Vanessa McDonald

Virtual Event Manager

Vanessa McDonald earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Evansville in Indiana and a Master of Science from Nova Southeastern University’s Huizenga Business School. Before joining Nova Southeastern University in 2009, she held several management positions at AT&T, formerly BellSouth. She began her second career in optometry as Continuing Education and Alumni Affairs Manager, spending 10 years expanding the program. She later helped Dr. Sowka and Dr. Caldwell establish Optometric Education Consultants in 2019, and she continues to serve as COPE Administrator overseeing the synchronous and asynchronous course catalogs.