Alma Toggenburger

Alma Toggenburger serves as Senior Employee Engagement and Community Outreach Specialist at Glaukos, a company in the medical device industry focused on the ophthalmic space, particularly glaucoma and keratoconus. Based in Orange County, California, she has been with the company for 11 years, starting as a coordinator when the firm went public and helping to build its culture through employee events such as Food Truck Fridays, happy hours, Christmas parties, and multi-campus activities. Toggenburger initiated the Global Adopt-a-Family Project, which supports over 300 families annually through team-building shopping events and company-funded grocery gift cards, as well as volunteering programs at local food pantries, back-to-school drives, blood drives, and an eyeglasses donation program partnering with Lions in Sight and Cal State Fullerton. She holds a high school degree and attended some college without completing a degree. Her contributions have earned her a nomination for the 2026 Indispensables award from the OC Business Journal and two internal Glaukos awards aligned with the company's we go first motto. Toggenburger attributes her success to hard work, supportive colleagues, and a genuine family-like environment at Glaukos, where she openly shares her experiences as a two-time cancer survivor and single mother to inspire giving back.