Corina Van de Pol

President

Dr. Corina van de Pol is passionate about volunteering. She has been a Lion for 15 years and served on international Lions Club vision missions for almost 30 years. Her first clinic trip was to Chile in 1990 with Help the World See, a predecessor to Lions in Sight. Since then, she has completed over 75 missions and vision screenings in 16 countries.  

Corina served in the US Army for 26 years as an optician, maintenance officer, optometrist, and research optometrist. After retiring from the Army as a Lt. Colonel, she joined AcuFocus, Inc., a medical device company. For 10 years she managed their clinical trials for the development and eventual FDA approval of the KAMRA corneal inlay. Currently, Corina is responsible for the geometric and physical optics, and the ocular anatomy and physiology courses at the Southern California College of Optometry (SCCO) at Marshall B. Ketchum University. She serves as the faculty advisor for both the SVOSH and the Lions chapters at SCCO.
 

Tamara Sternod

1st Vice President

Tamara Sternod, a licensed optician, has worked in optical since 1996 and is currently an optician at Sam’s Club in Reno, Nevada. She is a 7-year Board Member of the Nevada State Board of Dispensing Opticians.

Ms. Sternod is a member of the Reno Host Lions Club and will serve as president of the club in 2020 during the club’s 100th anniversary. She has attended many LIS clinic trips in the past four years. Ms. Sternod and her husband manage a Lions Club eyeglass recycling center. The glasses they collect are shipped to LIS multiple times per year.

John Roback

2nd Vice President

bio

Adrian Tatarakis

3rd Vice President

bio

Kush Bodhan

Treasurer

Khush Bodhan, a CPA since 1981 and real estate broker, spent his career working as an accountant with Deloitte and Touche in London and San Francisco. From Deloitte he owned and operated the ASK Accountax and ASK Real Estate corporations.

Mr. Bodhan joined the Amador Valley Lions Club in 2004. During that year he actively worked to rescue the Lions Center for the Blind in Oakland from closure. Mr. Bodhan, along with Michael Cohen, Dave Gregerson, and help from Ed Cossart and Lyle Morris reduced the Blind Center deficit from $200,000 to $6,000. He was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award in 2005 in acknowledgement of his efforts. Mr. Bodhan’s interest and support for LIS occured after a LIS clinic trip to Vera Cruz, Mexico. He served as LIS President in 2012.

Mr. Bodhan credits his parents with his desire to help others. They spent innumerable hours giving service to the less fortunate in India and often had Mother Teresa as a visitor in their home.

Linda P. Griffin, PDG

Secretary

bio

John Demshar

Clinical Director

Dr. John Demshar, a retired Stockton optometrist, started with LIS in 2000 during his first clinic trip. In 2010 he became LIS Clinical Director. His primary functions include registering doctors for clinic trips, assisting with determining clinic locations, and maintaining the clinic schedule.

Since 1991, Dr. Demshar has been a member of the Central Valley and Mother Lode Flying Samaritans groups. Between LIS and the Flying Samaritans he has completed 121 clinic trips, averaging 7-8 trips per year. In addition and since 1991, Dr. Demshar performs vision exams at the St. Mary’s Interfaith Dining Room homeless shelter medical clinic in Stockton.

Chief Operations Officer

William F.Iannaccone, PID

bio