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John Johnson, Board Chair
John joined the St. Joseph Township Lions Club in 1982 and has since held every office position within the Club. He received several awards for his contributions to Lionism, including a Melvin Jones Fellowship, Lion of the Year, the LOMSF Ken Lautzenheiser Award and the International President’s Certificate of Appreciation. John earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Central Michigan University and completed his Juris Doctorate at Wayne State University Law School.

Elspeth Moore, Board Vice Chair
Elspeth was a high school teacher for more than 30 years and is an active member of the West Milford Lions Club in West Milford, New Jersey. She is a Past District Governor and is a Campaign Sightfirst II District Coordinator. She has been awarded several Lions Club awards, including the International President’s Leadership Award, International President’s Certificate and International Melvin Jones Fellowship. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics from the College of St. Elisabeth and completed her Masters of Library and Information Science at Rutgers State University.

Adrienne Logeman, J.D., Board Treasurer
Adrienne Logeman has a Bachelor of Science degree in bio-psychology from the University of Michigan, and is a graduate of the Michigan State University College of Law. She practices at the firm of Logeman, Iafrate & Pollard, P.C., where she specializes in automobile litigation and personal injury law. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband and their four children.

The Honorable Timothy P. Connors, Board Secretary
Judge Timothy Connors attended Columbia University and the University of Michigan, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts. He received his J.D. from the Wayne State University Law School, where he has served as an adjunct professor since 1993. He also serves as faculty for the Michigan Judicial Institute and the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and has been a guest lecturer for Cooley Law School and Eastern Michigan University. Before he became a Trial Court Judge, Connors was a judge with the 15th District Court and the Washtenaw County Circuit Court.

Connors has also been inducted into the Ann Arbor Huron High School Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Graduate. He has served as Washtenaw County Chair of the Irish Perennial Rose Society since 1996.

DIRECTORS

Rashid L. Bashshur, Ph.D.
Rashid Bashshur is Director of Telemedicine at the University of Michigan Health System and Emeritus Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Since the early 1970's, he has been a catalyst for the development and evaluation of telemedicine systems in the U.S. While at the National Academy of Sciences (Institute of Medicine), he was consultant to the Office of Economic Opportunity on the use of telecommunications to support rural applications at the RANN Program (Resarch Applied to National Need) of the National Science Foundation. The NSF awarded him a grant to evaluate a telemedicine program in rural Maine and to access the status of telemedicine nationwide. He organized the first two national conferences on telemedicine, whose proceeds were published as Telemedicine: Exploration in the Use of Telecommunications in Health Care. Over the past two and a half decades, Dr. Bashshur has served as senior consultant to numerous telemedicine projects, agencies and governments. He is the founder of the National Consortium for Telemedicine Evaluation, based at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

William Constad, M.D.
In addition to his faculty appointment as a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Dr. Constad has been in private practice with Hudson Eye Physicians and Surgeons since 1985. He has served on multiple committees for the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) and Jersey City Medical Center, and has been named among the New York Metro Area's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly Medical, LTD. Dr. Constad has been directly involved with the Lions Eye Bank of New Jersey since 1988, and has served as its Medical Director from 1992-95 and from 1997-present. He also serves on the Board of Directors for both the Lions Eye Bank of New Jersey and Midwest Eye-Banks. Dr. Constad resides in Martinsville, New Jersey.

Edward J. Hunter
Ed has served as Chaplain of Provena Saint Joseph Hospital for 22 years, and most recently as Vice President of Missions Services. Ed is certified by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains and endorsed by the Diocese of Rockford. He received his BA in Philosophy at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, where he continued graduate studies in theology. He completed his Clinical Pastoral Education internship at Children’s Memorial in Chicago. Throughout this time, Ed has been committed to a comprehensive and holistic approach to ministry, embracing body, mind and spirit. He is a founding board member of the Greater Elgin Family Care Center, serves on the Illinois Eye-Bank's Advisory Council, is a volunteer chaplain for Fox Valley Hospice and is a member of the Northern Illinois Critical Incident Debriefing team.

Esther LaMothe
Esther spent more than 30 years in the education field, as a consultant, administrator and teacher. As a Lion, she has been a leader of the Jackson Eye Openers Lions Club, as well as serving a variety of regional positions. She is currently retired, and lives in Jackson, Michigan with her husband. They have two grown children.

Julie Lowery, Ph.D.
Dr. Lowery received her Ph.D. in Health Services Organization and Policy from the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, where she also earned her Master’s Degree in Health Services Administration. She is a researcher, and currently holds a variety of positions at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. She is also a Research Investigator at the University of Michigan Department of Surgery’s Division of Plastic Surgery.

Celeste Thomas Williams, M.D., FACC
Dr. Williams is a cardiac specialist with more than ten years of experience in the medical field. She has an extensive background in clinical research and has published numerous articles on transplantation. Dr. Williams received several awards for her work in cardiology including the American Heart Association Women in Cardiology Award and the Francis N. Fernandes Cardiology Fellowship Award. She earned her a Masters of Pathology and Medical Doctorate from Finch University of Health Sciences.

Kevin W. Ross, President/Chief Executive Officer
Kevin has worked with the Eye-Bank since 1990. He developed software to track donors and recipients of corneal tissue, and to support all Eye-Bank staff responsibilities. As Vice President, Finance and Information Systems, Kevin led the implementation of a $2.5 million tax-exempt bond issue to finance the Eye-Bank’s Ann Arbor headquarters and Michigan Eye-Bank lab facility. In November, 2007, Kevin was named Midwest Eye-Banks’ President and Chief Executive Officer. He holds Master’s degrees in Computer Science and Public Health from the University of Michigan, and serves as a member of the Ann Arbor (Host) Lions Club and the Michigan Alumni Pep Band. Kevin and his wife, Suzanne, live in Ann Arbor.

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