Meet Casey from the LCC Class of 2022
Brandy Casey is a Coshocton County native, having grown up “in the city” until her family moved “behind McGuire’s Potato Farm” when she was in the eighth grade. A 1996 River View graduate, Casey played “city softball” from age six until she was an adult in the co-ed leagues; took 4-H Home Economics/Sewing Projects for four years and was in Girl Scouts for five years.
Following graduation, Casey entered the workforce, starting as an office receptionist for Columbus Glove in West Lafayette. She then worked for Kraft Foods for 10 years, first as a union employee then “worked up the ladder” to a production coordinator position where she “dabbled in payroll and human resources.” Once she started a family, she left Kraft to be a stay-at- home mom for a “couple years.”
In 2018 she accepted a position at McWane Ductile as a recruiter and in May 2019 she began her undergraduate degree at Zane State in business management and human resources. In August 2020 Casey moved into her current position at McWane as a human resource generalist and continues to make progress towards earning her associates degree, now only five courses away. The online coursework has made it convenient for this busy mom of twins and she is proud of her accomplishment thus far working full-time.
In her position at McWane, Casey is responsible for all aspects of recruitment for the company, from posting jobs to advertising and hiring. She is also responsible for answering employee questions and addressing concerns, and is essentially the “mediator between the employee and the company,” stating, “I am here to help the employee.”
She is a Girl Scout Leader for her daughter’s Troop of Daisy/Brownie Scouts in Cambridge, where she leads a group of 6 and 7-year olds. Her goal is to “get the girls out in the community” and allow them to learn decision-making skills. She is proud of her small troop of four girls that sold 1,100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year. Other projects include nature hikes with trash clean-ups at Salt Fork as well as donations to the homeless shelter.
Brandy decided to participate in Leadership Coshocton County to build her leadership skills. She has “learned a lot” as it relates to her “roles and functions” in human resources. Learning the “different pieces in leadership is helping with her human resources roles” and is able to tie-in the capacities learned in the curriculum with her human resource roles and responsibilities. Casey left Coshocton County and moved to Guernsey County but always knew “a piece would be back in Coshocton. Coshocton will always be home no matter where I live. Leadership Coshocton isn’t about learning about Coshocton; it’s about being a part of Coshocton. I’m still learning about hidden treasures and leadership and facets that can be used in my role at McWane.”
Casey thinks of “community” as McWane Ductile, stating, “When I think of ‘community,’ I think of McWane as a whole. It’s a family; and a big part of Coshocton that is putting themselves out there and being aware of what is happening in the community. They are a strong presence in the community and provide support” through community grants as well as local government and projects.
When asked what will make Coshocton County stronger, Casey replied, “Coshocton County is already a strong community. It’s headed in the right direction and growing up, adding businesses and small business development. As a whole, it’s a sturdy community.”
Casey would “absolutely” recommend Leadership Coshocton for others, stating, “It’s a great program to build your leadership skills and you get to meet a lot of great people. It gets you out in the community.”
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