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Cynthia Barratt is CEO, Co-Chairman, and cofounder of OCuSOFT, Inc. OCuSOFT, Inc., founded in 1986, is celebrating 27 years of providing innovative ophthalmic products to both doctors and patients through all channels of the ophthalmic market. The company’s portfolio of products includes niche, proprietary and patented products. OCuSOFT Lid Scrub Original was pioneered as the first commercial eyelid cleanser
on the market, and is rated No. 1 by doctors. OCuSOFT has continued to be a strong leader in the development of new and innovative products to address the needs of professionals in the ophthalmic market and provide a better quality of life for patients. OCuSOFT has been honored to be recognized and named as one of the 100 Top Workplaces in the Houston Metro area for 2010, 2011 and 2012. Located in Rosenberg, Texas, OCuSOFT’s team has grown to over 130 members and recently moved into a 72,000 sq. ft. state of the art facility located on a 20 acre campus. OCuSOFT employs over 70% women, and Ms. Barratt has nurtured and created a culture of creative thought and championship performance throughout the company. This has been achieved with a strong sense of the “OCuSOFT” family environment. The company, through Ms. Barratt’s leadership, has a major focus on personal development, training in leadership and occupational skill sets, promotion of healthy lifestyles with a newly opened 4,000 sq. ft. fitness and recreational facility, and a tradition of promotion from within the organization. Ms. Barratt and OCuSOFT actively support local community, state, and national charitable activities ranging from Child Advocates, the Children’s Museum, and numerous vision and sight organizations. OCuSOFT also supports numerous doctor sponsored mission trips with both monetary support and donations of product. Ms. Barratt is a native Texan and a graduate of the University of Texas. She is a member of the Heritage Club of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Ms. Barratt leads by example in personal development as she has been an active member of Vistage, a CEO Leadership and Development organization since 2008. She will be married 34 years this fall and loves her pets, her OCuSOFT family and life! |
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Adrienne L. Graves, PhD is a visual scientist by training and a global industry leader in ophthalmology. From 2002 to 2010 Dr. Graves was President and Chief Executive Officer of Santen Inc., the US arm of Japan's largest ophthalmic pharmaceutical company. She joined Santen in 1995, was responsible for 3 NDA approvals, and was named the first woman and first non-Japanese global corporate officer. Prior to joining Santen, Dr. Graves spent nine years with Alcon Laboratories, Inc., beginning in 1986 as a Senior Scientist. She progressed through various roles, including Director of International Ophthalmology. Dr. Graves currently serves on the Board of Directors for the following companies: Akorn, Inc., TearLab Corporation, Aerpio Therapeutics, and Encore Vision. She is also a Director on the following Foundation Boards: American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Foundation, Glaucoma Research Foundation, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Foundation (Emeritus), Himalayan Cataract Project, Pan-American Ophthalmology Foundation, and KeepYourSight Foundation; she also serves on the Corporation Committee for the Brown University Medical School and the Advisory Board for Amach Capital Partners. Dr. Graves co-founded Glaucoma 360 and was a founding Advisory Board member for Ophthalmic Women Leaders (OWL). She received her AB in Psychology with honors from Brown University, her PhD in Psychobiology from the University of Michigan, and she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in visual neuroscience at the University of Paris. |
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In 1984, Mirfee Ungier, MD, opened a solo ophthalmology practice that she built into one of the best woman-owned practices in the United States. Today, Dr. Ungier has 30 years of surgical experience and more than 5,000 successful cataract surgeries on record. She accomplished this with a spouse, two children and discouragement from male seniors. When Dr. Ungier began her ophthalmology practice, there were no women shadows to fall within, and she did a lot of work for herself. Despite this, it was important for her to give back to the community. When asked to chair the Women’s Task Force at the Cleveland Academy of Medicine in the early 1990’s, she saw it as an opportunity to focus on many of the women’s issues in medicine. She combined that with chairing her hospital’s CME committee, and set up physician educational programs featuring women speakers and women’s topics. Dr. Ungier subsequently became Chief of Staff at that hospital and she was the first and only woman to hold such a position in her region. She has maintained a leadership position at Case Western Reserve University by serving on their Alumni Board and by mentoring women residents. Today, Dr. Ungier is still one of only two women ophthalmologists among 20 where she operates, yet with the abundance of talented young women ophthalmologists today, she has paved the way for many more. |
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Julie Speed is currently the US Director of IOL Marketing at Alcon, a Novartis Company. She has worked at Alcon for thirteen years since receiving her MBA from Texas Christian University. Ms. Speed began her career as a Marketing Intern while working on her Masters. From that point, she served various functions within the Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing organization with US and International focus. After ten years at Alcon, Ms. Speed had the opportunity to take a new role within Alcon – Strategic Advisor to the Executive Team. This developmental role allowed Ms. Speed to work directly with Alcon’s Executive Leadership Team on various projects for one year. Since that time, Ms. Speed moved to the Surgical Division within Alcon and serves as the Marketing Director for Alcon’s IOL franchise. In addition to her Alcon experiences, she joined OWL’s Board last year as well as serves on the Membership Committee. Most importantly, she is an active mother of three – Atticus (10), Annika (8) and Gavin (6) and leads her daughter’s Girl Scout Troop.
