About Us

Board of Directors

The Prevent Blindness Texas 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

Board of Directors, (cont.)

John Bishop, MD
Corpus Christi, Texas

Eileen Bowden, MD
Austin, Texas

Ashley Braune
Boerne, Texas

Karmen Bryant
Midland, Texas

Lance Cunningham
Colleyville, Texas

Rob Davenport
Dallas, TX

Art DuBose
Houston, Texas

Devin Eller
Dallas, Texas

Tara Fitzgerald
Fort Worth, Texas

Kimberly Leighton
Dallas, Texas

Sima Mozdbar, OD, MPH, FAAO
Austin, Texas

Claudia Prospero Ponce, MD
El Paso, Texas

Amelie Ramirez
San Antonio, Texas

Shekita Rawls, CPA
Houston, Texas

Renee Rump
Dallas, Texas

Maria Sonsoles De La Cruz, MPA
Houston, Texas

Sarah Urbanczyk Elizondo, CPA
San Antonio, Texas

Michael Vitale
Dallas, Texas

Sharona Washington-Lockett, MBA
Houston, Texas

Sushma Yalamanchili, MD
Houston, Texas