VM REPORTS: Influential Women in Optical PowHERful! Celebrating the Accomplishments of Optical’s Most Influential Women By Staff Sunday, July 23, 2023 1:00 AM RELATED CONTENT Twenty-One Years of Honoress Alphabetical List of Past Honorees 2003-2023 Previous Years Influential Women Reports Executive Suite Rising Stars Mentors Innovators Above and Beyond Methodology View a PDF of PowHERful!View an alphabetical list of honorees from 2003 to 2023Collaborative. Confident. Accomplished. Supportive. These are the characteristics that describe this year’s “class” of Vision Monday’s Most Influential Women. Having finally emerged from the shadows of the pandemic, this 2023 group of honorees are at long last looking forward to a brighter and more promising future. Their positivity and can-do attitudes are apparent as they tell us their stories of success in an ever-changing optical industry. This edition will mark the 21st year of our Special Report. The editors at Vision Monday had more than 250 nominees from our readers to choose from and we selected 51 very well-deserving women. This year’s group of Influential Women is made up of executives, sales and marketing professionals, ECPs, administrators, researchers and teachers. This eclectic mix is emblematic of the broad reach of women in our industry and indicative of how deeply they are embedded in its fabric. For this year’s Annual Report, VM considered women who are making a difference in the following five categories: Executive Suite, Mentors, Rising Stars, Innovators and Above & Beyond. We invite you to meet these “PowHERful!” optical achievers and join us in celebrating their wide-ranging skills and accomplishments. —The Editors