Management and Business Academy

Dr. Carole Burns of Westerville, Ohio, started her practice in 1986, after completing her residency in pediatrics and vision therapy. She and Dr. Mark Wright combined their practices three years later, and since then two locations have grown to three with eight partners and a staff of 35. Since Dr. Wright’s transition from practice to teaching and consulting, Dr. Burns has been CEO of the corporation. She also runs a nursing home practice and a specialty VT practice. Dr. Burns lectures nationally, and she serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Ohio State University School of Optometry. In 1989, Dr. Burns was named young optometrist of the year in Ohio, and in 2008 she was the focus of a feature story in Women in Optometry.