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Sheryl Stevenson is senior managing editor/content channel manager of Ophthalmology Times, where she oversees the day-to-day editorial content production aspects of the twice-monthly print publication and its digital properties, as well as provides meeting coverage through daily e-newsletters. She joined the editorial staff in 1996 and was instrumental in the launch of sister publication Ophthalmology Times América Latina. With more than 20 years of editorial experience in business-to-business and medical publishing, she previously covered the fields of audiology and confectionery science/manufacturing. Ms. Stevenson is also a charter member of Ophthalmic Women Leaders, where she serves on the Board of Directors and is Chair of the Publications Committee in support of the group's core values of advancement, leadership, and community. She has served as a judge for Crain's Cleveland Business Health Care Heroes Awards program as well as the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards. |
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Thasarat Sutabutr Vajaranant, MD is an assistant professor in the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. Her productivity as a young clinician-scientist has been exceptional, and she shows extraordinary potential to make substantial contributions to our understanding of glaucoma. She is a two-time recipient of the AGS Clinician-Scientist Award (2008 and 2013). Dr. Vajaranant received the first AGS – Thom J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD Memorial Award for her innovative project with the Women’s Health Initiative Extension to build a database regarding the genotype-phenotype influence on primary open-angle glaucoma in minority women. Her interest in women’s eye health has been fostered by her NIH career development award through a K12 program, Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (2009-2012). She is highly regarded by her peers as a glaucoma specialist and has been included in Best Doctors in America (annually since 2009) and in America’s Top Doctors (2011 and 2013). The AAO presented her with their Achievement Award in 2011. Dr. Vajaranant is a coeditor of the Glaucoma Handbook and has published her research findings in 29 articles and 58 abstracts in peer-reviewed journals. She was named Director of the Glaucoma Service in 2010 and served as Director of Resident Education from 2007-2009. |
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Tammy Bogetti, while at Allergan and AMO, hired and mentored multiple women in ophthalmology. She helped to start the medical marketing department at AMO, leading a team of female employees. These women have gone on to be successful in the marketing divisions at ophthalmic companies. Ms. Bogetti has made connecting people a focus of hers, and something that she has become known for in the industry. These connections and introductions have helped small business owners grow their client base, have helped physicians gain valuable consulting roles with industry and have helped people (men and women) advance their careers. Needless to say, Ms. Bogetti loves helping others through relationship building and by providing a positive attitude. As publisher at BMC, Ms. Bogetti has mentored females within the company, launched various initiatives that provide education to ophthalmologists and optometrists and recently, has started an all digital publication focusing on the future leaders in ophthalmology. |
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Ms. Ready sees her role as helping to remove roadblocks out of others' pathway to success. To that end, she has served as a mentor, team manager, role model and leader to women of several different generations for the past 25 years in the eye care industry. This has always been one of her greatest joys. Ms. Ready's goal is always to aid colleagues in finding “their happiness” and best areas of contribution. She finds it inspiring and rewarding to help expand their scope and goals through a mixture of active listening, “what if” encouragement, leading by example, and challenging their comfort zone, thus helping them to excel. Ms. Ready especially loves to see colleagues' look of accomplishment when a goal is reached. It has always been Ms. Ready's goal to give back and pay forward in her industry. She finds it rewarding to know that through the years she has served as a catalyst in the professional development of many women who are friends and colleagues. |
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Barbara Tatge founded Odyssey Medical, the recognized market leader in punctal occlusion, in 1995 shortly after acquiring a patent for the Parasol® Punctal Occluder. She has been an active member of the OWL family since its inception in 2003, serving on the Corporate Sponsorship Committee and facilitating webinars and meeting programs. Without a doubt, Odyssey maintains a culture of equality where Barbara manages a staff made up of more than 80% women, including many from diverse cultures and some with visual and hearing impairments. She goes the extra mile in encouraging Odyssey's personnel to achieve professional advancement both within the confines of Odyssey as well as the scope of the eye care industry through mentoring leadership skills, respectful and kind communication, and encouraging her executive team to become active OWL members. |
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