Betty-Ann Hickey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Pastoral Ministry from Providence College and a Master of Arts degree in Theology with a focus in liturgical and sacramental theology, also from Providence College. In 2024 she completed the Mathis Liturgical Leadership Program at the University of Notre Dame Center for Liturgy and focused on building a Eucharistic culture by on awakening the Catholic and Sacramental imagination.
Before being appointed in 2011 as the Associate Director of the Office of Worship, Betty-Ann served for seventeen years in parish ministry including eleven years as a parish director of music and liturgy. In addition to her ministry in the Office of Worship, she also serves on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, on the Programming Committee of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, and as the Director of Music at Most Holy Trinity Parish in Covington.