rates of eye transplants through improved management and collaboration.
Wayne Dietz, CEBT
Quality Assurance Director
San Diego Eye Bank
Wayne Dietz, CEBT, is the Quality Assurance Director at the San Diego Eye Bank. Yes, when he started, Eye Banks were not performing serological testing in 1985. After leaving the United States Navy he brought his surgical scrub skills to the technical department, becoming Technical Director in 1988. Prior to entering the Quality Department, Wayne was the Tissue Distribution Manager. Working with Verble Worth and Verble, he helped to establish the consent program at the Medical Examiner’s Office. He has served on the following EBAA committees: Technician Training, Technician Certification, Research and Quality Assurance.
Stephanie Cottrell, CEBT, CTBS, CQIA, (ASQ)
Senior Quality Improvement Coordinator
Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank
Stephanie Cottrell is a Certified Eye Bank Technician (CEBT) and has over 20 years of experience working in the field of eye & tissue donation. Stephanie currently oversees Quality Compliance for Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank and has extensive experience with donor eligibility, auditing, regulatory and accreditation inspections. She is a certified Quality Improvement Associate through the American Society for Quality (ASC) and certified in medical coding through MTI College.
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Join us for a second round of lively discussion about corneal tissue processing!
Join EBAA members for “Community Chat – Corneal Tissue Processing - Ask the Processors Round 2!” on Thursday, April 3 at 1pm Eastern. Following the success of the first Community Chat on Corneal Tissue Processing in December, members of the Technician Education Committee will continue the conversation on processing and will focus on DMEK. The chat provides a unique opportunity for attendees to ask questions about navigating difficult processing situations and scenarios. If you have a specific question about processing or a scenario that you are not sure how to navigate, please send your question in advance to Stacey@restoresight.org. Join us for a second round of lively discussion about corneal tissue processing!
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