2024 Lifetime Achievement Awardee: Marge Axelrad Editor-in-Chief, Vision Monday Magazine (retired) OWA Founding Board Member Marge’s charity of choice: SUNY College of Optometry Foundation Learn more about Marge:   What does winning this award mean to you? It is immensely gratifying and so humbling. I’m only thinking of the hundreds of incredible women from throughout […]

The ClearVision-Adira Grant Program is now accepting submissions, but you may be wondering: Why are the Optical Women’s Association and ClearVision collaborating on this effort to champion women’s achievements and potential in this industry?  ClearVision’s history with the OWA starts with Mimi Friedfeld, who alongside her husband Fred, started the company in 1949. An active

Vision Expo East 2024 was held in New York for the last time, and it will be hard to top! The sold-out Champagne Breakfast at Gotham Hall has been a staple event during VEE. While we anticipate a new chapter for the next Vision Expo East, take a look at many memories captured in New

Next week during the annual OWA Champagne Breakfast and kick-off for Vision Expo East, Rebecca Giefer (MODO) will receive the Pleiades Award, Trudi Charest (CSI Dry Eye Software, Total Focus Consulting) the Pyxis Award, and Reagan Colpitts (Safilo) the Emerging Leader Award! The OWA invites you to their Stars, Sips, & Scholarships Networking Event on Friday,

Vision Expo East will soon be live in New York City! The OWA is hosting 2 events during the conference. We welcome everyone to join us at one or more of these events to network with your colleagues and learn more about what the OWA has to offer. REGISTER FOR VISION EXPO EAST 2024  

2023 brought many favorites, and several firsts, for the OWA. Our members exuded our mission to enhance and promote the leadership role of women in the optical industry. Lets start by reviewing the year in numbers:   OWA at Vision Expo East Champagne Breakfast: You could feel the energy across the room as we celebrated

The results of the October 2023 Leadership Scholarship nominations are here! The Leadership Scholarship Award recognizes OWA members who have served the OWA with their dedicated committee work and strong commitment to growing leadership roles for women in the optical industry. These grants are used for professional and personal development of the recipients who were nominated by other

The Communications and Website Committee works hard to provide useful and relevant content for the OWA Connects Blog. A big part of our plan is listening to the industry and applying the feedback to our content strategy. We would greatly appreciate your input, please take a minute or two to complete this short and simple

In mid-October, around three dozen OWA members gathered for a sunny weekend at Paradise Point Resort in San Diego for an uplifting and inspiring experience: the inaugural OWA Unplugged Retreat. A labor of love spearheaded by the OWA’s Connection & Enrichment committee and powered this year by ClearVision Optical, I feel fortunate to have been

Debuting at Vision Expo West 2023, the OWA has released a NEW official OWA t-shirt for members, sponsors, individual contributors, and supporters alike. The previous design was on a white shirt, whereas the new design is available on a black shirt. Both shirt options are a women’s jersey t-shirt that features a crew neck, short sleeves, and a contemporary, slightly looser fit for effortless style. Made from super-soft