Vistakon, Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., named Colleen Riley, OD, MS, FAAO, Dipl CL, as Vice President, Professional Development. In this role, Dr. Riley will lead the company's continuing efforts to develop and implement strategies and programs that focus on professional and practice development for eye care professionals. She also will oversee all activities for The Vision Care Institute, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company.

Dr. Riley brings 17 years of progressive experience as a practicing optometrist, academic instructor and clinical research strategist in corporate and clinical settings to the position. As a key member of the Research and Development team for Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. she has played an integral role in all stages of product development for many of the company's products, developed new study designs and metrics to measure vision, health, and comfort, and has led the company's clinical claims organization.

Dr. Riley attended the Indiana University School of Optometry where she received her Doctor of Optometry in 1992 and her Master of Science in Physiological Optics in 1998. She then became a faculty member at the Indiana University School of Optometry. She joined Johnson & Johnson Vision Care in 2004 as Assistant Director, Research and Development and has served in a number of other positions, most recently as Director, Design Research and Development.

Dr. Riley is a Fellow and a Contact Lens Diplomate in the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies of the American Academy of Optometry and is an accomplished speaker and author. She was a Principle Investigator in the Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of  Keratoconus (CLEK) Study funded by the National Eye Institute. In 2007, she was selected as one of the top 20 Most Influential Women in the Optical Industry.