Alumnus Dr. Mitch Munson Elected Secretary–Treasurer of AOA
Mitchell T. Munson, O.D., was elected Secretary–Treasurer of the American Optometric Association at the 113th Annual AOA Congress & 40th Annual AOSA Conference: Optometry’s Meeting® June 2010.
In addition to his duties as Secretary–Treasurer, Dr. Munson serves as chair of the Constitution and Bylaws and Finance Committees. He is also a member of the Executive and Investment Committees. Dr. Munson’s liaison assignments include the Third Party Center, Sports Vision Section and the Optical Laboratories Association. He is also liaison to affiliate associations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Prior to his election to the Board, Dr. Munson spent 10 years in the AOA volunteer structure serving on the AOA New Technologies Committee, Statutory Scope Committee and the AOA Political Action Committee where he served as chair from 2003-2004.
In 1992, he was elected to the Colorado Optometric Association (COA) Board of Trustees and elected president in 1995. The COA named him Young Optometrist of the Year in 1993 and Optometrist of the Year in 1996. He was presented with COA’s Distinguished Service Award in 2001.
Dr. Munson is a past president of the Southwest Council of Optometry and a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry.
A 1986 graduate of the Southern California College of Optometry, Dr. Munson has a group practice in Highlands Ranch, CO, with his wife and classmate, Susan Brunnett, O.D.