Courtney Coates bio: Courtney Coates is a graduate of Stonybrook University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. Courtney has previously been the Program Coordinator and Director of Administrative Partnerships for the Eastern CT Chamber of Commerce, as well as a Development and Office Administrator for Sofia Sees Hope in Ledyard CT. Currently, Courtney is the treasurer for the Union Baptist Church in Mystic, CT and the Director of Outreach and Development at Hope in Focus in Ledyard, CT where she is responsible for outreach to the Leber congenital amaurosis and inherited retinal disease community, development activities including grants and donor management, and overall office management and administration.