Hicks, a Hudson Valley regional director for New York State'sEmpire State Development Corp., replaces Holly Freedman, whoannounced in January she was stepping down from the post afterserving as president and CEO of the REDC for 13 years.
William Helmer, chairman of the REDC Board of Directors, saysHicks bested a pool of more than 35 candidates for the post. Hicks,as economic development director for the City of Fort Lauderdale,established an economic development and real estate office, aBusiness Improvement District and collaborated with the city'splanning director and private developers on more than $1 billion innew projects.
The REDC is the chief economic development agency in RocklandCounty and is funded by the County of Rockland, the US Departmentof Defense, corporate and foundation grants and private sectorcontributors.
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