Full Name
Rohesia Hicks
Job Title
Founder and CEO
Company
Visions of Belle and Beaux with Vision
Speaker Bio
Rohesia Hicks has more than 16 years of experience in program administration and implementation, youth development, and organization development. In August 2014, she joined the staff at Rutgers University—Newark focusing on providing incoming students with 21-century skills and showing the importance of civic engagement with incoming first-year college students. Currently, Rohesia is the Director of TRiO Initiatives for the Center for PreCollege Programs and the School Coordinator for the Rutgers University Assisted Partnership at West Side High School. She is the Founder and CEO of Visions of Belle and Beaux with Vision, a youth development organization that is devoted to building and empowering young women and men to excel (14-18 years old). Prior to joining Rutgers University—Newark, she served as a Care Manager and Developmental Disability/Mental Illness Liaison at Partnership for Children of Essex (PCE) providing case management services through a Wraparound Model for youth (5-21 years old) with emotional and behavioral challenges.
She has worked nationally, as a facilitator and instructor for the Corporation for National and Community Service, school-based, nonprofit, and faith-based constituencies in diverse areas of need. She has served as a Behavioral Assistant and Mentor. Training and technical assistance areas of expertise include Youth Development, Community Development Initiatives, Community and School Collaborations, Organizational & Management Development along with Faith-Based Community Initiatives. Rohesia is a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., a Troop Leader for Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey in Hillside, NJ, an ordained Elder of the Church of the New Covenant in East Orange, NJ, Certified Life Coach and Trauma-Informed Youth Instructor.
Rohesia graduated from West Side High School and attended New Jersey City University for undergraduate studies where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and attended Rutgers University—Newark where she received her Master’s in Public Administration. She also is a graduate fellow of Leadership Newark and DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative.
She has worked nationally, as a facilitator and instructor for the Corporation for National and Community Service, school-based, nonprofit, and faith-based constituencies in diverse areas of need. She has served as a Behavioral Assistant and Mentor. Training and technical assistance areas of expertise include Youth Development, Community Development Initiatives, Community and School Collaborations, Organizational & Management Development along with Faith-Based Community Initiatives. Rohesia is a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., a Troop Leader for Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey in Hillside, NJ, an ordained Elder of the Church of the New Covenant in East Orange, NJ, Certified Life Coach and Trauma-Informed Youth Instructor.
Rohesia graduated from West Side High School and attended New Jersey City University for undergraduate studies where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and attended Rutgers University—Newark where she received her Master’s in Public Administration. She also is a graduate fellow of Leadership Newark and DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative.
