Lions World Vision Institute
Jeff Thomas, MBA has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, primarily focused on tissue and organ donation. Jeff started their career as a Tissue Recovery Coordinator at the Mississippi Lions Eye and Tissue Bank in 1997. Jeff then moved on to become the Director of Tissue Services at the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency in 1999. In 2005, Jeff joined the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) as the Education Director, where they worked for 11 years. Most recently, Jeff is serving as the Regional Vice President of Operations at the Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research, Inc. since 2020.
Jeff Thomas, MBA, earned their Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Management from Belhaven University, where they studied from 1999 to 2001. Following their undergraduate studies, they pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Business Management (International)/Healthcare Management from Salem University. The specific years of enrollment for their MBA program were not provided.
Lions World Vision Institute
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Lions World Vision Institute is a global nonprofit dedicated to honoring vision as a basic human right. Our work reaches around the globe and includes compassionate donation and transplant services, innovative research and technologies, vision services, and education in local and international communities. With our worldwide network of supporters, surgeons, and research leaders, we work tirelessly to honor donors’ gifts by protecting and restoring sight for hundreds of thousands of people. Together we are transforming lives around the world. Visit our website to see how you can be the difference in someone’s sight, and support our work so the world can see. Founded as a nonprofit, charitable organization by Tampa Bay area Lions Clubs in 1973, Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research (LEITR) is one of the largest eye banks in the world. LEITR is leading the worldwide fight against blinding eye disease through our unique model — uniting the world’s largest Eye Bank, our cutting-edge Ocular Research Center, and our Foundation together to create the leading institution for ocular science. LEITR’s Eye Bank, located in Tampa, FL, is one of the largest combined eye bank and ocular research centers in the world. Since its inception, it has brought the “Gift of Sight” to more than 130,000 men, women and children worldwide and has provided 75,000 eyes for research worldwide.