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EW SHOW DAILY 22 ASOA News Monday, April 16, 2018 and Laureen Rowland, CAE, ASOA executive director. Founded in 1986 by administra- tors for administrators, ASOA is the premier organization for the busi- ness side of the ophthalmic practice. Serving administrators, managers, physicians, and practice manage- ment staff, ASOA offers avenues for personal and professional growth and provides support, tools, and resources for the daily challenges of managing a practice. Currently, ASOA serves more than 2,800 practice management staff across the United States and abroad. EW T he American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA) announced its new president is Karen Bach- man, COMT, COE, Richens Eye Center, Saint George, Utah. The immediate past president is William Koch, COA, COE, Texas Retina Associates, Dallas. The president elect is Janna Mullaney, COE, OCS, Katzen Eye Group, Towson, Maryland. The new vice president of ASOA is Deborah Davis, COE, Atwal Eye Care/Buffalo Eye Care Associates, Buffalo, New York. At-large members of the ASOA Board of Directors include Patti Bar- key, COE, Bowden Eye & Associates, Jacksonville, Florida; Hayley Boling, MBA, Boling Vision Center LLC, Elkhart, Indiana; Thomas Brown, JD, COE, Eye Specialty Group, Memphis, Tennessee; Trish Dan- iels, RN, CPC, Riverside Eye Center, Sebastian, Florida; and Joe Theine, MBA, COE, Four Corners Eye Clinic, Durango, Colorado. Zachary Smith, MHA, COE, Evergreen Eye Center, Federal Way, Washington, serves as the Admin- istrator Beginners Circle (ABC) liaison; and Sondra Hoffman, COE, CPC, Florida Eye Clinic, Altamon- te Springs, Florida, serves as the National Board for the Certification of Ophthalmic Executives (NBCOE) president. The ASOA Board also includes Donald Bell as the ASCRS liaison ASOA announces new board The COE designation recognizes those who have achieved the experi- ence, knowledge, and skills identi- fied by the NBCOE as essential to practice management and promotes excellence and professionalism in ophthalmic practice management. NBCOE board members volun- teer their time to ensure the validity, credibility, and continuing prestige of the COE. For more information about NBCOE, go to www.asoa.org/about- asoa/nbcoe. For more information on the COE designation, go to www. asoa.org/coe. EW T he National Board for the Certification of Ophthalmic Executives (NBCOE) an- nounced Sondra Hoffman, COE, CPC, Florida Eye Clinic, Altamonte Springs, Florida, is its 2018–2019 president. The president-elect is Traci Fritz, COE, OCS, Children's Eye Care, West Bloomfield, Michigan. The new vice president is Sha- ron Brown, COT, COE, Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston. The immediate past president is Cathi Lyons, MHA, COE, Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute, San Diego. New at-large board members are Cindy Delaney, COE, OCS, Es- ther V. Rettig, MD, PA, McPherson, Kansas, and Carole Dumas, MBA, COE, The Medical Eye Center, PC, Manchester, New Hampshire. Wil- liam Koch, COA, COE, Texas Retina Associates, Dallas, is the ASOA im- mediate past president. They join returning board members Sandra Barrett, AAS, COE, George, Strickler & Lazer, The Eye MDs, PLLC, Parkersburg, West Virginia; Mary Jo Krist, COE, Eye Consultants of Northern Virginia, PC, Springfield, Virginia; Jane Shu- man, MS, COT, Eyetechs, Needham, Massachusetts; Tamim Qaum, MD, CPE, ASCRS liaison, Martinsburg Eye Associates, PLLC, Hagerstown, Mary- land; and Laureen Rowland, CAE, ASOA executive director, Fairfax, Virginia. New NBCOE board members elected Karen Bachman, COMT, COE Sondra Hoffman, COE, CPC ASCRS.org/Center-for-Learning

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