Our Board

Sung Cha

Sung Cha is an executive at Progressive (NYSE: PGR), the third largest auto insurer in the country, a leading seller of motorcycle and commercial auto insurance, and one of the top 15 homeowners insurance carriers. She currently leads the Direct Marketing Media group. During her 30+ years at Progressive, mostly in the Direct Business, she has also developed and managed in-house mass media and digital media teams that spent billions of dollars in effective performance marketing advertising contributing to the company's profitable growth. Sung has a BA from Wellesley College, MBA from Case Western Reserve University, and JD from Cleveland State University. She also serves on the board of Rainey Institute, a non-profit organization instilling positive growth for Greater Cleveland's youth through education and engagement in visual and performing arts.

Margaret Fulton Mueller

Current board affiliation

Cleveland Institute of Art, Former board member Hathaway Brown School, Musical Arts Association (Cleveland Orchestra), Cleveland Zoological Society

Weatherhead Alumni , Cwru, Other Organizations, Amherst Cleveland Association Chair Garden Club of Cleveland, Women’s Committee, CMA

Ms. Mueller attended Amherst College, AB, WSOM, CWRU, MBA, CWRU, MA English.

Margaret has grown twins, Max and Laura.

I am very excited to assist with the development and support of Future Vision Foundation. I believe in the important contributions that the Foundation is making promoting vision research and care.

Ritu Mahna

Ritambhara ( Ritu) Mahna is currently the president of the Federation of India Community Association and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Shiva Vishnu Temple. She also serves as the Secretary of the Association of Indian Physicians of Ohio. Ritu has been an active member of the indian community in Ohio for the past 20 years. Over her tenure, she has planned several black tie fundraisers and organized concerts bringing in between 1800 and 2700 people. In the last 7 years she has raised a total of over $700,000 for a variety of causes. Ritu is married to Dr. Satish Mahna and they have two children, Shali and Saar, who has two beautiful daughters with his wife.

Nicholas Ruthmann, MD, MPH

Dr. Ruthmann is a Staff Cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He completed his medical training at the University of Missouri where he currently sits on the University’s Alumni Board of Directors. While earning a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from Saint Louis University, through CDC-sponsored research, he investigated the impact of wearable technology on physical activity, wellness, and cardiovascular health. He currently serves as a Lead for Digital Health and Telemedicine within the Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic and is an Advisory Board member for The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic, a global telehealth/second opinion enterprise. His clinical interests intersect community health and prevention, digital therapeutics in health care, and health innovation and enabling technology. Dr. Ruthmann leads several quality, process, and continuous improvement initiatives at Cleveland Clinic to create value-based care. He is an awarded educator and passionate about teaching future physicians and cardiologists-in-training. He serves on the Board of Directors for multiple non-profit organizations and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and active member of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Ruthmann is an avid enthusiast of the Arts and a low-brass musician. He and his wife split their time among Cleveland, New York City and Big Bear, California.

Being part of the Future Vision Foundation is personal; his mother is legally blind due to advanced macular degeneration.

Dr. Michael Shaughnessy

Dr. Michael P. Shaughnessy was born and raised on Cleveland’s West Side and attended St. Ignatius High School. He attended Miami University and then the Medical College of Ohio, now part of University of Toledo. His internship was served at Riverside Hospital in Columbus and residency at Case Western Reserve University. His Cornea fellowship took place at the University of Texas Medical Center in Dallas. He began private practice with University Ophthalmology Associates, Inc. in 2002 where he remains today. Dr. Shaughnessy is a Comprehensive ophthalmologist with subspecialty training in Cornea and External Disease. He is the Medical Director of Brainard Surgery Center, an Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve University, a Cleveland Magazine “Top Doc”, and serves on several local medical boards. His clinical practice focuses on Cataract Surgery, Dry eye, Corneal Diseases, and Comprehensive Ophthalmology; including Diabetes, Glaucoma, and Macular Degeneration. He enjoys teaching, making family time with his wife, Kathy, and their three children; as well as running, cycling, triathlons, golf, woodworking, and drawing.