Advocacy

Grassroots Structure

Grassroots works on rallying membership, writing handouts and talking points, and distributing info. Below lists the lead contact for each geographical region in the state:

Delta Area | Preslee Magee, Lead
Counties: Bolivar, Coahoma, Holmes, Leflore, Sunflower, Warren, Washington

North MS Area | Michael Pegg, Lead
Counties: Alcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, DeSoto, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Monroe, Newton, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, Yalobusha

Metro Jackson Area | Nettie Hines, Lead
Counties: Hinds, Madison, Rankin

Central MS Area | Trent Stribling, Lead
Counties: Attala, Clarke, Lauderdale, Leake, Lowndes, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Oktibbeha, Scott, Webster, Winston

South MS Area | Justin McElroy, Lead
Counties: Adams, Copiah, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Lincoln, Marion, Pearl River, Pike, Simpson, Stone

Coast Area | Jay Fuller, Lead
Counties: Hancock, Harrison, Jackson

Legislative Updates

MOA’s 2024 Practice Management and Legislative Day
Jan/Feb TBD
Jackson, MS

Registration coming soon!

MOA Initiatives

2019 Initiative: Comprehensive Eye Exams for First time Students

2020/21 Initiative: Optometry Law Update

InfantSEE®

We are proud to be an affiliate of the American Optometric Association and to be enrolled as InfantSEE® providers.

Infant vision development is key to a child’s overall development and a happy, healthy life. InfantSEE is a partnership with the AOA and The Vision Care Institute of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. The program is designed to make sure that eye and vision care become part of routine infant wellness care in the United States.

Under this program, MOA member optometrists offer a free first eye assessment for infants within the child’s first year of life.