Baillie Russell Brown Named an Influential Business Professional by

Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

Santa Barbara, CA August 16, 2022 --(PR.com)-- Baillie Russell Brown of Santa Barbara, California has
been named an Influential Business Professional by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her
outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of healthcare.

About Baillie Russell Brown

Baillie Russell Brown is the director of programs for Sight Surgery International, a nonprofit charitable
organization that arranges and implements sight-restoring surgery clinics throughout the developing
world, serving populations where blindness from cataracts is a scourge.

With over 40 years’ experience, Brown serves as an ophthalmic surgical assistant. She is responsible for
recruiting, coordinating, and deploying teams of eye surgeons in over 60 countries. She has convinced
medical equipment and pharmaceutical companies to donate hundreds of millions of dollars worth of
essential supplies to help Sight Surgery International carry out free sight restoring surgeries to the
underprivileged throughout the United States and the emerging world. Sight Surgery International
organizes teams of volunteer ophthalmologists, nurses and technicians to perform the surgeries, with each
volunteer paying his or her own way to donate their professional skills. Since the organization’s
inception, ophthalmologic personnel have performed countless examinations and major eye surgeries on
people who would otherwise have remained blind or visually impaired.

Before serving at Sight Surgery International, Brown was a licensed optician and staff member for Direct
Relief International. For over 20 years, she was CEO of Surgical Eye Expeditions, a nonprofit
specializing in cataract surgery for the disadvantaged globally. Her final year culminated in the
organization being tied for first place in Forbes Best Run Charities in America.

Brown has also volunteered for a number of community organizations including the Braille Institute and
numerous health fairs. She has personally participated in over 70 clinics in over 40 countries including
Zimbabwe, Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Guyana, Mongolia, and Vietnam.

A recipient of many honors, Brown was listed in Who's Who in Top Executive Management in 1996, was
celebrated as the Soroptimist Woman of Distinction for International Goodwill and Understanding in
1988, and named Outstanding Young Assembly in 1985. Recently, she was recognized by Strathmore’s
Who’s Who Worldwide as a Professional of the Year for 2021 and a Woman of Distinction for summer
2022 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized).

Born September 29, 1953 in Olympia, Washington, Baillie received her B.S. in philosophy from St.
Martins University. She has a certificate in ophthalmology and a certificate in operating room protocol.
She is affiliated with the California Association of Ophthalmology.

In her spare time, Baillie enjoys riding horses, playing piano, and exercising on the elliptical machine.

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About Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide

Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide highlights the professional lives of individuals from every
significant field or industry including business, medicine, law, education, art, government and
entertainment. Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide is both an online and hard cover publication where
we provide our members’ current and pertinent business information. It is also a biographical information
source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms throughout the
world. Our goal is to ensure that our members receive all of the networking, exposure and recognition
capabilities to potentially increase their business.

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Contact Information:
Strathmore Worldwide
Hailee Matthews
516-677-9696
Contact via Email
www.strathmoreworldwide.com
Syndi Reibman

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https://www.pr.com/press-release/866499

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