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Vision To Learn

Vision To Learn provides eye exams and eyeglasses at no cost to students in low-income communities.

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  • ABOUT
    • From Our Founder
    • Leadership
    • Staff
    • Program Managers
    • Mobile Clinics
    • Annual Reports
  • PROGRAMS
    • How It Works
    • Where We Work
    • For Families
  • IMPACT
    • Johns Hopkins Study
    • UCLA Study
    • Stories of Impact
    • Awards & Recognition
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Donate
    • Supporters
  • NEWS & MEDIA
    • News
    • Media Coverage
    • Newsletters
  • CONTACT US
    • Careers
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Leadership

Founder

Austin Beutner
Chair

Board of Directors

Mickey Kantor
Co-Chair, Vision To Learn
Partner, Mayer Brown

Susan Fleischman, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan

Thomas Lee, MD
Director, Retina Institute, The Vision Center,
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Renee McColl
Co-founder of Vision To Learn Charlotte

Dan Rabinow
Co-Head, Creative Artists Agency, Motion Picture
Literary Department

Steve Shafran
Senior Adviser, Centerbridge Partners

Cynthia Watts
Vice Chair, Vision To Learn
Partner, Blue Waters Research

Denita Willoughby
CEO, Big Energy Group

Jake Winebaum
Founder, Blue Waters Research

Ann Hollister
Ex Officio

California Advisory Board

Steven Abraham
Executive-in-Residence,
Matrix Capital Management LP

Don Attore
Principal, Attore & Associates, LLC

Glenna Avila
Wallis Annenberg Director,
CalArts Community Arts Partnership

Elizabeth Benator
Elizabeth Benator Consulting

Arnie Berghoff
President, Arnie Berghoff & Associates

Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.
Founder, Homeboy Industries

Patrick Butler
Assistant Chief, Los Angeles Fire Department

Jack Z. Chen
‎Chairman & CEO, Transworld Capital Group

Lemuel Daniels
VP Client Advisor, Morgan Stanley

David Fleming
Partner, Latham & Watkins

Stephanie Graves
President & CEO, Lee Andrews Group

Heidi Hertel
Licensed Attorney and Former Political Consultant

Reginald Love
Partner, Transatlantic Holdings

Kerman Maddox
Managing Partner, Dakota Communications

Veronica Melvin
President and CEO, LA’s Promise

Molly Munger
Director, Advancement Project California

Timothy Noonan
CEO, Lockton Insurance

Octavio Pescador
Professor, UCLA

Al Poirier
Deputy Chief, Los Angeles Fire Department Emergency Operations

Ellen Schwarzman
Attorney

Danny Seo
Co-CEO & Founder
Modern Global Sourcing

Matt Siegler
Senior Consultant,
Kaiser Permanente

Michael S. Sitrick
Founder, Chairman, and CEO,
Sitrick And Company

Jan Sobel
Consultant

Tom Soto
Managing Partner / Co-Founder
Craton Equity Partners

Brian M. Wall
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, StoneCalibre

Greg Wells
Musician, Record Producer, Songwriter

Delaware Advisory Board

Robert Abel, Jr. M.D., Chair
Delaware Ophthalmology Consultants

LaWanda Burgoyne
Supervisor, Student Services, Capital School District

Sally Gore
Retired, W.L. Gore

Jeffrey Minkovitz, M.D.
Eye Physicians and Surgeons, P.A.

Dr. Dennis Mirra
Retired, Halpern Eye Care

Fred Sears
Former Director, Delaware Community Foundation

Dr. Jamie Wohlhagen
Delaware Ophthalmology Consultants

Hawai’i Advisory Board

Kenton Eldridge, Chair
Managing Director, Sennet Capital

Mel Jackson
Philanthropist

Jake McCool
Director of Business Systems
Koa Capital Partners

Lauren Nahme
Vice President, Kamehameha Schools

Eric Bjorndahl
Co-Founder, Tiki

Ohio Advisory Board

Shane Foster, OD – Advisory Board Chair
Immediate Past President, Ohio Optometric Association

Sergul Erzurum, MD
Co-Founder and President, Sight For All United

Cara Frasco Lai, OD, MS, FCOVD, FAAO
Chair, OOA Children’s Committee

Terri Gossard, OD, MS
Trustee, American Optometric Association;
Chair, AOA Children’s Vision Task Force

Amy Pulles
President & CEO, Prevent Blindness Ohio

Heidi Shaw, LSN, RN
President, Ohio Association of School Nurses

Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD
Dean, The Ohio State University College of Optometry

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Vision To Learn is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization · EIN 45-3457853
12100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1275, Los Angeles, CA 90025
© 2025 · Vision To Learn · All Rights Reserved · Privacy Policy

To Give by Wire or DAF Gifts

Please contact Rita Campos at [email protected] or 818-426-0069 for more information.

Gifts in any amount will have a positive impact on a child’s life. Thank you from Vision To Learn!

To give gifts of appreciated stock

Appreciated securities held more than one year may allow you to avoid capital gains tax while also receiving a tax deduction for your gift. Marketable securities held by a broker may be delivered by wire through Pershing, LLC. Our brokerage details are:
Pershing, LLC
DTC # 0443
A/C Vision To Learn, Inc.
A/C # PPL-007513
Federal Tax ID #45-3457853

In advance of transfer, email Rita Campos at [email protected] the following so we connect the gift to you and alert our broker to accept the securities appropriately:
1) The name of the stock
2) The number of shares you are gifting
3) The name and contact information of your broker

Gifts in any amount will have a positive impact on a child’s life. Thank you from Vision To Learn!

To give by check:

Gifts of less than $10,000 should be sent directly to Vision To Learn. Make your check payable to Vision To Learn and mail to:
Vision To Learn
12100 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1275
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Note “Kristof” in the memo field of your check.

Gifts of more than $10,000 can be sent either to Vision To Learn (above) or Focusing Philanthropy. Make your check payable to Focusing Philanthropy and mail to:
Focusing Philanthropy
1637 16th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Note “Kristof – Vision To Learn” in the memo field of your check.

Gifts in any amount will have a positive impact on a child’s life. Thank you from Vision To Learn!