Steven Reed, OD

AOA President 2024

As the president of the AOA Board of Trustees, Dr. Reed serves as a member of the Executive Committee, Personnel Committee, and AOA Advocacy Roundtable Committee. Dr. Reed is the liaison trustee to the Federal Relations Committee, Advocacy Committee, the Future Practice Initiative, the American Academy of Optometry, the National Optometric Leadership Conference, the National Association of VA Optometrists, Great Western Council of Optometry, North Central States Optometric Council, East/West Eye Conference, Southern Council of Optometrists and Universidad InterAmericana. He also serves as the liaison trustee to affiliate associations in Kentucky, Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, Washington, D.C., and Wyoming. Additionally, he is the liaison trustee to optometry schools including Pacific University College of Optometry and Southern College of Optometry.

Dr. Reed is a past president of the Mississippi Optometric Association (MOA) and the Southwest Optometric Society. In his role with the MOA, he served as chair of the Long-Range Planning Committee, Optometry for Progress PAC, the Legislative Committee, the Assistance to Graduates and Undergraduates Committee and the Nominations Committee. He was also chair of the Board of Trustees at Southern College of Optometry and Mississippi's Trustee for SECO International.

A graduate of Southern College of Optometry, Dr. Reed was the 2010 and 2016 recipient of the MOA James P. Brownlee Optometrist of the Year Award.

In Mississippi, Dr. Reed owns Vision Source practices in Magee, Collins and Prentiss and is co-owner of practices in Clinton, Flowood, Forest and Vicksburg.