Alan Cohen, O.D.
Description Dr. Alan Cohen has served as one of our directors since our inception; and, as of May 31, 2002, became our Chairman of the Board of Directors. He also served as our Chief Operating Officer from 1992 until October 1995, when he became Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, and as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer from October 1998 through April 17, 2000, when he became President of our retail optical store division, which position Dr. Cohen resigned from on January 9, 2001. Dr. Cohen, together with his brother, Dr. Robert Cohen, is the owner of Meadows Management, LLC (Meadows), which, until April 9, 2000, rendered consulting services to us. From 1974 to the present, Dr. Alan Cohen has been engaged in the retail and wholesale optical business. For more than 10 years, Dr. Cohen has also been a director, principal shareholder and officer of CF and its affiliate REAL, which currently maintain their principal offices in Garden City, New York. Since January 15, 2001, Dr. Cohen has served as President of GVS, and, since October 2003, has served as an officer of Vision World, each of which currently maintains its principal offices in New York City. Dr. Cohen and his brother, Dr. Robert Cohen, are also shareholders of CF and members of GVS and Vision World. CF and GVS each engage in, among other things, the operation (and, in the case of CF, franchising) of retail optical stores similar to those that we operate and franchise. GVS and Vision World also administer third party benefit programs similar to those that we administer. Dr. Cohen is also an officer and a director of several privately held management and real estate companies and other businesses. Dr. Cohen graduated from the Pennsylvania School of Optometry in 1972, where he received a Doctor of Optometry degree. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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