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Center for Vision Loss CEO to retire in June
Stacy Wescoe//January 29, 2020
The Center for Vision Loss, which has offices in Allentown and Stroudsburg, announced the retirement of the man who has served as executive director since 2011.
Douglas Yingling will retire as of June 30. He will be replaced by Dennis Zehner, the agency’s associate director and director of advancement.
According to the nonprofit organization, the agency grew the number of people it serves, expanded its investment in vision rehabilitation and created the Camp I Can! Summer program for children.
Zehner will be the eighth executive director in the history of the agency. The organization said that it was founded in 1928, inspired by activist Helen Keller after she gave a speech at Liberty High School in Bethlehem.
The organization was known for decades as the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired for Lehigh County and consolidated with VIABL in 2010.
