Founder of VisionSpring & Co-Founder of EYElliance; Optometrist, Author & Social Entrepreneur

New York, NY, USA
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Jordan Kassalow Biography

Dr. Jordan Kassalow is an eye doctor, social entrepreneur, author, and the founder of VisionSpring. He is also the co-founder of EYElliance and a partner at Drs. Farkas, Kassalow, Resnick, & Associates.

Jordan founded the Global Health Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations and co-founded Scojo New York. Prior to his position at the Council, he served as Director of the River Blindness Division at Helen Keller International. Jordan is a fellow of Draper Richards Kaplan, Skoll, Ashoka, and is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He was named one of Schwab Foundation’s 2012 Social Entrepreneurs, was the inaugural winner of the John P. McNulty Prize, and was recognized in Forbes Impact 30.

VisionSpring has been internationally recognized by the Skoll Foundation, the Aspen Institute, and the World Bank; is a three-time winner of Fast-Company's Social Capitalist Award; and a winner of Duke University’s Enterprising Social Innovation Award. Additionally, Jordan co-authored Dare to Matter: Your Path to Making a Difference Now.

Jordan holds an optometry doctorate from the New England College of Optometry (NECO), received an honorary humane letters doctorate from NECO in 2016, and has a fellowship in preventive ophthalmology and master‘s in public health from Johns Hopkins.

The recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, The Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellowship, and The Draper Richards Foundation Fellowship. Dr. Kassalow received his Doctorate of Optometry from the New England College of Optometry and completed his Fellowship in Preventive Ophthalmology and his Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Kassalow continues to see patients part time at the optometric practice of Drs. Farkas, Kassalow and Resnick.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/27/2025.

Jordan Kassalow Videos

Empowering Change  - Jordan Kassalow - Optometrists Building Empires - Episode # 031

Empowering Change - Jordan Kassalow - Optometrists Building Empires - Episode # 031

How can optometry drive both business success and social impact? On this week’s episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel had the...

Jordan Kassalow - Founder of Vision Spring

Jordan Kassalow - Founder of Vision Spring

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Vision = Happiness: Jordan Kassalow at TEDxColumbiaSIPA

Vision = Happiness: Jordan Kassalow at TEDxColumbiaSIPA

JORDAN KASSALOW is the CEO and Founder of VisionSpring. Jordan also founded Scojo New York and the Global Health Policy Program at the Council on...

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