The Staff

The Waiting room in our Raleigh, NC Eye Care Clinich

A friendly staff to meet your every vision health need at your eye exam. They are an integral part of our total eye exam team at The Eye Center - focused on serving you.

The Eye Center Optometrists have offices in Raleigh, Cary, Burlington, Fayetteville, Durham, and Wilmington, each located right next door to LensCrafters and our optometrists (eye doctors) also service Chapel Hill and Greensboro, NC

CORE Team

Reda Smith

Corporate Manager of Finance and Technology

Reda is the Corporate Manager of The Eye Center, Doctors of Optometry, PA. She has been with this practice for over 15 years and has over 20 years experience being an Optometric Technician. She enjoys training new staff members and gives various support to all technicians and doctors. She is very interested in discovering new technological advances that may improve office procedures. When you don't find her at the office you will find her at the movie theater, admiring thre Milky Way, or the closest Best Buy in town. Reda hopes to see you all soon at The Eye Center.

Meagan Powers

Corporate Resource Director

Meagan has been with The Eye Center, Doctors of Optometry, PA for 6 years. She has worked as an Optometric Technician, Office Manager, and now as a Corporate Manager focusing on Human Resources for the company. The knowledge she has gained in all of these positions has allowed her to be a strong leader within the company.

What she enjoys most is working within each office to create strong teams by recruiting and hiring fantastic staff who will always put patient care first. She wants to make sure our patients are always having the best experience possible and knows the technicians they encounter throughout their visit play a huge part in that.

Meagan got her Bachelor's of Science focusing on Public Health at Coastal Carolina University in 2014 and her Master’s of Business Administration focusing on Healthcare Management at East Carolina University in 2018. Meagan lives in the Clayton area with her husband and 2 daughters. Fun fact about her, she loves animals, especially pigs, so much that she has a potbelly pig named Maple who loves to cuddle on the couch. When she is not in the office you will usually find her traveling to different beaches or mountains or at home spending time with her family, dogs, and pig.

Saamuel Haylock

Director Of Operations

Saamuel Wayne Haylock is the Director Of Operations at The Eye Center (TEC). A first-generation American-Belizian, Saamuel graduated high school ahead of his high school peers in Los Angeles, California.

As an individual intrigued by the tactical care of helping people in his community, Saamuel has grown and excelled at each level of his work at TEC. He cherishes every opportunity to provide patients with eye care that is affordable and thoughtful. The key to Saamuel’s ability to connect with each and everyone who he provides care for, comes from a deep understanding that everyone deserves compassion and respect. This is the key to building a relationship with his patients, coworkers, as well as family and friends.

Prior to his current career, Saamuel honed his skills of communication, organization and customer service for ten years in the hotel industry. The experience taught him the art of negotiation as well as finding compromise that feels fair to all parties.

Working at TEC for the past three and a half years Saamuel has gained in-depth knowledge of various eye conditions and tests needed to diagnose various ailments.

Saamuel’s competency lies in his compassion, direct approach, and the ability to connect and work with people from all walks of life. Being able to also volunteer time with In Her Vision, a non-profit providing mobile accessible no cost eye exams and glasses to communities in need of care, has given Saamuel more clarity around his purpose. Working directly with the founder of In Her Vision, Dr. Mojgan Besharat, has allowed Saamuel to truly appreciate the possiblity to provide meaningful and valuable care to all who need these services. Connecting and being able to serve the community in these ways has made his career at The Eye Center fulfilling and allows Saamuel to live and work with a passion, giving the gift of eyesight.

Ashley Rudd

Corporate Business Manager

Ashley has been with The Eye Center almost 5 years and is The Eye Center's Corporate Business Manager. Ashley's main passions are helping others, Contact lenses, Dry eye treatment, and innovation. She loves creating processes, procedures, and training for our staff - that propel innovative technology so that our Patients can experience the latest and best treatment options available, while also providing our Patients with the highest level of satisfaction possible. Ashley believes that staying on top of the latest ocular advancements allow our patients to experience a different way to "see" the future. She is happiest spending time with her 2 children Alec and Presleigh - fishing, swimming, riding bikes, and playing. Ashley can't wait to assist you with your specialty contact lenses, or by giving you more information on The Eye Center's very own OptiLight, the only FDA approved treatment device for Dry Eye.