Dr. Vicki King-Maple serves as Executive Director of OMEGA: Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association, an economic development district and regional council of governments serving ten counties within the eastern and southeastern Ohio footprint. Over the years, she has led extensive economic resiliency plans, workforce priorities projects, educational skills gap analyses, and occupational forecast assessments throughout the Appalachian region and across the nation. Vicki is an accomplished state and national presenter, motivational speaker, panelist, editorial contributor, internationally published researcher, and consultant. Prior to her leadership role at OMEGA, she served as Vice President for Economic Development and Workforce Solutions at a community college in central Ohio; plus, she was national senior director for a consultancy with a focus on economic resiliency, workforce strategies, and higher education solutions. Vicki was honored this past year among Ohio Business Magazine’s Ohio 500 Most Influential Leaders. She further serves as Vice President of the Ohio Association of Regional Councils (OARC) and Treasurer of Ohio Rural Development Alliance (ORDA); plus, she serves on the Heritage Ohio Board of Trustees. Vicki has led the OMEGA team through a record-breaking 214 grant application submissions with nearly $55million being awarded to the OMEGA region in 2024 alone. She brings future-thinking, consensus-building, and creative solutioning skills with a dedication to expanding the pursuit of prosperity and resiliency for the Appalachian region she is proud to call home.
Homeschool Day
Join us at the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, a National Historic Landmark, for a day of fun interaction and education that will immerse students into the 1940s, when the Railroad was King and our country was involved in World War II.
