Richard L. Windsor, O.D., F.A.A.O., D.P.N.A.P
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Dr. Richard L. Windsor received his Doctor of Optometry and Bachelor of Science degrees from Indiana University. Dr. Windsor received the Fox Optical Awards as the Outstanding Senior Clinician at the Indiana University School of Optometry. The American Optometric Association honored Dr. Windsor as the United States’ “National Optometrist of the Year” in 1999, an award that had been given only  36 times in the history of the profession. In 2003, Dr. Windsor received the prestigious appointment as a “Distinguished Practitioner” of the National Academy of Practice. This honor is limited to only 150 distinguished practitioners and scholars in optometry in the United States. Dr. Windsor became only the 4th Indiana optometrist to be honored a “Distinguished Practitioner” by the NAP. Recently, Dr. Windsor became Co-Chair of the National Academy of Optometry and serves on the Council of the National Academies of Practice with representatives of the major healthcare professions. Dr. Windsor was also the first to receive all four annual awards of the Indiana Optometric Association having received the Indiana Optometrist of the Year, Young Optometrist of the Year, Distinguished Service Award and two Meritorious Service Awards. Dr. Windsor is a Past-President of the Indiana Optometric Association, the Indiana Low Vision Rehabilitation Society and Past Trustee of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association.

Dr. Windsor has recently co-authored a book on the re-engineering of optometric practice with his daughter and has written book chapters and numerous articles on low vision rehabilitation. He has lectured both state and nationally on low vision care, macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease and vision after rehabilitation of stroke and brain injury. He served as a clinical researcher for a new lens for patients with visual field loss in a study being done by Harvard’s Schepen’s Eye Research Institute.

Dr. Windsor has practiced optometry in Hartford City since 1973. He is married to Marjorie Windsor and they have five child including three adopted handicapped children. His daughter, Dr. Laura K. Windsor practices with him. He is a Past President of the Grant Blackford Mental Health Center, the Blackford United Way and the Blackford YMCA.

Dr. Windsor practices all aspects of general eye care including routine eye examinations, eyeglasses and contact lenses including complex contact lenses for eye disease. He also works extensively in the medical treatment of glaucoma, eye injuries, eye allergies and dry eye. Dr. Windsor is also a specialist in the rehabilitation of patients with vision loss from macular degeneration, achromatopsia, and stroke and head injuries.

Craig A. Ford, O.D., F.A.A.O.
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Dr. Ford joined The Eye Associates Group in August of 1983. He is trained to provide a full scale of eye care from infants to seniors. Dr. Ford treats a wide range of eye conditions from simple vision problems requiring eyeglasses or contact lenses to low vision, glaucoma, eye allergy and dry eye. He evaluates and co-manages cataract and LASIK surgery patients. He also monitors the eye problems of diabetic patients.

In years passed, he has served the United Way as co-chair of the professional division. He was a charter board member and past president of Blackford County Economic Development Corporation. He was a past youth exchange officer for the local Rotary Club. He is a Master Mason, a twice Past-Master of Blackford Lodge #106 and is currently the Lodge’s Youth Scholarship Chairman. He has coached T-Ball, Little League baseball and youth league soccer. He holds a private pilot's license and also enjoys flying Radio Control aircraft.

Dr. Ford and his wife, Donna are natives of Hartford City. They have three sons of whom they are very proud.om diseases such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, RP, stroke and other brain injury. Dr. Windsor has been an innovator in developing ways to help individuals with visual impairment continue to drive safely.

Laura K. Windsor, O.D., F.A.A.O.
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Dr. Laura Windsor received her Doctorate of Optometry from the Indiana University School of Optometry, where she received the Essilor Award of Excellence, given to an outstanding student in her graduating class and the Varilux Award for an outstanding clinical paper. In June 2001 at the American Optometric Association annual meeting in Boston, she received the National Essilor Award in a competition among graduating doctors of optometry. She  served as vice-president of the Indiana University Optometric Student Association and was honored with a special award for her multiple contributions to the I.U. School of Optometry.  Dr. Windsor followed in her father’s footsteps and joined him in practice with the Eye Associates Group, LLC in 2001.

