About Us

A Global Nonprofit Working
To Close The Visual Divide

EYElliance is accelerating equitable access to eyeglasses for 1 billion people to create a world in which all children and adults can obtain high-quality eyeglasses where they live and learn.

We are driven by the solvability of this problem.  Solutions already exist, so we focus on mobilizing the ecosystem to deploy these proven solutions at scale. We take pride in our role as a systems orchestrator because we know it is a high-leverage, high-impact and cost-effective approach.

Team

Liz Smith

Co-founder & CEO

Liz is the Co-founder and CEO of EYElliance. Prior to founding EYElliance in 2015, Liz spent 15 years working in international development. She joined VisionSpring, a social enterprise focused on improving access to affordable eyeglasses, in 2011 as Director of Business Development. Liz spent six years with the UNDP forwarding the work of the Creative Economy for Development Agenda. She founded a record label in 1995, graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in Environmental Studies, is a member of the Explorers Club, and a two-time National Geographic Society grant recipient for her work documenting endangered song.

Jordan Kassalow

Co-founder

Jordan is an eye doctor and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience. He's founded both for profit and non-profit organizations and is skilled in optometry, preventative ophthalmology, social enterprise, international public health, corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, and fundraising. He has been appointed a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and has received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, among other honors. Jordan earned a Doctorate of Optometry from the New England College of Optometry, a Fellowship in Preventive Ophthalmology, and a master’s in public health from Johns Hopkins. He is also the founder of VisionSpring.

Taylor Hendricks

Associate Director of Innovation

Evan Gill

Managing Director of Private Sector Strategy

Jana Porter

Associate Director of Communications

Kimberley Mims

Executive Assistant

Maggie Savage Dawson

Managing Director of Government Delivery

Mariah Boyle

Associate Director of Grants & Administration

Board of Directors

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Honorary Board Chair
Former president of Liberia (2006-2018), Nobel Peace laureate, and member of the Elders

Alejandro Palacios

Former Director, GAVI & The Global Partnership for Education

Harvey Koh

Former Managing Director at FSG

Liz Smith

Co-Founder & CEO, EYElliance

Jayanth Bhuvaraghan

Sr. Advisor, Coach, Mentor
Former Chief Mission Officer, EssilorLuxottica

Chris Jurgens

Director, Reimagining Capitalism
Omidyar Network

Jordan Kassalow

Co-Founder & Chair, EYElliance
Founder, VisionSpring

Partners

Champions

Organizations within the ecosystem that are actively engaged in the solution and accelerating equitable access to eyeglasses.

Members

EYElliance partners and collaborates with more than 55 organizations, many of which are pioneering new eyeglasses delivery solutions around the world.

Donors

Our partners who make this work possible! We are grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with so many values-aligned, passionate donors.

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs establishing and growing private optical businesses that bring affordable eyeglasses to markets that were previously underserved.

José Battistini Salcedo
Hugo Moreno
Isaac Romero
Karin Saéz
América Silva
Geogette Ndabukiye
Brenda Katwesigye Baganzi
Joel Ombewa
Anguyo Dralega
Jérôme Lapaire
Peter Azika
Esther Amegbey
Ntombikayise Zitha
Kelebogile Modutwane
Manuel Neto
Serey Huy

Corporate Partners

Valued corporate partners who support EYElliance as part of their corporate social giving and ask their members and customers to directly support our work.