About Us

Board of Directors

The Prevent Blindness Texas and Prevent Blindness Georgia Board of Directors helps chart the agency’s course. They contribute a vast array of experience and skills that helps maintain our status as the state’s leading eye health and safety organization.

Executive Committee

Board Chair: Renee Rump
Vice Chair: Maria Sonsoles De La Cruz, MPA
Vice Chair: Michael Vitale
Treasurer: Sarah Urbanczyk Elizondo, CPA
Secretary: Eileen Bowden, MD
Member at Large: Chris O’Dekirk

Board of Directors, (cont.)

John Bishop, MD
Corpus Christi, TX

Eileen Bowden, MD
Austin, TX

Ashley Braune
Boerne, TX

Karmen Bryant
Midland, TX

Paul Burnthall
Woodstock, GA

Lance Cunningham
Colleyville, TX

Rob Davenport
Dallas, TX

Candice Davis
Milton, GA

G. Kirk Domescik
Atlanta, GA

Art DuBose
Houston, TX

Devin Eller
Dallas, TX

Tara Fitzgerald
Fort Worth, TX

Kimberly Leighton
Dallas, TX

Robin Morgan 
Houston, TX

Sima Mozdbar, OD, MPH, FAAO
Austin, TX

Christopher O’Dekirk
Atlanta, GA

Claudia Prospero Ponce, MD
El Paso, TX

Amelie Ramirez
San Antonio, TX

Shekita Rawls, CPA
Houston, TX

Renee Rump
Dallas, TX

Tracy Scott
Duluth, GA

Maria Sonsoles De La Cruz, MPA
Houston, TX

Ryan Sparks
Buford, GA

Sarah Urbanczyk Elizondo, CPA
San Antonio, TX

Michael Vitale
Dallas, TX

Sharona Washington-Lockett, MBA
Houston, TX

Sushma Yalamanchili, MD
Houston, TX