LCA-Vision Strengthens its Board of Directors with the Addition of Two New Members
March 21 2005 - 9:13AM
PR Newswire (US)
LCA-Vision Strengthens its Board of Directors with the Addition of
Two New Members CINCINNATI, March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
LCA-Vision Inc. (NASDAQ:LCAV), a leading provider of laser vision
correction services under the LasikPlus brand, announced today the
appointments of William F. Bahl and Thomas G. Cody to its board of
directors effective immediately. Mr. Bahl and Mr. Cody will stand
for election at the annual shareholder meeting in May. "We are
pleased to strengthen our board with these two well qualified
members," said Stephen N. Joffe, LCA-Vision's chairman and chief
executive officer. "Their proven leadership abilities and broad
experiences add tremendous value to our company, and we believe
will be instrumental as we continue to drive earnings growth and
execute our expansion and profitability strategies. We are excited
and honored that they have chosen to serve on the Board of
LCA-Vision." Mr. Bahl is the co-founder and owner of Bahl &
Gaynor Investment Counsel, an independent registered investment
advisor located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to founding Bahl &
Gaynor in 1990, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief
Investment Officer at Northern Trust Company in Chicago. From 1978
until 1985, he was Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at
Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati. He began his career at Mellon Bank
in Pittsburgh. He is a Chartered Investment Counselor and a
Chartered Financial Analyst, and is a member of the Institute of
Chartered Financial Analysts. He currently serves on the board of
Cincinnati Financial Corporation, and serves as a trustee for both
the Talbert House Foundation and The Deaconess Association. He is
also the current Chairman of the Cincinnati Country Day School
Foundation, and is a member of the Cincinnati Society of Financial
Analysts, and was selected to participate in Leadership Cincinnati
Class VIII. Formerly, he served as a trustee for the Chicago
Society of Financial Analysts, and was President of the Cincinnati
Society of Financial Analysts. He also previously served as
Chairman of the Board for both the Cincinnati Country Day School
and The Deaconess Hospital. Mr. Bahl received his M.B.A. from the
University of Michigan, and his B.A. from the University of
Florida. Mr. Cody is Vice Chairman of Federated Department Stores.
He joined Federated in 1982 from Pan American World Airways, Inc.,
where he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary. Mr. Cody currently serves on the board of CTS
Corporation. He is also a member of the board of trustees for a
number of organizations, including Xavier University, Children's
Hospital Medical Center, The Children's Hospital, LifeCenter Organ
Donor Network, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Medical Center Fund,
and the National Conference for Community and Justice. He is a past
chair of the United Way and Community Chest, and the Greater
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce board of trustees, as well as the
former co-chair of Cincinnati C.A.N. Mr. Cody received his J.D.
from St. John's University School of Law, and his B.A. from
Maryknoll College. About LCA-Vision Inc. & LasikPlus LCA-Vision
Inc. (NASDAQ:LCAV) is a leading provider of laser vision correction
services under the LasikPlus brand. The company owns and operates
42 LasikPlus fixed-site laser vision correction centers in the
United States, and three centers in a joint venture in Canada.
Additional company information is available at the company's
websites: http://www.lca-vision.com/ and http://www.lasikplus.com/
. This news release contains forward-looking statements that are
subject to risks and uncertainties that may result in actual
results to differ materially from current expectations. For a
discussion of risks and uncertainties that we face, please refer to
our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including,
but not limited to, our Forms 10-K and 10-Q. For Additional
Information Patricia Forsythe V.P. Investor Relations 513-792-5629
DATASOURCE: LCA-Vision Inc. CONTACT: Patricia Forsythe, V.P.
Investor Relations of LCA-Vision Inc., +1-513-792-5629, or Web
site: http://www.lca-vision.com/ http://www.lasikplus.com/
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