TowsonGlobal Team
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TowsonGlobal Team
Clay E. Hickson
Director, TowsonGlobal

Clay E. Hickson is Director of TowsonGlobal, the Business Globalization Center, Towson University’s international incubator for early-stage companies. Previously, Mr. Hickson was managing Director of Rhôton Hill Group, a management consulting firm providing international marketing, corporate communications, strategic planning and cross-cultural communications services. He also served as Director International Business Services for International Technology and Trade Associates, Director of International Programs for the World Trade Center Boston and Account Director with Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Taiwan). He worked with the 1993 Seattle Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Burson-Marsteller, the National Crime Prevention Council, Overseas Private Investment Corporation and US-Philippine Business Committee. Mr. Hickson is Chairman Emeritus of the Maryland-China Business Council and served as the Council’s Chairman and President for nine years. He also sits on the board of directors and serves as Secretary of the Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the advisory board and serves as Secretary of the Asian Arts and Culture Center.

Mr. Hickson has developed and taught training programs, seminars and college courses that have prepared executives for doing business in international environments. He has taught graduate and undergraduate economics courses for the University of Phoenix Online. He also served as a consultant/trainer for the Diversity Management Institute at Montgomery College and earlier acted as the institute’s Interim Director. He was a regular contributor to China Business & Investment. Other current and past affiliations include the US Chamber of Commerce-Asia Task Force, Asia Society, Maryland-Anhui Sister State Committee, International Society and BYU Management Society. Mr. Hickson received his MA in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University, received his BA in International Relations from The George Washington University, and studied Chinese language at Columbia University.

Lindsey Meyer
Office Manager, TowsonGlobal

Lindsey Meyer brings a background of administrative, academic and organizational development experience to her position as Office Manager at TowsonGlobal. With a long family connection to Towson University, she has an abiding commitment to helping the university achieve its mission. Ms. Meyer’s father is a professor in the Department of Special Education, her uncle teaches a Law course for the University, and her sister is a student majoring in Psychology. While she received her BA in Public Relations from York College of Pennsylvania, Ms. Meyer received her MA from Towson University in Professional Studies with concentrations in Nonprofit Leadership and Human Resources. She also has served and will continue to serve as the TU in the Community Coordinator for the Division of Economic & Community Outreach and on the Towson University Staff Council’s Staff Development Day Committee. Outside of work, she volunteers to plan fundraising events to benefit Parkinson’s disease research.

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