VisionServe Alliance 2026 Annual Award Recipients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VisionServe Alliance Honors Jenna Dhayer
with the 2026 Roxann Mayros Organizational Champion Award
Cultivating Change, Expanding Impact
VisionServe Alliance is honored to recognize Jenna Dhayer, President of The Lighthouse of Houston, for guiding organizational transformation while expanding partnerships and exploring new avenues of opportunity.
The Roxann Mayros Organizational Champion Award recognizes a member of senior management whose cultivation of structure, systems, and best practices advances the efforts of an organization distinguishing itself in the field of blindness and low vision.
Throughout her more than 25 years of nonprofit experience, Jenna Dhayer has cultivated and leveraged relationships with donors, foundations, businesses, government officials, and staff to benefit underserved communities. Implementing her “Innovative Partnerships” strategy, she has significantly strengthened The Lighthouse of Houston’s organizational capabilities and expanded its capacity to deliver innovative programs, services, and community initiatives.
“Jenna is a big-picture change-agent who also considers all details,” said Lee Nasehi, President and CEO of VisionServe Alliance. “She has successfully guided improvements in internal operations, program development, and strategic planning to respond to the evolving needs of individuals and families living with blindness and low vision.”
We extend our deepest gratitude to Jenna Dhayer for her exemplary leadership and life-changing efforts on behalf of our field and the people we are proud to serve.
The Roxann Mayros Organizational Champion Awards will be commemorated during lunch, hosted on May 28, 2026, at the Envision and VisionServe Alliance 2026 Conference in Columbus, OH.
About VisionServe Alliance
VisionServe leads an alliance of more than 130 organizations that vastly improve the lives of people with blindness and low vision. VisionServe Alliance collaborates with leaders to enhance the health of the vision service field, addressing strategic issues, cultivating leadership, enhancing management systems, sharing best practices, increasing capacity-building and sustainability, informing public policy, and maximizing awareness of life-changing vision rehabilitation training. For more information, visit VisionServeAlliance.org.
About VisionServe Alliance Annual Awards and Annual Conference: VisionServe Alliance bestows its Annual Awards on leaders and innovators in the BVI field. Leaders receive Annual Awards in several categories at our annual conference.
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