Amy Gallant Sullivan
Executive Director

Amy is the Executive Director for the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS). Amy has many responsibilities, including but not limited to:

Promoting worldwide awareness of TFOS
Fundraising and sponsorship strategies
Directing the development & oversight of TFOS meetings, events, etc.
Managing and overseeing all marketing, branding and promotional initiatives
Coordinating and supervising the work of TFOS Consultants
Communicating with the TFOS Corporate Advisory Board

Before co-launching TFOS (a.k.a. the family business), Amy worked in the PR industry focusing on strategic branding, e-commerce and media relations. She provided counsel for Blue Chip & dot.com clients seeking to build and maintain visibility among the domestic and international market analysts and business and trade press communities. Amy worked with Manning Selvage & Lee and Brodeur Worldwide, managing accounts in EMEA, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

Amy began her business career in international branding with Fidelity Investments, where she developed public relations strategies for Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company (FIIS) both for the US and South America. She held both Series 6 & 63 Certifications. Prior to Fidelity, Amy apprenticed as a speechwriter in the office of the Honorable Senator John F. Kerry.

Amy speaks multiple languages including English, French, Italian and Spanish and has a basic understanding of Portuguese. Currently in Boston, she has lived in France, Italy and Argentina as well as traveled extensively throughout the world. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Boston University in Mass Communication and Public Relations.

 

 

 

Rose Sullivan
RN, Operations Manager

Ensure compliance with non-profit organization requirements
Address human resource issues
Develop and oversee banking services
Communicate with all MSAB members
Promote TFOS interactions with institutions (e.g. NEI), organizations (e.g. ARVO) and Foundations (e.g. SSF)
Help with the coordination of TFOS meetings and events
Assist with the production of website content
Create and maintain TFOS documents & materials

Rose Sullivan, RN, Operations Manager for TFOS, brings a breadth of knowledge to the Society from both the medical and administrative perspective. Originally trained as a critical care nurse, responsible for the coronary care unit, Rose has exhibited her leadership and organizational skills in several key medical centers including Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA; University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH.

Following more than a decade in nursing, Rose re-angled her intensive care specialty and re-focused on a different side of customer service, residential real estate. During her years in real estate, Rose was elected President of the Massachusetts Chapter of Certified Residential Specialists. Managing her client base provided a vehicle for business and financial prowess.

Reminiscent of her days in the ICU, Rose returned to nursing as clinical program manager at the Schepens Eye Research Institute. In this role, she worked with David Sullivan, managing patient recruitment, organizing and collecting clinical data, regulatory control issues, etc.

When the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society was created, Rose volunteered to wear both of her hats, the medical and administrative, offering the Society her clinical and entrepreneurial background. Rose's responsibilities include TFOS' daily banking, payroll, human resources issues and insurances as well as helping to facilitate all things TFOS.

 

 

 

Linda Herrington
Membership Coordinator


Maintain and update current and possible membership lists
Correspond with all TFOS members
Coordinate TFOS member subscriptions to The Ocular Surface
Help with the coordination of TFOS meetings and events
Assist with the creation of TFOS materials
Recruit new members

 

 

Consultants

Haydée Marangoni
H Design

Haydée has 15+ years of experience in graphic design, branding and advertising. Prior to moving back to her homeland of Brazil, she did Branding Consulting in New York at Enterprise IG, The Brewery Design, and Siegel+Gale; in web at StarMedia and LuxuryFinder.com; and advertising & direct marketing at Ogilvy&Mather Direct and Young&Rubicam. She has been a TFOS consultant for 10 years.

Haydée has a portfolio of clients, from multinational companies, to small and mid-size businesses such as medical practices, societies, museums, universities and not-for-profit entities in the United States, Europe and Latin America. Her clients include Busch Gardens, Holcim, Yahoo!, FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barclays), Pratt Institute, Conexão Direitos Humanos (Human Rights Connection), Clínica Dermatológica Dra. Suleima Arruda (Dermatology Clinic), among others.

A graduate of Boston University, Haydée has a degree in Mass Communications & Public Relations as well as a masters degree in Communication and Packaging Design from Pratt Institute in New York. She was awarded the Excellence Award for Outstanding Merit in Graduate Communication and Packaging Design from Pratt Institute.

 

 

 

Sabrina Zappia
CITYnet New Media Agency

Sabrina has 10+ years of multi-media experience and launched her Creative Web and New Media agency CITYnet in 2000.

CITYnet offers a competitive range of multimedia services from the creation of websites and web events, to the design of personalized soundtracks that accompany virtual visits. CITYnet also develops customized applications for databases, iPhone and iPad, e-commerce and other advanced functions. In addition, services today include graphic design, editorial design and production, packaging and branding. Clients include the Vatican Museums, the Italian Nautical Association, the Italian Osteointegration Society, Elsevier Science and Health Publishing, Hassler Hotels and Resorts, Barzanò & Zanardo Patents and Trademarks International Group, the Tear Film & Ocular Society and many others.

 

 

 

Ruchel Louis Coetzee
Successful Images

Ruchel founded her film and video production company, Successful Images, in 1995, which was recently rebranded to Ruchel LLC. Her corporate and nonprofit videos have won numerous Addys, Auroras, Tellys and she is much sought after for her skills as an interviewer.

 

 

 

Julie Ann Karimi
JAKA Congressi

JAKA Congressi  specializes in events management, particularly medical & scientific conferences. Clients include Alcon, Allergan , Bausch & Lomb, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer & SIFI.