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Jeff Todd, '99, Named President and CEO of Prevent Blindness
03/07/2018
Jeff Todd, '99, has been named president and chief executive officer of Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization. Todd will take over his new duties April 1.
Todd began his career in the Indiana Governor's Office, where he coordinated a statewide community-development initiative supporting county-level health and safety interventions. He later moved to positions with the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Youth as Resources, engaging young people in matters that impact their communities, and the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center, overseeing information dissemination aimed at reducing rates of youth violence.
He joined Prevent Blindness in 2003 as director of public health and later served as chief operating officer where he oversaw the mission-based work of Prevent Blindness, focusing on program outreach, education, public health, and policy.
“Advancing equitable access to healthcare is essential to a healthy and productive society,” Todd said. “I’m proud of the work Prevent Blindness does in this space. And what’s unique about our work in eye health is how it also touches heavily on education, employment, and independence. I’m honored to be able to lead this organization into its next chapter.”
In addition to his work at Prevent Blindness, Todd serves as Chair of Vision 2020 USA, is a member of the Advisory Board to Jonas Children’s Vision Care at Columbia University Medical Center, and is a past chair of the Vision Care Section of the American Public Health Association. He also currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Chicago-based Howard Brown Health, a volunteer position he has held for eight years, and is a member of the District of Columbia (D.C.) Bar Association.
Originally from Indiana, Todd currently resides in Chicago. In addition to his J.D. from IU McKinney, he holds a master’s degree in communications from Butler University, and a bachelor’s degree from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington.
