Bethany J. Miller, CEcD

Hi everyone, I am SO thrilled to have joined the team here at Hickey Global and wanted to give a proper introduction. I have a diversified background in State, Local, and Regional Economic Development. While completing my degree in Agriculture Business Management at North Carolina State University, I began a position as an economic development intern at the Research Triangle Regional Partnership, focusing on marketing, public relations, and communications. During my 11 months there, I had a...

What is one thing you are deeply passionate about, and how do you express that passion? Go vote! I've worked in elections as an employee of a municipality and as a volunteer. There's a lot of misinformation, and one of the ways you can educate yourself is by being part of the process. Your municipality is always looking for volunteers and there's a wide range of roles you can take on. For first timers, the upcoming midterm election is a great place to start. They'll even pay you for your...

Organizational Development: When It’s Time to Grow the Team If you’ve followed Hickey Global long enough, you’ll know that we’re big on strategy. We believe marketing calendars, business retention efforts, and even incentive program build-outs should be executed with an end goal in mind, based on data that can be tracked over time and evaluated for performance. These are finite strategies that can be guided by past successes or shortfalls and reveal themselves more readily “in the numbers.”...