B. Franko Hicks

B. Franko Hicks, MBA, currently serves as the Senior Corporate Director of Human Resources at Virginia Transformer Corp, overseeing HR, manufacturing, safety, and security functions across operations in the US, Mexico, and India, managing a workforce of approximately 4,971 employees. Previous experience includes serving as the Regional Director of Human Resources at Celanese, where responsibilities encompassed HR functions across 13 manufacturing facilities in the Americas, and as the Regional Senior HR Manager at PepsiCo, leading HR for 20 facilities in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland. B. Franko Hicks has also held senior HR roles at Alpha Natural Resources Services, LLC, and Massey Energy, where responsibilities included staffing, safety, training, and employee development for large teams. Education includes an Executive MBA from the University of Charleston and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Morehead State University.