Lions World Vision Institute
Laurie Ripp is an experienced professional in the field of organ and tissue donation, currently serving as a Hospital Services Specialist at UW Organ and Tissue Donation since March 2017. Concurrently, Laurie holds the position of Donor Services Manager at the Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research, Inc., also since March 2016. Prior to these roles, Laurie accumulated extensive experience at RTI Donor Services, where various titles included Sr. Development Specialist, Development Specialist Manager, and Development Specialist from September 2005 to March 2016. Laurie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Rehabilitation from the University of Wisconsin-Stout between 1999 and 2001.
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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.