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30 | EYEWORLD DAILY NEWS | JULY 25, 2021 ASCRS ANNUAL MEETING DAILY NEWS T he Certified Ophthalmic Executive (COE) des- ignation is the national standard for ophthalmic practice management. Adminis- tered by the National Board for the Certification of Ophthalmic Executives (NBCOE), the COE program recognizes those who have achieved the experience, knowledge, and skills identified by the NBCOE as essential to practice management. This elite certification promotes excellence and professionalism in ophthalmic practice management. For more information, visit asoa.org/coe. The following individuals earned the COE designation from March 1, 2019, to April 30, 2021. T he annual Admin- istrative Eyecare Editor's Choice Award recognizes the best mem- ber-authored article pub- lished in ASOA's award-winning magazine during the preceding calendar year. The winners of the 2020 and 2021 Administrative Eyecare Editor's Choice Award were recognized during the ASOA Opening Gener- al Session. Tina Allen, COE Leslie Arnold, COE Lee Barsdorf, COE Lisa Beem, COE Harris Bell, COE Stacy Bigles, COE Sherry Bishop, COE Kena Burke, COE Claire Callaghan, COE Kimberly Calzada, COE Angela Casazza, COE Myra Cherchio, COE Carolina Clavijo, COE Sarah Duval, COE Ken Dyar, COE Noah England, COE Nate Erickson, COE Cynthia Freitag, COE Michael Gagnon, COE Shawna Gallagher, COE Pat Hale, COE Candi Hamilton, COE Steve Horger, COE Hugh Johnston, COE Julianne Jones, COE Betsy King, COE Ashley LaBerge, COE Jeffrey Landblom, COE Vivian Liu, COE Joanne Martin, COE Loann McDonnell, COE Shannon Mettey, COE Maraline Milow, COE Renee Mitzel, COE Ava Navarro, COE Janice Oliver, COE Terry Parsons, COE Anna Peters, COE Guido Piquet, COE Jill Poulsen, COE Congratulations new COEs Administrative Eyecare Editor's Choice Awards Jeana Quinn, COE Darlene Riordan Smolak, COE Bryan Ross, COE Christy Smith, COE Tam Sorrell, COE Brandy Sperry, COE Linda Sprague, COE Jennifer Tekiele, COE Tracy Thomas, COE Alejandra VanOrman, COE Brittney Wachter, COE Melissa Wallace, COE Kathy Watkins, COE Ryan Whidby, COE Rebecca Wilson, COE Jennifer Winstead, COE Kim Woodruff, COE Hayley Boling, MBA, COE, received the 2020 award for her article "A Guiding Star is Born – How Adopting a New Approach to Feedback Transformed Our Practice Culture." The article was published in the July/Au- gust 2019 issue of Administrative Eyecare. John Pinto received the 2021 award for his article "The Fi- nancial and Operational Gain of Long-Tenured Staff." The article was published in the March/ April 2020 issue of Administrative Eyecare. The goal of the Adminis- trative Eyecare Editor's Choice Award is to recognize and thank contributing authors and to en- courage new writing contributions for future issues. The award win- ner is selected by the members of the Administrative Eyecare Editori- al Board through a scoring system using several evaluation criteria. Both practitioners and consul- tants who are ASOA members are eligible to receive the award. Consistently ranked as one of ASOA's top membership benefits, Administrative Eyecare magazine focuses on issues relevant to ophthalmic administrators and practice management staff and is published six times a year.

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