Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks

Toni Carey: Native of Nashville, Tennessee. Carey graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn., with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications with concentrations in Public Relations and Advertising and minors in marketing and Spanish. She also received a Master of Arts and Science degree from Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. She has worked with Dye, VanMol & Lawrence Public Relations in Nashville, Tenn., as an account executive and Avis Budget Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 Company located in Parsippany, N.J., as a corporate communications and industry relations specialist. She currently works as an account executive for a mid-size public relations agency in Virginia Beach, Va.

Ashley Hicks: Native of Evans, Ga., Ashley attended and played soccer at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn. She graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications. Upon graduation, she worked for WRDW-TV as a television director. In 2006, she joined South Carolina Educational Television as a producer – director. Hicks is currently working on a Master of Science in Communication at Columbia University in New York.