Staff

Medical Director
Kenneth M. Goins, MD, (319) 356-2861, email: Kenneth-Goins@uiowa.edu

Associate Medical Director
Michael D. Wagoner, MD , (319) 356-2861, email: Michael-Wagoner@uiowa.edu

Executive Director
Cindy Reed, R.N., Ph.D., (319) 356-1046, email: cynthia-reed@uiowa.edu

Technical Director
Garret Locke, (319) 356-2874, email: garret-locke@uiowa.edu

Education Coordinators
Deb O'Meara, (319) 384-9113, email: debra-omeara@uiowa.edu
Kathy Barnhart, (319) 384-9112, email: kathy-barnhart@uiowa.edu

Regional Manager, Ames Satellite Office
Katie Charter,

Administrative Assistant
Janice Reiter, (319) 356-2871, email: jan-reiter@uiowa.edu

Office Assistant
Carol Kempf, (319)356-2871, email: carol-kempf@uiowa.edu

Laboratory Manager
Gregory A. Schmidt, (319) 356-2874, email: gregory-schmidt@uiowa.edu

Project Assistant
Adam Stockman, (319) 356-3874, email: adam-stockman@uiowa.edu

On-call Technicians
The Iowa Lions Eye Bank staffs several technicians who provide coordination and recovery after business hours, weekends and holidays.

Cindy Reed, R.N., Ph.D, began work as Executive Director of the Iowa Lions Eye Bank on August 2, 2004. The Executive Director is responsible for providing management, leadership, and direction for all functions of the eye bank. This includes personnel, public relations, finances, and education. Ms. Reed received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa in 1978 and received a Master of Arts degree in Education from the University of Iowa in 1981. She brings to the job 21 years of experience as consultant, director, executive director, and chief operating officer for behavioral health organizations.

Janice Reiter is the Administrative Assistant for the Iowa Lions Eye Bank and has been with the Eye Bank since March, 1992. Prior to that, she was an elementary school teacher. Jan's responsibilities for the eye bank are to provide technical and administrative assistance in the daily operations.

Kathy Barnhart, RN, is an Education Coordinator for the Iowa Lions Eye Bank and has been with the Eye Bank since early 2002. She provides hospital and public education programs for the eastern third of Iowa. She also works to establish positive relationships between other donor organizations, funeral directors, healthcare providers and Iowa State Patrol. Before joining the Eye Bank team, she was a transplant coordinator for an insurance company and a disability and wellness coordinator for a company in Iowa City.

Katie Charter, MA, is the Regional Manager of the Ames Satellite Office. She provides hospital and public education programs for the central third of Iowa and began working for the Iowa Lions Eye Bank in November of 2005. Ms. Charter has a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations with a minor in journalism from the University of Northern Iowa; She has a Master of Arts Degree in Communication with an emphasis in Health Communication from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Kenneth M. Goins, MD serves as the Assistant Medical Director of the Iowa Lions Eye Bank. Professional information about Dr. Goins may be found at his biographical web page.

Carol Kempf began working as a Clerk II for the Iowa Lions Eye Bank in September of 2003.

Garret Locke began working as technical director for the Iowa Lions Eye Bank on September 22, 1999. He previously worked for the Northwest Lions Eye Bank in Seattle, WA where he received his eye bank technician certification (CEBT) from the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) in 1998. He graduated with a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Washington. His primary role is to manage the technical operations and staff of the eye bank and participate in education around the state. Garret is currently an eye bank inspector and member of the EBAA’s Accreditation Board, Technician Education Committee, including many subcommittees, is on the Meeting’s Committee Task Force and is a member of Vision Share’s Quality Assurance Committee and Tissue Distribution Committee. In 2001, he joined the UIHC Lions Club and has served on their Board.

Deb O'Meara is an Education Coordinator for the Iowa Lions Eye Bank and has been with the Eye Bank since December 2002. As Education Coordinator, Deb's primary focus is to provide hospital and public education programs for the western third of Iowa. She also works to establish positive relationships between other donor organizations, funeral directors, healthcare providers and Iowa State Patrol. Before joining the Eye Bank team, she most recently worked in the Cornea Service of the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences.

Greg Schmidt, Laboratory Manager, began working in the Eye Bank lab as an Eye Bank Clinical Technician in March of 2000. Greg most recently worked as Chief Technician in the Dialysis Unit at Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids. He graduated from Mount Mercy College and served as a meteorologist in the U.S. Air Force.

Adam Stockman began working in April of 2006 as a donation coordinator for the Iowa Lions Eye Bank. He is responsible for obtaining consent for donation from families, performing tissue recovery, coordinating recoveries and evaluating/placing tissue for surgeries.