Chris DiTavi, LDO, NCLC

Chris DiTavi has been in the optical industry since 1994. After being in the horticulture field for six years, he decided to follow in his father’s and brother’s footsteps and join the optical field. Chris attended Worcester Technical Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts where he received his degree in ophthalmic dispensing. During his two years at WTI, he served on the student advisory board and received the Silor Laboratory Award in May 1996 for top eyewear designer and fabricator. He graduated in June of 1996 in the top 10% of his class with honors. In 1997, Chris joined the New England Contact Lens Society. He joined the board of directors in 1998 and in 2002 was elected vice-president. In 2004 he was elected president where he served 2 consecutive terms from 2004-2008. Chris worked as an optician and contact lens specialist in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area for 16 years before joining the team at Vision North in February of 2012. Since then, Chris has been manager of Vision North and enjoys being back in the neighborhood of Boston’s North End where he spent much of his childhood. When not at work Chris enjoys cooking and loves landscape photography. Also, being a die hard football fan, every fall you can find Chris on the sidelines with the high school football team in his hometown of Maynard where he lives with his wife and two sons.