Cheyenne LEADS announces Betsey Hale as CEO of Cheyenne LEADS

10 Mar 2020

Brian Heithoff, Cheyenne LEADS Chairman of the Board is announcing that Betsey Hale has been named as the new CEO of Cheyenne LEADS.

Hale currently serves as the President of Three Rivers Development Corporation located in Corning, NY. Three Rivers is a 54-year-old economic and community development organization which serves a three-county region in the Finger Lakes Wine Country. Prior to her work in New York State, Hale was the Business Development Manager for the City of Loveland, Colorado from 2006-2011 and their Economic Development Director from 2011-2015.

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