Young Advocates Committee <p><strong>Chairs:</strong> Victoria Hansen, OD, Alyssa Fortuna, OD, and Deborah Wang, OD</p> <p><strong>Goals</strong>:&nbsp;Develop a professional network for individuals who may not already have one, while leveraging the resources of the state to assist in their objectives and collaborate with other state associations in serving as a liaison for those who have graduated 10 years or less.<br /><em><strong>Mission:&nbsp;</strong></em>Using peer to peer outreach to welcome and engage doctors who are less than 10 years out from graduation, including optometric residents, entering each local region throughout New York State through social events and programming that is relevant as well as providing avenues to serve in leadership positions either in the state committee structure or local society boards.<br /><strong><br />Members:&nbsp;</strong></p> <div class="attribute" data-cid="c10" data-type="0"> <ul> <li>Deborah Wang, OD- Downstate Chair (OSCONY/Nassau/Suffolk)</li> <li>Alyssa Fortuna, OD - Upstate West Chair (Central, Rochester, Southern Tier, Western, South Central)</li> <li>Victoria Hansen, OD - Upstate East Chair (WRPOS, Hudson Valley, Eastern, Mohawk Valley, Northern)</li> <li>Emily Topi, OD (NYC)</li> <li>Timothy Yuan, OD (Long Island)</li> <li>Joshua Rogers, OD, FAAO (Upstate-Buffalo/Rochester)</li> <li>Jennifer , OD (Central)</li> <li>Julianne Shelton, OD (Central)</li> <li>Brandon Harnos, OD (Hudson Valley)</li> </ul> </div> 2030-12-31