<br />
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF OPTICIANRY<br />
I S I O N<br />
of the Industry<br />
FROM THE DESK OF<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
DIANE DRAKE<br />
Dear NAO Members,<br />
I am honored and excited to be writing my<br />
first letter as your president. Many of you<br />
have seen my name on the author’s page<br />
of the NAO’s Basic Opticians Tutorial, the<br />
Advanced Opticians Tutorial, Beginning Your<br />
Life as a Contact Lens Technician, the Contact<br />
Lens Review, and numerous non-NAO articles<br />
for a variety of publications. Maybe some<br />
of you have seen me in person lecturing<br />
and educating all across the United States,<br />
including the annual SECO Congresses that<br />
have been free for NAO members. I hope<br />
that a lot of you have glimpsed me behind my<br />
computer screen during the numerous NAO/<br />
SECO free live webinars that I have led. And<br />
now you will be seeing me quarterly on the<br />
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