She previously obtained a Bachelor of Science in Optometry from Indiana University and she is a graduate of the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities at Ball State University. Dr. Windsor trained in low vision care at the Indiana University Indianapolis Eye Care Center and the Low Vision Centers of Indiana. She completed neuro-ophthalmic, retinal, corneal, glaucoma and cataract training at the Muncie Eye Center and Indiana University Eye Care Centers. She received her Fellowship in the American Academy of Optometry in December 2003 in Dallas, Texas.

In April 2010, Dr. Windsor received the Indiana Optometric Association’s Young Optometrist of the Year  and a Meritorious Service Award. In June of 2011, Dr. Windsor was awarded the American Optometric  Association’s “Young Optometrist of the Year “ Award for her work with the visually impaired, her community service and her extensive accomplishments in lecturing and publishing numerous  books and articles on practice management, ocular conditions, and low vision rehabilitation.

Dr. Windsor is a Hartford City, Indiana native and is married to Jeff Whetzel. They have a two children, Taylor and Ella. Dr. Windsor and her husband are the directors of Tori’s Butterfly Garden Foundation, a non-profit organization in memorial to their oldest child Tori, who passed away at age six in 2011 from complications following a tonsillectomy. The foundation’s mission is to promote the arts, gardening and nature in Blackford County. Dr. Windsor is currently the Blackford County Service Unit Manager for Girl Scouts and a Troop Leader to 12 girls. She has worked in the past on the Grants Committee of Blackford Community Foundation, was past-president of Blackford Special Olympics, and is a twenty plus year member of the Tri Kappa sorority in Hartford City.

Dr. Windsor is available to provide general eye care for all ages from infants to seniors. She also specializes in the treatment and management of patients with glaucoma, dry eyes and ocular allergies. She also specializes in the rehabilitation of those with vision problems related to macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, congenital eye diseases and stroke and traumatic brain injuries. Driving with low vision is another area of emphasis in her practice.

Ali E. Prible, O.D.
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Dr. Ali (Norton) Prible graduated from Indiana University School of Optometry with her Doctorate of Optometry in 2019. As a student, Dr. Prible was selected as a member of the Gold Key International Optometric Honor Society, which is awarded to the top 3% of upper-classmen who demonstrated outstanding professional and ethical attitude through leadership and service to their class, college, and profession. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Henry Hoffstetter Scholarship, awarded to the Indiana University School of Optometry graduating fourth-year who was voted among classmates for leadership and dedication to the profession of Optometry.

Before attending the Indiana University School of Optometry, Dr. Prible graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Franklin College where she was a member of the women’s soccer team and Pi Beta Phi sorority. Dr. Ali Prible served on two mission trips as an optometry student to provide eye care for underserved Jamaican populations. Dr. Prible held several leadership roles while at IU, including Sports Vision Club President and Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) President. 

As a fourth year in optometry school, Dr. Prible was selected for the prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute rotation in Miami, FL, where she got to spend 6 months learning at the #1 ranked eye hospital in the country. Dr. Prible trained extensively in disease while completing the rotation, and experienced less common ocular diseases and disorders, such as retinitis pigmentosa, achromatopsia, and albinism. 

Dr. Prible completed low vision, neuro-ophthalmic, retinal, and corneal training at the Indiana University Indianapolis Eye Care Center. Dr. Prible also trained in primary care and contact lenses at Marine Corps Base Quantico, providing care for active duty military personnel. She is available to provide general eye care for all age ranges, as well as specialized treatment and management of patients with ocular diseases such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, and diabetic eye disease. 

She is an active member of the American Optometric Association and Indiana Optometric Association. In her free time, Dr. Prible enjoys spending time with her husband and son, either on the golf course or farming.  She was part of the inaugural Ladies Lipstick League at the Blackford Golf Club, and looks forward to getting more involved within the community she grew up in.

Dr. Prible was raised in Hartford City, Indiana. In 2020 she married her husband, Tanner, who works in the agriculture industry. Together they have one son, Tatum “Tate” Prible.