Executive Director at Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association, Cambridge
 
Dr. Vicki King-Maple serves as Executive Director of OMEGA: Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association, an economic development district 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, 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 coined the “Know Us Before You Need Us” presentation and the “Mindful of Managing My M&M&Ms: Meaningful Messages that Matter” training, having presented them widely – from the ODOT Leadership Retreat to the national Development Districts Association of Appalachia (DDAA) summit in Greenville, SC, and throughout her region. Vicki also presented at the Appalachian Regional Commission and Economic Development Administration’s State and Federal Roundtable during the State of the Region at Ohio University, where she was also a moderator for the Housing Supply in Rural Communities session.

Vicki was recently honored among Ohio Business Magazine’s 2024: 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). She is prepared at the doctorate level in Leadership Studies and Organizational Development. Vicki brings future-thinking, consensus-building, and creative solutioning skills with priorities in expanding the pursuit of prosperity and resiliency for the region and state she is proud to call home.