Colley named Optometrist of the Year

MACOMB — Dr. Brigette Colley has received the 2021 Optometrist of the Year award from the Illinois Optometric Association. She accepted the award at a Sept. 18 IOA annual meeting in Schaumburg, Ill.

She is a 2013 graduate of the University of Missouri St. Louis College of Optometry. Dr. Colley practices full-time at the Professional Eyecare Center in Macomb. Her professional associations include the American Academy of Optometry, American Optometric Association, the Illinois Optometric Association and the West Central Optometric Society. She is currently the president of the West Central Optometric Society.

Community and family are of the utmost importance to Dr. Colley. She has served as a board member for the Wesley Child Christian Development Center and has promoted the importance of comprehensive eye care by lecturing locally about the 2017 solar eclipse and participating in the Lincoln School Adopt-a-Classroom program. Dr. Colley and her husband, Brandon, are both Macomb natives. They have three children: Olivia, Finnley and William.