Wendy West Hickey is an independent public relations and communications professional based in Wexford, PA. Wendy began her career in television and has been employed in the communications field for over 40 years. Her background includes work for NASA, USA Today, Wendy's International, Maryland Public Television, Call Chronicle Newspapers, Catholic Charities and The Ohio State University.

 

From 2014 through 2021, Wendy served as Manager, Communications and Community Relations, for Peoples, a natural gas distribution company serving 750,000 customers in southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky. In that capacity, she was responsible for internal and external communications functions including strategic planning, advertising, media relations, writing, editing, photography and social media.

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Wendy is a native of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley and holds a B.S. in Telecommunications from Kutztown State University. She completed graduate work in Publications Design at the University of Maryland, has been recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International and received the Servant of Youth award from the Boy Scouts of America. She is an active and enthusiastic member of St. John's Lutheran Church of Highland in McCandless.