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OPERATION SIGHT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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LOREN ZIFF

Board Chair

Loren has been a professional real estate investor, broker and consultant throughout the country for the past 30+ years working in both the public and private sector.  He is also involved in the community, serving on the Boards of Spoleto Festival USA, The College of Charleston among others.  Loren resides on Sullivan’s Island with his wife Mindelle and 3 children.

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Board Secretary

Dr. Folgar specializes in the treatment of medical and surgical diseases of the retina. His practice includes the treatment of retinal detachment, macular hole, macular pucker (epiretinal membrane), macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinal vascular occlusion. He also treats patients with inflammatory and autoimmune diseases known as uveitis, as well as pediatric retinal diseases.


Dr. Folgar is board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.


He completed his vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at the Duke University Eye Center, one of the premier surgical training programs in the nation and the birthplace of modern vitreous surgery. In addition to patient care, he completed a postdoctoral research fellowship with world-renowned experts at Duke University, developing new applications for ophthalmic imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of macular diseases. He has authored many peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters, and continues to be actively involved in research and clinical trials.


His work has been nationally recognized with research awards from the Retina Society, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. He has been invited to deliver lectures on ophthalmic imaging throughout the United States, Mexico, and Spain. He is a scientific peer reviewer for the Journal of Vitreo-Retinal Diseases, the journal Retina, and previously served as an assistant editor.


Dr. Folgar graduated from Duke University with bachelor degrees in Biology and Economics. He completed his medical degree and ophthalmology residency at New York University and the Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital. He returned to Duke University for his clinical and research fellowships, before settling in beautiful South Carolina.


Dr. Folgar is also fluent in Spanish and French. He currently sees patients in Mount Pleasant, Summerville, West Ashley, and Walterboro.

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CINDI SOLOMON

Board Treasurer

Cindi Solomon received her Bachelor's Degree from Vanderbilt University and her Law Degree from the University of South Carolina. She practices law at Motley Rice where she currently is working on the opioid litigation. 


In 2011, Cindi founded Operation Sight along with Drs. Boatwright, Herring and Solomon, and served as its Volunteer Executive Director for over 10 years. In addition to her volunteer work for Operation Sight, Cindi currently serves on the Board of Kiawah Island Club and Spoleto Festival, USA.  She is also a member of Trident United Way’s Community Impact Committee. She is past president of the Trident United Way's Women's Leadership Council Steering Committee, and a past board member of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, Trident United Way, the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired - Charleston and the Medical University’s Woman’s Club.  She is also a member of the Order of St. John.

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CHRIS MORIARTY

Board Member

Christopher Moriarty litigates securities fraud, corporate governance, and other complex class action litigation in the U.S. and counsels institutional investors on opportunities to seek recovery in securities-related actions in both the U.S. and internationally. His practice encompasses every aspect of litigation, from casestarting to settlement. 
Christopher represents investors in shareholder derivative litigation, including in In re Walgreen Co. Derivative Litigation, No. 13-cv-05471 (N.D. Ill.) (securing corporate governance reforms to ensure compliance with the Controlled Substances Act*); antitrust class actions, including In re Libor-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, No. 11-md-02262-NRB (S.D.N.Y.) (pending); and whistleblowers in proceedings before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. His practice extends to securities-related litigation in several foreign jurisdictions, including England, France, and the Netherlands. While in law school, Christopher was a member of the Moot Court Board, served as an Executive Editor of the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy, and taught a course on constitutional law to LL.M. students. Christopher has also drafted amicus curiae briefs in numerous constitutional law cases before the U.S. Supreme Court (which has cited his work) and the federal courts of appeal.

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ALEX RADIN

Board Member

Alex Radin was born in 1975, in NY on Long Island and has always enjoyed the art of creating. Alex received his BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio and relocated to the Charleston, SC area in 2001 after meeting his wife Sara in Chicago at an arts conference the previous. They began a life together in the South pursuing their creative passions, collaborating together, and dreaming. In 2008 they launched an arts organization called Artist on Fire with a desire to see more opportunities for artists to fully express themselves and to be a voice of positivity and transformation through the creative arts. Together they have curated a number of shows, most notably 4 exhibits for the Piccolo Spoleto Arts Festival that incorporated as many as 14 visual artists working in film, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture, and installation art along with over 25 musicians and dancers.

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