ST. LOUIS—Optometry’s Charity, the foundation of the American Optometric Association, recently appointed Anna Marie Wingron as administrative director of the 34,000-member organization.

Wingron will be responsible for directing and coordinating all activities of Optometry’s Charity-The AOA Foundation, including oversight and coordination of ILAMO, VISION USA, InfantSEE, Disaster Relief Fund, Endowment & Scholarship Fund and Tributes and Memorials, according to the AOA. She will also direct ongoing and special project funding for all of the programs.

Wingron brings more than 20 years of strategic planning, marketing, budgeting, financial planning and fundraising experience to the foundation, an AOA announcement said. Most recently, she was president of Schraeder & Associates, a multi-management consulting firm. In addition, Wingron has served as director of development with the Jefferson National Parks Association, working with the National Park Service on the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commeration, and development coordinator for Cardinals Care, the St. Louis Cardinals’ community fund.