About Us

Our Mission:

Since 1946, Fight for Sight has supported and inspired eye and vision research by providing initial funds to promising scientists early in their careers.

We are a 501(c)3 charity that provides crucial pilot funding to promising new researchers before they are able to receive grants from governmental sources and large private foundations. For more information, download a PDF of our Research Awards Program brochure.

BOARD
	Board President Norman J. Kleiman, Ph.D. is Director of the Eye Radiation & Environmental Research Laboratory (ERERL) at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University in New York and is an internationally recognized expert on the effects of ionizing radiation on the eye.
	Board Secretary/Treasurer Gaby Kressly spent over 30 years as Director of Administration and later as Director of Facilities, Planning and Logistics in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, FL.
	Elaine C. Hall, Ph.D. has been an Associate Research Scientist at the Center for Neural Science at New York University and is currently the only blind woman in eye and vision research. She received a Fight for Sight grant in 1996 for her work in eye movements.
	Randy H. Kardon, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor and Director of Neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinic in Iowa City, Iowa. He has provided many years of service to Fight for Sight as its Scientific Director overseeing the grants program.
	Tracy Suitt Keogh is Senior Vice-President of Human Resources for Corporate HR Staff at Aon Hewitt in Chicago.
	Anne Marie Prevost is an attorney with Sidley, Austin, LLP, in New York City, advising on SEC and State securities compliance issues.
STAFF
	Arthur Makar is Fight for Sight's Executive Director. He has spent over a quarter century in the nonprofit sector as both a chief executive officer and fundraiser, including past development positions with New England College of Optometry and Schepens Eye Research Institute.
	Janice Benson is Assistant Director of Fight for Sight with direct responsibility for grants administration. She has worked at FFS since 1993, when she worked closely with FFS founder Mildred Weisenfeld.